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Camille Pleyel (18 December 1788 – 4 May 1855) was a French virtuoso pianist, publisher, and owner of Pleyel et Cie.
If Music Be the Food of Love, Pleyel On
He also ran a concert hall, the Salle Pleyel, where Frédéric Chopin played the first and last of his concerts in Paris. — Wikipedia
Camille became Chopin’s appointed provider [of pianos], who gave in return all his Parisian public concerts in the Pleyel salons. He packed the house until his very last performance, a few months before his death in 1849. – pleyel.com
Camille Pleyel, whose concert space
Attained a most important place
In Parisian concert annals,
Used the family’s business channels
To gather talent to his Salle
And held Parisian throngs in thrall.
A thing that’s bound to happen when you
Have guys like Chopin at your venue.
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