Project Gutenberg on Nostr: French pianist and teacher Marie Pleyel was born (or July 4?) #OTD in 1811. She was ...

French pianist and teacher Marie Pleyel was born (or July 4?) #OTD in 1811.

She was engaged to Hector Berlioz in 1830, but after three months, while Berlioz was in Italy, she broke the engagement to marry Camille Pleyel. After their separation in 1835, her concert career flourished. She was appointed a professor of piano at the Brussels Conservatory in 1848, where she taught until her retirement in 1872.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Pleyel

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