Jean-Louis Boisselot
Jean-Baptiste-Louis Boisselot (18 August 1782 – 21 May 1847) was the founder of the piano company Boisselot & Fils. Coming from a family of violin makers based in Montpellier around 1770, he started his business by selling scores and musical instruments, especially from 1809 on when he focused on the sale of pianos and harps abroad.
Biography
Boisselot was born in
On his death in 1847,[2] he left his two sons Louis-Constantin and Xavier Boisselot with a thriving company that sold pianos to a demanding clientele. This was also arranged by Franz Liszt himself, who played the preferred instruments of his friend and supporter Boisselot in Marseille.[2] Following the example of his Parisian rivals, he opened the Boisselot concert hall with a concert. A grand piano built the same year by the Boisselots, was used by Liszt for several years at his Weimar residence, where most of his piano works were composed.[3]
He died in Marseille.
References
- ^ a b Pianos Boisselot. "HISTOIRE D'UNE MANUFACTURE MARSEILLAISE: "Boisselot & Fils, l'élégance et la convivialité, inventeur de la pédale tonale"". Boisselot.com. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ a b Pianos Romantiques. "Jean-Louis Boisselot". Pianos Romantiques. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ISBN 0198166257.
- Attribution
- This article is based on the translation of the corresponding article of the German Wikipedia. A list of contributors can be found there in the History section.
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