Pleyel (schoolmaster, father of Ignace Pleyel)

Biography

A schoolmaster surnamed Pleyel lived in the village of Ruppersthal near Vienna. Twice married, he became the father of 38 children and lived to the age of 99. His twenty-fourth child, born in 1757 and baptized Ignace, showed early talent, prompting the schoolmaster to personally teach him Latin and to obtain a music teacher for him, setting the boy on the path to a musical career.

Highlights

• A village schoolmaster near Vienna who fathered 38 children across two marriages and lived to age 99
• Personally taught his 24th child, Ignace, Latin and arranged music instruction for him

Source

Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. I (1911), p. 254.

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