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A biographical dictionary of musicians. [With portraits from drawings in pen and ink, 1900
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11889; succ.). Also the 1-act opera seria Gabriella (written for Adelina Patti, who created title-role in Boston, 1893); the comic opera Le testament de bric-à-brac (London, 1895); and the 1-act opera Rosalba (written for Patti in 1896). In 1897, app. Dir. of Music-School at Bergamo, and m. di capp. at church of S. Maria Maggiore, succeeding Cagnoni.
3Plaïdy, Louis, b. Hubertsburg, Saxony, Nov. 28, 1810; d. Grimma, Mar. 3, 1874. Pupil of Agthe (pf.) and Haase (vln.). He entered the Wunderlich Orch. at Leipzig, 1831, as a violinist; later devoted himself to the piano, carefully studying the principles of technique, and teaching; in 1843 Mendelssohn invited him to join the staff of instructors at the Cons., and he taught there until 1865, later giving private lessons in Leipzig. He was eminently successful as a pedagogue; and publ. the still standard text-book "Technische Studien für das Pianofortespiel"; also a booklet, "Der Clavierlehrer" (1874; Engl. by Ritter as "The Piano-forte Teacher's Guide," and by Dwight as "The Piano-Teacher").
5Planquette, (Jean-) Robert, b. Paris, July 31, 1850. St. comp. at Paris Cons. under Duprato; début as composer with chansons and saynètes for "cafés-concerts"; first stage-work the 1-act operetta Paille d'avoine (1874); his first hit was with Les cloches de Corneville, a 3-act comic opera (Folies-Dramatiques, 1877), given over 400 times running, and popular both in England and Germany. Some of his latest are Surcouf (1887), Le Talisman (1892), Panurge (1895), and a spectacular comic opera in 3 acts, Mam'zelle Quat'sous (Gaîté, 1897). For London he wrote The Old Guard (1887), and Paul Jones (1889).
7Plantade, Charles-Henri, b. Pontoise, Oct. 19, 1764; d. Paris, Dec. 18, 1839. From 8 he studied singing and the 'cello in the royal school for the "pages de musique"; afterwards Langlé, Hüllmandel, and Petrini were his teachers. From 1797, he was singing-teacher at the Campan Inst. at Saint-Denis, where Hortense de Beauharnais, the future queen of Holland, was his pupil. From 1802 he was prof. of singing at the Cons.; but resigned this position, Queen Hortense calling him to Holland as court conductor, and remained in her service at Paris, after the King's abdication in 1810, until 1815. From 1812-15, P. was also maître de chant and stage-manager at the Opéra; 1816-28, again prof. of singing at the Cons., also succeeding Persuis as maître de chapelle to Louis XVIII.
9Losing his positions in the revolutionary year 1830, he retired to Batignolles. His most distinguished pupil was Mme. Cinti-Damoreau. Besides half-a-score of operas, (Palma and Le mari de circonstance were publ.,) he comp. masses, motets, etc., for the Chapelle royale; publ. 20 sets of romances, 3 books of vocal duets (nocturnes), and a harp-sonata.—His son,
11Plantade, Charles-François, b. Paris, Apr. 14, 1787; d. there May 26, 1870. He comp. romances, and was a co-founder, in 1828, of the "Concerts du Conservatoire."
13Planté, François, celebrated pianist; b. Orthez, Basses-Pyrénées, Mar. 2, 1839. From 1849, pupil of Marmontel at Paris Cons.; won 1st prize after 7 months' tuition, and was installed by Alard and Franchomme as pianist in their trio soirées. After a course of harmony and reading from a figured bass, in Bazin's class (1853), he retired for private study during ten years, and then reappeared as a pianist of finished technique and style. Has made excellent transcriptions of classic pieces (Gluck, Mozart), but has publ. no original compositions.
15Platania, Pietro, b. Catania, Apr. 5, 1828. Pupil of P. Raimondi at the Cons. there; 1863, Dir. of Palermo Cons.; later m. di capp. at Milan, and (1888) Dir. of the R. College of Music at Naples.—Operas: Matilde Bentivoglio (Palermo, 1852); Piccarda Donati (ib., 1857); La vendetta slava (ib., 1865); 4-act opera Spartaco (Milan, 1893); Giulio Sabino (not perf.). Also a Hymn to the Queen of Italy, a symphony "L'Italia"; funeral-symphony in memory of Pacini; festival symphony w. choruses to welcome King Humbert in 1878; "Pensiero sinfonico"; a Requiem; etc.; and a treatise on canon and fugue.
17Platel, Nicolas-Joseph, famous 'cellist; b. Versailles, 1777; d. Brussels, Aug. 25, 1835. A pupil of Duport and Lamare; considered the best 'cellist in Paris from 1801-5, when he went on a long tour, became 1st 'cello at the Antwerp opera in 1813, and the same about 1819 at Brussels, where he was app. prof. at the royal school of music (reorganized as the Cons. in 1831).—Works: 5 'cello-concertos; 3 'cello-sonatas, w. bass; 8 airs variés f. 'cello; caprices or preludes f. 'cello; 3 string-trios; 6 duos f. violin and 'cello; 6 romances w. pf.-accomp. (all publ.).
19Plato, the eminent Greek philosopher (429-347, b.c.), formulated in his Timaeus a system of musical harmony, eruditely interpreted by Th.-Henri Martin in his "Études sur le Timée de Platon" (Paris, 1841). R. von Westphal, in his "Harmonik," and von Jan in "Die Harmonie der Sphären," may also be consulted. Plato's thoughts on music are collected in an essay by Deyk in Weber's "Cäcilia" (1828). P. likened the movements of music to those of the soul, whose development may therefore be influenced by musical art.
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