Count Erdoedy
patron
Biography
Count Erdoedy, described as wealthy and music-loving, financed young Ignace Pleyel's musical education, paying composer Joseph Haydn $500 annually for five years to teach and board the boy.
Highlights
- Paid Haydn $500 per year for five years to teach and board the young Ignace Pleyel
Source
Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. I (1911), p. 255.
Public domain.