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Pleyel et Cie ("Pleyel and Company") was a French piano manufacturing firm founded by Ignace Pleyel in 1807.[1] In 1815, Pleyel's son Camille joined him as a business partner. The firm provided pianos to Frédéric Chopin,[2] who once mentions that Pleyel pianos are «non plus ultra».[3] Among other composers that were using Pleyel pianos were Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Ravel, de Falla and Stravinsky.[4]
In the 1980s, the Pleyel company bought out two other piano companies Erard and Gaveau. In 2008 they introduced new pianos designed by famous designers.[5] At the end of 2013, the company announced it would end manufacturing pianos in France.[6] In September 2009 a piano maker Paul McNulty built a replica of the 1830 model of Pleyel's piano, which is now in a collection of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw.[7] The replica was used in The 1st International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments in September 2018.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Benton, Rita (2001). "Pleyel family (i)". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.21940. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ↑ Macintyre, Ben (17 March 2007). "Chopin's true sound can be heard at last after discovery of his piano". The Times. London. Archived from the original
- ↑ Chopin's letters. By Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849; Voynich, E. L. (Ethel Lillian), 1864-1960; Opienski, Henryk, 1870-1942
- ↑ "Letters, Volumes 41–42". Washington, DC.: Time Inc. 1935. OCLC 9467134.
- ↑ Hundley, Tom (30 April 2008). "Grand finale: European piano-makers hear their centuries-old industry's closing notes". Chicago Tribune.
- ↑ Beardsley, Eleanor (28 December 2013). "Chopin's Favorite Piano Factory Plays Its Final Chord". Weekend Edition Saturday. National Public Radio.
- ↑ "I Międzynarodowy Konkurs Chopinowski na Instrumentach Historycznych". iccpi.eu. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
Other websites
[change | change source]- A website on Pleyel pianos by Stephen Birkett of the University of Waterloo
- History of Pleyel and their pianos with many pictures and details
- Pleyel Pianos – The Piano in Polish Collections
- Pleyel replica to make its concert debut
- International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments website
- Chopin's last piano