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A biographical dictionary of musicians. [With portraits from drawings in pen and ink, 1900
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1PRUCKNER—PUDOR
31, 1896. Taught by Niest, he played in the Gewandhaus, Leipzig, at 17; studied with Liszt at Weimar, 1852-6; lived 3 years in Vienna, making concert-tours; from 1859, teacher at Stuttgart Cons.; from 1864, court pianist, and in 1868, "Royal Professor." With Singer (violin) and Goltermann ('cello) he organized chamber-music soirées in 1861. His reputation as a teacher was high.
5Pruck'ner, Caroline, b. Vienna, Nov. 4, 1832. Soprano stage-singer, from 1850 at Hanover, from 1852 at Mannheim, having striking success as Martha, Elvira, Leonora (Stradella), and Valentine; suddenly lost her voice in 1855, seriously studied voice-production in all its branches, and in 1870 opened a School of Opera in Vienna. Publ. a valuable treatise, "Theorie und Praxis der Gesangskunst" (1872; 2nd ed. 1883, for which the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin bestowed on her a gold medal and the title of Professor).
7Prudent,[Beunie-Prudent], Émile, pianist; b. Angoulême, Feb. 3, 1817; d. Paris, May 14, 1863. Early orphaned, he was adopted by a piano-tuner; studied under Lecouppey and Zimmerman (pf.) and Laurent (harm.) at Paris Cons., taking 1st prize in 1833. He modelled his style on Thalberg's, between whom and Döhler, according to contemporary critics, he ranked. Successful tours in France, Belgium, England, and Germany; highly esteemed in Paris as a teacher; compositions well written, but neither warmly inspired nor original.—Concert symphonique w. orch.; Pf.-works: pf.-trio; concerto No. 2, in B♭; 6 études de salon, op. 60; much elegant salon-music (L'hirondelle, op. 11; La Berceuse and Chanson sicilienne, op. 30; Le réveil des fées, op. 41; etc.).
9Prume, François-Hubert, b. Stavelot, n. Liège, June 3, 1816; d. there July 14, 1849. Violin-virtuoso; pupil of Liège Cons. 1827-30, then of Habeneck at Paris Cons.; from 1833-9, prof. at the Liège Cons., then undertaking a tour through Germany, Scandinavia, and Russia, returning in 1842, and becoming 1st prof. of violin at Liège in 1844.—Op. 1, "La mélancolie" f. violin w. pf. or orch. (very popular); op. 2, 6 Grandes études; a concertino and a morceau de concert, f. vln. w. orch.; Grande Polonaise, f. do.; etc.
11Prume, Frantz Henry, nephew of the above. See JÉHIN-PRUME.
13Prumier, Antoine, b. Paris, July 2, 1794; d. there Jan. 20, 1868. Harp-player, pupil at the Cons.; harpist at the Th. Italien, and at the Opéra-Comique in 1835, then also succeeding Nadermann as harp-prof. at the Cons.—Works: About 100 fantaisies, rondos, and airs w. variations, for harp.—His son and pupil,
15Prumier, Ange-Conrad, b. 1821 (?); d. Paris, Apr. 3, 1884. His father's successor at the Opéra-Comique; played later at the Opéra; and succeeded Labarre as prof. of the harp at the Cons. in 1870.—Works: Solos and études f. harp; nocturnes f. harp and horn; sacred songs.
17Psellos, Michael, writer at Constantinople about 1050. Wrote a treatise on music, printed by Arsenius in "Opus in quatuor mathematicas disciplinas" (1532, 1535), in German by Mitzler (Vol. iii of his "Mus. Bibliothek"); another treatise, on rhythm, was publ. by Morelli (1785).
19Ptolemy, Claudius, the celebrated Alexandrian astronomer, geographer, and mathematician, early in the 2nd century wrote a very important treatise on music, a poor Latin version of which was made by Gogavinus (1562); Wallis publ. the orig. Greek text in 1688; O. Paul gives a fragment in Greek, with German transl., in his "Boetius."
21Pucci'ni, Giacomo, b. Lucca, Italy, in 1858. At first private pupil of Angeloni at Lucca; then studied at the R. Cons., Milan, under A. Ponchielli, graduating with a fine Capriccio sinfonico f. orch. He has since won prominence as a dramatic composer, having prod. the 1-act opera Le Villi (Milan, Dal Verme Th., 1884; extended later to 2 acts, and given at La Scala and elsewhere); Edgar (Milan, La Scala, 1889; succ.); 4-act lyric drama Manon Lescaut (Turin, 1893; succ.); and the 4-act opera seria La Bohème (Turin, 1896; London, Covent Garden, 1897; succ.). Verdi is said to have called him the most promising of his successors. In 1893 he succeeded Catalani as prof. of comp. at Milan Cons.
23Pucit'ta, Vincenzo, b. Civitavecchia, 1778; d. Milan, Dec. 20, 1861. Prod. some 30 operas at Rome, Venice, Milan, London, and Paris, where he was cembalist at the Italian Opera.
25Puchat, Max, b. Breslau, 1859. Composer and pianist; pupil of Kiel at Berlin, and winner of the Mendelssohn prize in 1884.—Works: Symphonic poems "Euphorion" (1888), and "Tragödie eines Künstlers" (1894; 5 movem.); an overture; a pf.-concerto in C minor; and numerous songs.
27Puch'tler, Wilhelm Maria, b. Holzkirchen, Franconia, Dec. 24, 1848; d. Nice, Feb. 11, 1881. Pupil of Faiszt, Lebert, and Stark, at Stuttgart Cons. (1868-73); teacher and cond. at Göttingen till 1879.—Works: "Der Geiger von Gmund," a choral comp. (1881); pf.-pieces in virtuoso-style.
29Pú'dor, Johann Friedrich, b. Delitzsch, Saxony, 1835; d. Dresden, Oct. 10, 1887, where he had been manager and proprietor of the Cons. since 1859.—His son,
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