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    Joseph Étienne Camille Pleyel (December 18, 1788 – May 4, 1855) was a French virtuoso pianist, publisher, and owner of Pleyel et Cie. He also ran a concert...
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    four children, the eldest being their son Camille. Marie Pleyel, née Moke (1811–1875), the future wife of Camille, became one of the most accomplished pianists...
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    the piano manufacturer Camille Pleyel. This was the beginning of a long and close association between the composer and Pleyel's instruments. Chopin was...
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  • politician Camille Pelletan (1846–1915), French politician and journalist Camille Pissarro (1830–1903), French-Danish impressionist painter Camille Pleyel (1788–1855)...
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    with Pleyel, and in 1830 they became engaged. While he was in Italy, she broke off the engagement to marry Camille Pleyel, son of Ignaz Pleyel, and heir...
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    son Camille joined him as a business partner. The firm provided pianos to Frédéric Chopin, who considered Pleyel pianos to be "non plus ultra". Pleyel et...
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    engagement and was to marry an older and richer suitor, Camille Pleyel, the heir to the Pleyel piano manufacturing company. Berlioz made an elaborate plan...
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    Frédéric's death, Ludwika, together with Jane Stirling, Julian Fontana and Camille Pleyel, began work on the posthumous edition of his works, as well as giving...
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    Moke, who had broken off her engagement to Berlioz in order to marry Camille Pleyel, prompting the composer to contemplate suicide. Lélio is a record of...
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  • first of Chopin's preludes. It was published in 1839 and dedicated to Camille Pleyel. Pianist Vladimir de Pachmann noted this prelude as "The first one is...
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  • composed between 1836 and 1839, published in 1839 and dedicated to Camille Pleyel who commissioned the opus 28 preludes for 2,000 francs. The prelude...
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    Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (UK: /ˈsæ̃sɒ̃(s)/, US: /sæ̃ˈsɒ̃(s)/, French: [ʃaʁl kamij sɛ̃sɑ̃(s)] ; 9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921) was a French composer...
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  • 11 – Michał Wielhorski, Russian composer (died 1856) December 18 – Camille Pleyel, musician (died 1855) December 21 – Charles Chaulieu Sr., composer (died...
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    editions (Catelin, Wessel) were dedicated to the piano-maker and publisher Camille Pleyel, who had commissioned the work for 2,000 francs (equivalent to nearly...
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    quintets were published. Onslow's publishers in Paris were Ignaz and Camille Pleyel. In 1818 his works began to be published in Germany by Breitkopf und...
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  • Schauenburg (1784–1838), military officer Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786–1868) Camille Pleyel (1788–1855), piano manufacturer and musical entrepreneur Princess Augusta...
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  • partner of the piano maker Camille Pleyel, who, being old and infirm, was looking out for a dependable assistant. Wolff entered Pleyel et Cie in 1850, became...
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    1838 Frédéric Chopin 24 Preludes, Op. 28 piano 1835–39 C5 Dedicated to Camille Pleyel (French edition) and Kessler (German edition) Johann Baptist Cramer...
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    who owned or played Graf pianos included Friedrich Kalkbrenner and Camille Pleyel. In September 2018 a Graf 1819 replica was used in the first International...
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  • Piano Trio No. 1 (Saint-Saëns) (category Chamber music by Camille Saint-Saëns)
    Salle Pleyel in Paris and published in 1867. The trio consists of four movements: Allegro vivace, Andante, Scherzo (Presto), and Allegro. Camille Saint-Saëns...
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  • or performed with Jean-Delphin Alard, Georges Bizet, Ernest Guiraud, Camille Pleyel, and Jose Silvestre White. In 1865 when the American Civil War ended...
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    editions. In March 2013, Camille de Toledo wrote the booklet and directed the video for La Chute de Fukuyama, an opera at the Salle Pleyel, composed by Grégoire...
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  • Claude Montal described in L'art d'accorder soi-même son piano that Camille Pleyel had introduced improvements to the design of Wornum's small uprights...
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    can behold Rossini's grand piano, which was constructed in 1844 by Camille Pleyel. The path proceeds through the centuries, the musical uses, and styles...
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  • Piano Concerto No. 5 (Saint-Saëns) (category Piano concertos by Camille Saint-Saëns)
    This concert celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his début at the Salle Pleyel in 1846. This concerto is nicknamed "The Egyptian" for two reasons. Firstly...
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    Camille-Marie Stamaty (13 March 1811 – 19 April 1870) was a French pianist, piano teacher and composer predominantly of piano music and studies (études)...
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  • Piano Quartet in B-flat major (Saint-Saëns) (category Chamber music by Camille Saint-Saëns)
    dedicated to Jules Foucault and was premiered on 6 March 1875 at Salle Pleyel with the composer on the piano, Pablo de Sarasate (violin), Alfred Turban...
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    Marie Pleyel, Marie Schauff, and Camille-Marie Stamaty. Through Stamaty, Kalkbrenner's piano method was passed on to Louis Moreau Gottschalk and Camille Saint-Saëns...
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    Carnegie Hall, the Herkules-Saal in Munich, the Konzerthaus, Vienna, the Salle Pleyel in Paris, the Megaron Mousikis in Athens, the Opéra de Monte Carlo, the...
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  • Sigismund von Neukomm (1778–1858) Giovanni Paisiello (1740–1816) Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831) Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1814) Anton Reicha (1770–1836)...
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