Louis Plaidy

Louis Plaidy (28 November 1810 – 3 March 1874) was a German piano pedagogue and compiler of books of technical music studies.

Life Born in Hubertusburg, Saxony, Plaidy initially focused on the violin, and toured as a concert violinist, but he later studied the piano, particularly the technical aspects of playing.

In 1843, Felix Mendelssohn invited Plaidy to join the faculty of the Leipzig Conservatory to teach the piano. Plaidy was Edvard Grieg's first piano teacher at the Conservatory, Plaidy remained at the Conservatory until 1865, when he went on to teach piano students privately.

He died in Grimma, Saxony, aged 63.

Notable students

Plaidy's notable students included: Dudley Buck, American composer. Hans von Bülow, German conductor, virtuoso pianist, and composer. Frederic Hymen Cowen, British composer. Gustave Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer. Frederick Grant Gleason, American composer and director of the Chicago Conservatory. Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer and pianist. Leoš Janáček, Czech composer. Michael Maybrick, English singer and composer. James Cutler Dunn Parker, American organist, educator and composer. Oscar Paul Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch composer. Ernst Rudorff, German composer. Samuel Sanford Gustav Schreck, German composer. Arthur Sullivan, English composer. Franklin Taylor, English pianist and piano pedagogue

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