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Born July 28, 1796 • Vienna • Austria
Died April 14, 1859 (aged 62) • Vienna • Austria
Ignace Joseph Pleyel, watercolour by an unknown artist
Ignace Joseph Pleyel
Austrian-French composer
Henri Herz
Austrian musician
A pianoforte by Bartolomeo Cristofori
Bartolomeo Cristofori
Italian harpsichord maker
Johann Andreas Stein
German piano craftsman
Steinway, Henry Engelhard
Henry Engelhard Steinway
American piano maker
John Broadwood
British piano maker
Sébastien Érard
French musical instrument maker
Johann Christoph Zumpe
German-born piano maker
Gottfried Silbermann
German instrument manufacturer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
Austrian composer
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg
American composer
Ernst Krenek
American composer
Zeisler, Fannie Bloomfield
Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler
American pianist
Toch
Ernst Toch
Austrian composer
Karajan, 1968
Herbert von Karajan
Austrian conductor
Schnabel, 1950
Artur Schnabel
Austrian pianist
Erich Leinsdorf
American musician
Alfred Brendel
Alfred Brendel
Austrian musician