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1PARLOW, KATHLEEN, Canadian violinist, b. Calgary, Sept. 20, 1890. Studied under Henry Holmes in San Francisco and with Leopold Auer at Petrograd. Has made numerous successful tours of Russia, Scandinavia, Germany, Holland, Belgium and the United States, her first appearance on her return from Europe being with the Russian Symphony Orchestra (N. Y.) playing the Tschaikowsky Concerto.
3PATTON, ALMA, American violinist, b. Marion, Ind., May 19, 1886, studied under Arthur Hartmann and Michael Press. Has appeared in many concerts in the Middle West and Florida where she has taught in the School of Musical Art at Jacksonville.
5PENTE, EMILIO, Italian violinist and composer, b. Padua, Oct. 16, 1860. Studied under Corbellini and Bazzini at the Milan Conservatory. Made his first appearance at Florence in 1895, afterwards teaching and touring Europe, settling at London in 1909 as Professor of violin at the Guildhall School of Music. While in Padua he discovered about forty manuscripts of Tartini which had been lost for more than a century. Compositions include concertos and lighter pieces, in addition to important editions of many classical works.
7PEREPELITZIN, POLYCARP DE, Russian violinist and musicologist, b. Odessa, Dec. 14, 1818. Studied under Lipinski and became deeply interested in the history of music, contributing several valuable works, including a history of music in Russia.
9PERSINGER, LOUIS, American violinist, b. Rochester, Ill., Feb. 11, 1888. Studied in Leipzig at the Royal Conservatory with Hans Becker, and also with Ysaÿe at Brussels and Thibaud at Paris. In addition to being concertmaster of the Bluthner and Philharmonic Orchestras in Berlin, he has appeared as soloist with concert orchestras throughout Europe and with all the largest organizations in the United States. Is now settled in San Francisco as concertmaster and assistant conductor of the Symphony Orchestra and director of the Chamber Music Society.
11PETSCHNIKOFF, ALEXANDER, Russian violinist and composer, b. Yelets, Feb. 8, 1873. Studied under Hrimaly at the Moscow Conservatory where he won a gold medal for violin playing. Made numerous successful tours of Europe and came to the United States in 1906, touring the entire country.
13In 1910 he became professor of the violin at the Munich Conservatory of Music.
15PETRI, HENRI WILHELM, Dutch violinist, b. Zeyst, April. 5, 1856. Studied under Joachim and appeared as soloist in London with great success, occupying thereafter several positions with European orchestras as concertmaster; finally succeeding Lauterbach at the Royal Chapel in Dresden, acting as violin professor at the conservatory and organizing an excellent string quartet. Compositions include a number of violin pieces, also important revisions of classical instructive works. D. Dresden, Apr. 7, 1914.
17PFOUTS, EARL (JOHN), American violinist, b. Bucyrus, Ohio, June 20, 1881. Studied under Musin and Remy, and has toured the United States in company with other noted artists, in addition to acting as soloist with the Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra and other organizations. Has settled in Philadelphia, teaching and concertizing.
19PICHL (OR PICHEL), WENZEL, Bohemian violinist and composer, b. Bechin, Sept. 25, 1741. Studied under Dittersdorf and Nar-dini and became musical director and solo violinist for the Archduke Ferdinand with whom he remained all his life. Pichl was a prolific composer—more than 700 works—among them several violin concertos and solos. D. Vienna, Jan. 23, 1805.
21PILZER, MAXIMILIAN, American violinist and composer, b. New York, Feb. 26, 1890. Studied under Schradieck and Joachim. Appeared as soloist in Berlin and made a successful tour of Russia, Austria and Germany. Returned to the United States in 1905, making his debut at Mendelssohn Hall, N. Y. Became concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, but resigned in order to devote his time to concertizing and teaching. Compositions include several graceful solos and transcriptions for the violin.
23PINELLI, ETTORE, Italian violinist and composer, b. Rome, Oct. 18, 1843. Studied under Ramaciotti and Joachim. Returned to Rome in 1866 where he, together with Sgambati, founded an association for performing classical chamber music, also a violin school, out of which came the "Liceo Musicale" at which he became professor of the violin. Compositions include a string quartet.
25PINTO, GEORGE FREDERICK, English violin-
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