Louis Plaidy

Louis Plaidy
Louis Plaidy
Born	November 28, 1810; Hubertusburg, Saxony
Died	March 3, 1874 (aged 63); Grimma, Saxony
Nationality	German
Occupation	Piano pedagogue
Notable work	Technische Studien: für das Pianofortespiel

Louis Plaidy (28 November 1810 in Hubertusburg, Saxony – 3 March 1874 in Grimma, Saxony) was a celebrated German piano pedagogue and compiler of books of technical music studies.[1][2] He initially focused on the violin, and toured as a concert violinist, but he later studied the piano, particularly the technical aspects of playing.[1] Plaidy was renowned for his ability to impart technical skills to his students.[3]

In 1843, Felix Mendelssohn invited Plaidy to join the faculty of the Leipzig Conservatory to teach the piano.[1] The Conservatory attracted many international students, including the original directors of the Oberlin Conservatory (founded in 1867 in Ohio, US), who went on to use Plaidy's piano methods.[4] Plaidy was Edvard Grieg's first piano teacher at the Conservatory,[5] although Grieg found Plaidy's style of teaching uninspiring.[6] Plaidy remained at the Conservatory until 1865, when he went on to teach piano students privately.[1]

Plaidy published a book on piano pedagogy, Technische Studien: für das Pianofortespiel, which was highly thought of and is still used today,[1][3] and a pamphlet, Der Klavierlehrer, said to be of little worth.[1][7]

Notable students

See: List of music students by teacher: N to Q#Louis Plaidy.

Plaidy's notable students included:

Dudley Buck, American composer.[8]
Hans von Bülow, German conductor, virtuoso pianist, and composer.[9]
Frederic Hymen Cowen, British composer.[10]
Gustave Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer.[11]
Frederick Grant Gleason, American composer and director of the Chicago Conservatory.[12]
Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer and pianist.[5]
Leoš Janáček, Czech composer.[13]
Michael Maybrick, English singer and composer.[14]
James Cutler Dunn Parker, American organist, educator and composer.[15]
Oscar Paul
Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch composer.[16]
Ernst Rudorff, German composer.[17]
Samuel Sanford
Gustav Schreck, German composer.[18]
Arthur Sullivan, English composer.[19]

Works

Technische Studien: für das Pianofortespiel (in German). Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. 1868.
Der Klavierlehrer [The piano teacher] (in German). Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. 1874.

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gollark: It seems like you're (implicitly?) doing that weird motte-and-bailey thing where you go "by some strained technical definition, you are part of your parent's body" and then go "since you're now obviously part of their body, they get authority over you".

gollark: You're arguing a different thing to "it's literally them", then.

gollark: And is a separate independent entity which can exist without them (well, not without the mother, but when it's born).

gollark: I don't think the body thing makes much sense anyway, inasmuch as the genetic material in the fetus doesn't actually match exactly what either parent has but is some mixed-up combination of them.

References

Riemann, Hugo (1908). Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music. Translated by Shedlock, J.S. Philadelphia, PA: Theo. Presser.
Bache, Constance (1901). Brother Musicians: Reminiscences of Edward and Walter Bache. London: Methuen & Company. p. 87.
Dubal, David (2004). "Louis Plaidy". The art of the piano : its performers, literature, and recordings (3rd ed.). Pompton Plains, N.J.: Amadeus Press. p. 275. ISBN 9781574670882.
Parakilas, James (2002). "The piano lesson". Piano Roles: A New History of the Piano. Yale Press. p. 126. ISBN 9780300093063.
Carley, Lionel (2006). "Chapter 2: The Leipzig student and some English Contemporaries". Edvard Grieg in England. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. p. 9. ISBN 9781843832072.
Johansen, David Monrad (1938). Edvard Grieg. Princeton University Press. p. 35.
Eschmann, Johann Carl (1900). J. C. Eschmann's Wegweiser durch die Klavier-Litteratur (in German) (5th ed.). Leipzig: Gebruder Hug & Co. p. 10.
Orr, N. Lee (2008). "Chapter 1. Beginnings". Dudley Buck. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. p. 6. ISBN 9780252032790.
Randel, Don Michael, ed. (1996). The Harvard biographical dictionary of music. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-674-37299-3.
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cowen, Frederic Hymen". Encyclopædia Britannica. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 346.
Brassard, François; Smith, Gordon E.; Ménard, Denise (15 December 2013). "Gustave Gagnon". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
Howe, Granville L.; Mathews, William Smythe Babcock (1889). "Frederick Grant Gleason". A Hundred Years of Music in America. G.L. Howe. p. 698.
Tyrrell, John (2011). "Musical studies: Leipzig 1879–80". Janacek: Years of a Life (1854-1914): The Lonely Blackbird. 1. Faber & Faber. ISBN 9780571261130.
Pyle, Ingram A. (1901). "Music and musicians. The composer of "The Holy City" and "The Star of Bethlehem"". Book Notes: A Monthly Literary Magazine and Review of New Books. 6. Siegel-Cooper. p. 488.
Lahee, Henry Charles (1903). "Chapter X: American organists". The Organ and Its Masters. L. C. Page. p. 251.
Hartog, Jacques (December 1905). "Julius Röntgen". The Musiclovers Calendar. 1. Boston: Musiclovers Company. p. 24.
Clive, Peter (2006). "Rudorff, Ernst (Friedrich Karl)". Brahms and His World A Biographical Dictionary. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 377. ISBN 9781461722809.
Mason, Daniel Gregory (1917). The art of music : a comprehensive library of information for music lovers and musicians. 12. New York: National Society of Music. p. 167. OCLC 3026244.
Ainger, Michael (2002). "Chapter Three. 1858-1862. Sullivan at Leipzig; Gilbert at Law". Gilbert and Sullivan : a dual biography. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-19-514769-8.

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[Riemann_1908-1] Riemann, Hugo (1908). Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music. Translated by Shedlock, J.S. Philadelphia, PA: Theo. Presser.

[2] Bache, Constance (1901). Brother Musicians: Reminiscences of Edward and Walter Bache. London: Methuen & Company. p. 87.

[Dubal_2004-3] Dubal, David (2004). "Louis Plaidy". The art of the piano : its performers, literature, and recordings (3rd ed.). Pompton Plains, N.J.: Amadeus Press. p. 275. ISBN 9781574670882.

[4] Parakilas, James (2002). "The piano lesson". Piano Roles: A New History of the Piano. Yale Press. p. 126. ISBN 9780300093063.

[Carley_2006-5] Carley, Lionel (2006). "Chapter 2: The Leipzig student and some English Contemporaries". Edvard Grieg in England. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. p. 9. ISBN 9781843832072.

[6] Johansen, David Monrad (1938). Edvard Grieg. Princeton University Press. p. 35.

[7] Eschmann, Johann Carl (1900). J. C. Eschmann's Wegweiser durch die Klavier-Litteratur (in German) (5th ed.). Leipzig: Gebruder Hug & Co. p. 10.

[8] Orr, N. Lee (2008). "Chapter 1. Beginnings". Dudley Buck. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. p. 6. ISBN 9780252032790.

[9] Randel, Don Michael, ed. (1996). The Harvard biographical dictionary of music. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-674-37299-3.

[10] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cowen, Frederic Hymen". Encyclopædia Britannica. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 346.

[11] Brassard, François; Smith, Gordon E.; Ménard, Denise (15 December 2013). "Gustave Gagnon". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2018-01-21.

[12] Howe, Granville L.; Mathews, William Smythe Babcock (1889). "Frederick Grant Gleason". A Hundred Years of Music in America. G.L. Howe. p. 698.

[13] Tyrrell, John (2011). "Musical studies: Leipzig 1879–80". Janacek: Years of a Life (1854-1914): The Lonely Blackbird. 1. Faber & Faber. ISBN 9780571261130.

[14] Pyle, Ingram A. (1901). "Music and musicians. The composer of "The Holy City" and "The Star of Bethlehem"". Book Notes: A Monthly Literary Magazine and Review of New Books. 6. Siegel-Cooper. p. 488.

[15] Lahee, Henry Charles (1903). "Chapter X: American organists". The Organ and Its Masters. L. C. Page. p. 251.

[16] Hartog, Jacques (December 1905). "Julius Röntgen". The Musiclovers Calendar. 1. Boston: Musiclovers Company. p. 24.

[17] Clive, Peter (2006). "Rudorff, Ernst (Friedrich Karl)". Brahms and His World A Biographical Dictionary. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 377. ISBN 9781461722809.

[18] Mason, Daniel Gregory (1917). The art of music : a comprehensive library of information for music lovers and musicians. 12. New York: National Society of Music. p. 167. OCLC 3026244.

[19] Ainger, Michael (2002). "Chapter Three. 1858-1862. Sullivan at Leipzig; Gilbert at Law". Gilbert and Sullivan : a dual biography. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-19-514769-8.