![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Like most of Pleyel’s major works Benton 112 proved exceptionally popular and was issued by no fewer than five publishers in its original form between 17-5 and it was also published several other versions including an authentic parallel version for viola and pianoforte. The Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat for Violin and Viola was composed by Pleyel in 1791 for the Concerts des Amateurs in Strasbourg with whom he had been associated since his appointment as Franz Xaver Richter’s assistant at Strasbourg Cathedral in the mid-1780s. With increasing demands on his time from his business concerns Pleyel’s productivity as a composer dropped sharply and he ceased composing around 1805. He founded a successful publishing house in Paris in the mid-1790s and later began manufacturing keyboard instruments. Pleyel’s career as a composer spanned less than thirty years with the majority of his works composed in the 1780s. Some 2000 separate prints of Pleyel works had appeared by 1800 and his fame extended to every corner of Europe and as far afield as North America. The popularity of his music eclipsed that of even his teacher Haydn and publishers vied to bring out his latest works as soon as they were finished. Ignaz Pleyel (1757-1831) was at one time the most famous composer in the world.
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