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A Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1900
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1PESCETTI—PETRINI
3of which he was five times the president. After spending several years as an opera-composer at Parma, he became maestro at San Pietro in Bologna (1690), and in 1696 maestro at San Petronio. He wrote 21 operas, and 4 oratorios; publ. "Cantate morali e spirituali" (1688) and "Messe e salmi concertati" (1735); in Novello's "Sacred Music" are 2 fine choruses. His MSS were dispersed; Abbate Santini has made a valuable collection.
5Pescetti, Giovanni Battista, b. Venice, 1704; d. there (probably) 1766. A pupil of Lotti, he prod. several operas in Venice 1725-37; lived in London till 1740, writing operas of which the overtures and some arias were publ. by Walsh; from 1762 he was second organist at San Marco, Venice.
7Pesch'ka-Leut'ner, Minna, celebrated stage-soprano (coloratura); b. Vienna, Oct. 25, 1839; d. Wiesbaden, Jan. 12, 1890. Pupil of Proch; début Breslau, 1846; after singing there a year, she retired temporarily, married Dr. Peschka of Vienna in 1861, then sang in Dessau. After several appearances at the Vienna Court Opera, and further study under Frau Bochkoltz-Falconi, she was eng. as prima donna at Darmstadt in 1865. From 1868-76, at the height of her powers and fame, she was eng. at Leipzig under Director Haase; in 1872 she sang at the Philharm. and Crystal Palace, London, and in that autumn at the Peace Jubilee at Boston, U. S.; it is said that over-exertion there seriously impaired her voice. Pollini eng. her for the Hamburg opera in 1876; in 1883 she went to Cologne.
9Pessard, Émile-Louis-Fortuné, b. Montmartre, Seine, May 28, 1843. Pupil, in the Paris Cons., of Bazin (harm.), Laurent (pf.), Benoist (org.), and Carafa (comp.); won the 1st harmony-prize in 1862, and the Grand prix de Rome in 1866 with the cantata Delila (Opéra, 1867). From 1878-80, inspector of singing in the Paris schools; succeeded Savard as prof. of harmony at the Cons. in 1881. He is director of mus. instruction in the educational department of the Legion of Honor. Since 1895, mus. critic for "l'Événement." (Officer of Legion of Honor and of Pub. Instruction.—Works: La cloche cassée (Op.-Com., 1870); Le Char (ib., 1878); Le capitaine Fracasse (Th.-Lyr., 1878); Tabarin (Opéra, 1885); Tartarin sur les Alpes (Galté, 1888); Don Quichotte (Menus-Plaisirs, 1889); Les Folies amoureuses (Op.-Com., 1891); Une nuit de Noël (Ambigu, 1893); Mlle. Carabin (Bouffes, 1893); Le Muet (1894); La Dame de trèfles (1898); all comic operas or operettas. Also masses, orch.1 suites, a pf.-trio, pf.-pieces, songs. one of two readings
10Pessard, Émile-Louis-Fortuné, b. Montmartre, Seine, May 28, 1843. Pupil, in the Paris Cons., of Bazin (harm.), Laurent (pf.), Benoist (org.), and Carafa (comp.); won the 1st harmony-prize in 1862, and the Grand prix de Rome in 1866 with the cantata Delila (Opéra, 1867). From 1878-80, inspector of singing in the Paris schools; succeeded Savard as prof. of harmony at the Cons. in 1881. He is director of mus. instruction in the educational department of the Legion of Honor. Since 1895, mus. critic for "l'Événement." (Officer of Legion of Honor and of Pub. Instruction.—Works: La cloche cassée (Op.-Com., 1870); Le Char (ib., 1878); Le capitaine Fracasse (Th.-Lyr., 1878); Tabarin (Opéra, 1885); Tartarin sur les Alpes (Galté, 1888); Don Quichotte (Menus-Plaisirs, 1889); Les Follies amoureuses (Op.-Com., 1891); Une nuit de Noël (Ambigu, 1893); Mlle. Carabin (Bouffes, 1893); Le Muet (1894); La Dame de trèfles (1898); all comic operas or operettas. Also masses, orch.1 suites, a pf.-trio, pf.-pieces, songs. one of two readings
12Peters, Carl Friedrich, Leipzig music-publishing firm, founded in 1814, (C. F. Peters then purchasing Kühnel & Hofmeister's "Bureau de Musique" (estab. 1800). (Gained celebrity by the critical complete ed. of J. S. Bach's works; since 1868, by the issue of classical works in the cheap and reliable "Edition Peters." Its large and important musical library was opened to the public in 1893 as the "Bibliothek Peters." Dr. Max Abraham is at present (1899) sole proprietor (since 1863).
14Petersi'lea, Carlyle, b. Boston, Mass., Jan. 18, 1844. Distinguished pianist and teacher; pupil of his father, and (1862-5) of Moscheles, Reinecke, Richter, Hauptmann, etc., at Leipzig Cons., winning the Helbig prize for pf.-playing. After a successful tour in Germany, he returned to Boston; establ. "The Petersilea Acad. of Music" in 1871, closing it in 1886 to become a teacher in the New Engl. Cons. He spent the Spring of 1884 with Liszt at Weimar, and gave a concert at the Berlin Singakademie.—Has publ. technical studies, etc., f. pf.
16Petit, Adrien. See COCLICUS.
18Petre'jus, Johannes, a native of Langendorf, Franconia, and music-printer at Nuremberg, where he died Mar. 18, 1550. Began as a book-printer in 1526; commenced music-printing in 1536.
20Petrel'la, Errico, b. Palermo, Dec. 10, 1813; d. Genoa, Apr. 7, 1877. An opera-composer; violin-pupil of Saverio del Giudice; then at the Naples Cons. (Collegio di S. Sebastiano) from 1825-30 of Costa, Bellini, Furno, Ruggi, and Zingarelli. His first theatrical attempt was the 2-act opera buffa Il Diavolo color di rosa (Naples, 1829). Being successful, it was followed up to 1874 by over 20 more operas, both comic and serious; Le Miniere di Freiburgh (Naples, 1830) was his finest buffo work; Elvira, o l'Assedio di Leida, the best in the serious genre. Marco Tisconti (Naples, 1854) immediately obtained immense popularity in Italy, and La Contessa d'Amalfi (Turin, 1864) also had noteworthy success. During a quarter of a century he vied with Verdi in Italian favor: but he belonged to the "old" school, and his operas have disappeared before the influence of Germanism. Despite his many successes, he died in extreme poverty.
22Pe'tri, Johann Samuel, b. Sorau, Sept. 1, 1738; d. as cantor at Bautzen, Apr. 22, 1808. Publ. "Anleitung zur praktischen Musik" (1767; 2nd ed. 1782), and "Anweisung zum regelmässigen und geschmackvollen Orgelspiel" (1802). one of two readings
23Petri, Johann Samuel, b. Sorau, Sept. 1, 1738; d. as cantor at Bautzen, Apr. 22, 1808. Publ. "Anleitung zur praktischen Musik" (1767; 2nd ed. 1782), and "Anweisung zum regelmässigen und geschmackvollen Orgelspiel" (1802). one of two readings
25Pe'tri, Henri, b. Zeyst, n. Utrecht, Apr. 5, 1856. Fine violinist, pupil of David at Leipzig. Leader of the Gewandhaus Orch. 1882-6 (with Brodsky), then succeeding Lauterbach as leader of the Dresden court orch. Has publ. studies and pieces f. violin. one of two readings
26Petri, Henri, b. Zeyst, n. Utrecht, Apr. 5, 1856. Fine violinist, pupil of David at Leipzig. Leader of the Gewandhaus Orch. 1882-6 (with Brodsky), then succeeding Lauterbach as leader of the Dresden court orch. Has publ. studies and pieces f. violin. one of two readings
28Petri'ni, Franz, harpist; b. Berlin, 1744; d. Paris, 1819. Court musician at Schwerin, 1765; harp-teacher in Paris, 1770.—Publ. 4 concertos, 8 sonatas, variations, duets, etc., f. harp; also a harp-method, and a manual of harmony.
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