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A Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1900
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1Paris and Italy; début 1868; joined Mapleson Opera Co. in 1873, and was primo basso in the R. Ital. Opera, London. In 1874 he married Marie Roze (later Col. Mapleson's wife).
3Perne, François-Louis, b. Paris, 1772; d. there May 26, 1832. He studied harm. and cpt under Abbé d'Haudimont at the maîtrise of St.-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie; chorus-singer at the Opéra, 1792; double-bass player in the orch. there, 1799. In 1801 he brought out a grand festival mass. His theoretical knowledge was illustrated by a triple fugue, to be sung backwards on reversing the page. Continued study of mus. theory and history won him the position of Catel's successor as prof. of harmony at the Cons.; he became Inspector-General in 1816, and also librarian in 1819. In 1822 he retired to an estate near Laon; he returned to Paris a few weeks before his death. The few printed works of this learned and voluminous writer (on Greek notation, the songs of the troubadours, etc.) appeared in vol.s i–ix of Fétis' "Revue musicale," excepting his essay on the Châtelain de Coucy (in Michel's monograph, 1830). His publ. comp s include a "Cours d'harmonie et d'accompagnement" (1822), 2 pf.-methods, variations and easy sonatas f. pf., and the famous triple fugue.
5Pero'si, Don Lorenzo, b. Tortona, Italy, Dec. 23, 1872. Pupil, 1891, of Saladino; 1893, of Milan Cons.; 1894, of Haberl's Domchor-schule (School for Church-music) at Ratisbon. 1895, maestro di cappella at Imola; from 1897, at San Marco, Venice. He is a young priest, whose sacred trilogy La Passione di Cristo (I. La cena del Signore; II. L'orazione al monte; III. La morte del Redentore), prod. in Milan, 1897, at the Ital. Congress for Sacred Music, created a sensation (not equalled at later performances in Germany, London, New York, etc.). Other oratorios are La Trasfigurazione del Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo (1898), La Risurrezione di Lazaro (Venice, July 27, 1898, in La Fenice theatre, by special permission), and Il Natale del Redentore (Como, 1899). Toward the end of 1898 the success of his oratorios was so emphatic in Italy that Pope Leo XIII. app. him honorary maestro of the Papal Choir.—P. has also written 15 masses, and is an excellent organist. (Oratorios publ. in pf.-score.)
7Perotinus, Magnus, Magister, maître de chapelle at Notre-Dame, Paris. Celebrated composer of the 12th century. Some comp.s publ. in Coussemaker's "L'art harmonique au XIIe et XIIIe siècles."
9Perot'ti, Giovanni Agostino, b. Vercelli, Apr. 12, 1760; d. Venice, June 28, 1855. Pupil of Mattei in Bologna; in 1817 he succeeded Furlanetto as maestro at San Marco, Venice. Besides excellent church-music, an opera (La Contadina nobile, 1795), etc., he wrote essays "Sullo stato attuale della musica in Italia" (Venice, 1812), and "Il buon gusto della musica" (1808).
11Perrin, Pierre, b. Lyons, about 1620; d. Paris, Apr. 25, 1675. Author of the libretti for the first French operas (so called) Cambert's La Pastorale (1659), Pomone (1671), and Alcione (1672). The privilege obtained of Louis XIV. by P. and Cambert, to organize an "Académie de musique" (1668), was revoked in Lully's favor (1669).
13Perry, Edward Baxter, pianist; b. Haverhill, Mass., Feb. 14, 1855. He early lost his sight; was taught by J. W. Hill at Boston; studied later in Germany under Kullak, Clara Schumann, Pruckner, and Liszt. Played before the German Emperor. Returning to America, he gave 1,200 concerts in 10 years. He originated the "lecture-recital." Has composed a "Loreley" fantasia, "The lost Island," and other pf.-works.
15Perry, George, English comp.; b. Norwich, 1793; d. London, Mar. 4, 1862. Director of music at Haymarket Th., 1822; organist of Quebec Chapel; 1832–47, leader, from 1848 conductor, of Sacred Harmonic Soc. orch.; in 1846, also org. of Trinity Ch., Gray's Inn Road.—Oratorios, Elijah and the priests of Baal (1818), The Fall of Jerusalem (1830), The Death of Abel (1846), Hezekiah (1847); a cantata, Belshazzar's Feast (1836); 2 operas, Family Quarrels (1830) and Morning, Noon, and Night (1822); overture to "The Persian Hunters"; anthems, songs, and pf.-pieces.
17Persia'ni (née Tacchinardi), Fanny, famed soprano (coloratura) stage-singer; b. Rome, Oct. 4, 1812; d. Passy, n. Paris, May 3, 1867. Her father, the tenor singer Nicola T., was her teacher. After a successful début at Leghorn in 1832, she sang in the principal cities of the peninsula; at Milan she was called "la piccola Pasta"; from 1837–48 she shone in London and Paris as one of the greatest singers ever heard, also visited Holland and Russia, but returned to Paris in 1858.—In 1830 she married Giuseppe Persiani [1804–1869], a composer of 11 operas.
19Persuis, Louis-Luc-Loiseau de, b. Metz, July 4, 1769; d. Paris, Dec. 20, 1819. A violinist, he went to Paris in 1787; prod. an oratorio, Le passage de la mer Rouge, at a Concert spirituel; became 1st violin at the Th. Montansier (1790), and at the Opéra (1793); chef de chant at the Opéra (1804), and chef d'orchestre in 1810, succeeding Rey. Was also prof. of violin at the Cons. 1795–1802. In 1814, Inspector-General of the Opéra, superseding Choron as Director in 1817. Under his management the Opéra prospered; and this is his chief claim to fame. He was likewise asst.-cond. of Napoleon's court orch., and succeeded Le Sueur as Intendant-in-chief of the Royal Orch. in 1816.
21Per'ti, Jacopo Antonio, b. Bologna, June 6, 1661; d. there Apr. 10, 1756. A celebrated dram. and sacred composer, pupil of Padre Petronio Franceschini. As early as 1680 he brought out a solemn mass, and next year was elected a member of the Accademia Filarmonica,
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