Louis Plaidy
Louis Plaidy (born November 28, 1810 in Hubertusburg , Saxony , † March 3, 1874 in Grimma ) was a German pianist , piano teacher and composer .
Life
Plaidy studied in Dresden with Albert Agthe (piano) and Ludwig Haase (violin). From 1831 he worked in Leipzig as a concert and orchestra violinist and as a piano teacher. In 1843 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy engaged him as a piano teacher at the Leipzig Conservatory , where he worked until 1865.
Among his students were Dudley Buck , Hans von Bülow , Frederic Hymen Cowen , Felix Draeseke , Gustave Gagnon , Edvard Grieg , Michael Maybrick , James Cutler Dunn Parker , Oscar Paul , Julius Röntgen , Ernst Rudorff , Samuel Sanford , Hermann Scholtz , Gustav Schreck , Arthur Sullivan and Bruno Zwintscher .
His technical studies , which were also translated into English, French and Italian, found widespread use . Only a few of his compositions appeared in print.
Compositions (selection)
- Four songs op.10, Leipzig: Whistling , 1842
Educational works
- Technical studies for pianoforte playing. Introduced at the Conservatorium der Musik zu Leipzig , Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1852; 2nd ed. 1856; 3rd ed. 1868
- The piano teacher , Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1874
literature
- The music in the past and present , ed. by Friedrich Blume , Volume 10 (1962), Col. 1323
- Riemann's Music Lexicon . 10th edition. Max Hesse, Berlin 1922, pp. 986-987.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Plaidy, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pianist, piano teacher and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hubertusburg , Saxony |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1874 |
| Place of death | Grimma |