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Pleyel

American  
[plahy-uhl, ple-yel] / ˈplaɪ əl, plɛˈyɛl /

noun

  1. Ignaz Josef 1757–1831, Austrian composer and piano manufacturer.


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“Napoleon” premiered at Salle Pleyel in Paris on Nov. 14, and is scheduled to be released in the United States and the United Kingdom on Nov. 22.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2023

She studied at the Paris Opéra’s Ecole d’Art Lyrique and sang her first concert at Paris’ Salle Pleyel in 1985.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2023

His own Pleyel upright was impounded by customs, then hauled by donkey over the mountains, finally arriving shortly before he left Mallorca.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021

For years before her first concert — one of six she gave at the Salle Pleyel in Paris early in 1946 — her teacher Marcel Dupré had stoked rumors of her outlandish talent.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2021

His grandson, Nicholas Joseph, a great patron of arts and music, founder of the school in which Haydn and Pleyel, among others, were formed, 1714-90.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various