Biography of Ignace Joseph Pleyel (1757-1831)

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18.06.1757

Born in Ruppertshal (Lower Austria) 24th of 38 children of the villages teacher

Lessons in Vienna with Johann Baptist Vanhal.

1772

Aided by count Ladislaus Erdödy he gets five years of lessons with Haydn in Eisenstadt.

1777

Conductor of the virtuosi orchestra of duke Erdödy.

24.04.1784

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart recommended his father in a letter the new edition of string quartets written by Pleyel and named him a good alternative to Haydn.

1780

Educational trip to Italy, sponsored by the Count

1783

Second band master at Strassbourg minster and assistant to Franz Xaver Richter

1789

After the death of Franz Xaver Richter, Pleyel inherits the job as a band master at Strassbourg minster.

1792

Conductor in London for one season due to the French revolution, then coming back to Alsace

1795

Move to Paris

Establishment of a music business, a sheet music edition and a instrument trade

1802

Closure of a complete edition of all string quartetts by Haydn in Pleyels publishing company

1807

Establishment of a piano production

1831

Debut of Chopins in Paris at the house of Pleyel.

14.11.1831

Dies on his manor near Paris

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Sheet music for flute:

12 Duette - Heft 1

(2 flutes)

Verlag Doblinger, Diletto Musicale 137

Rating: easy

1. Duetto No. I/1,2,3

12 Duette - Heft 2

(2 flutes)

Verlag Doblinger, Diletto Musicale 138

Rating: easy

1. Duett No. I/4,5
2. Duett No. II/1

Short easy pieces written in one common score.

12 Duette - Heft 3

(2 flutes)

Verlag Doblinger, Diletto Musicale 139

Rating: easy

1. Duett No. I/6 (Minuetto moderat - Romance Amoroso - Allegro)
2. Duett No. II/2 (Grazioso sempre piano - Minuetto)
3. Duetto No. II/6 (Andante - Rondo Allegro non troppo)

Short and easy pieces printed in score.

12 Duette - Heft 4

(2 flutes)

Verlag Doblinger, Diletto Musicale 140

Rating: easy

1. Duett No. II/3 (Romanza Andante - Allegro)
2. Duett Nor. II/4 (Adagio - Rondo Allegretto)
3. Duett No. II/5 (Andantino grazioso - Tempo di Minuetto)

One score, short and easy.

Klaviertrio (G-Dur)

(flute (violin), cello, piano)

Edition Dohr, 27492 (I)

Rating: easy

1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Rondo. Allegro molto

Trio op. 47/3 (D-Dur)

(flute, clarinet in A, bassoon)

Amadeus Verlag, BP 1343

Rating: mid-grade

1. Allegro vivace
2. Rondo. Allegro

Parts and score

Trio Concertante

(flute, clarinet, bassoon)

Stretta, STR-1312-0

Rating: difficult

1. Allegro
2. Romance
3. Rondo (Allegretto)

Trio II

(flute, clarinet, bassoon)

Musica Rara, M. R. 1920

Rating: difficult

1. Allegro
2. Romance (Andante)
3. Rondo (Allegretto)

The score is very small printed and handwritten, but the parts are really well done for turning the pages.

Literature von/über Ignace Joseph Pleyel

• Adorján, András:  Lexikon der Flöte
  Flöteninstrumente und ihre Baugeschichte - Spielpraxis - Komponisten und ihre Werke - Interpreten
  1. edition Laaber: Laaber-Verlag,
  2009. - ISBN: 978-3-89007-545-7
• Tonger, P. J.:  Conversations-Lexikon der Tonkunst
  Beilage der Neuen Musikzeitung
  Köln: Wilhelm Hassel,
  1910.