Pleyel, Marie. (1811-1875) Autograph Musical Quotation SignedAMQS of an unidentified work in G minor, almost certainly for keyboard, marked "Lento", written and signed by one of the most celebrated pianists of the early nineteenth century, and perhaps the only female virtuoso pianist who was consistently ranked with Liszt, and who was briefly engaged to Berlioz. The inscription reads: " ma chre et brillante lve Franny de Bas M. Pleyel Bruxelles, aot 1851." ("To my dear and brilliant student Franny de Bas M.