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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
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1und die Prinzessin, was very succ. at its première in Pest (1903), but met with little favor in London (1906) and Leipzig (1910).
3Pole, William, born Birmingham, Engl., April 22, 1814; d. London, Dec. 30, 1900. Prof. of Civil Engineering at University College, London; also a student of music (Mus. Doc., Oxon., 1864), and Examiner in Music for London Univ., 1876–90. Besides reports and scattered essays, his works Philosophy of Music (1879; republ. 1895) and The Story of Mozart's Requiem (1869, in 'Mus. Times'; republ. in pamphlet-form, 1879) are valuable. Also contributor to Grove's 'Dictionary.' Comps.: Psalm 100 in cantata-form (1861); organ-music, arrangements, etc.
5Polido'ro, Federico, b. Naples, Oct. 22, 1845; d. Giorgio a Cremano, n. Naples, Aug. 14, 1903. Pupil for pf. and singing of his father, Giuseppe P. [vocal teacher in the Cons. at Naples, where he died Mar. 12, 1873]; later, in comp., of Lillo, Conti and d'Arienzo. Well-known musical lecturer; active contributor to the Milan 'Gazzetta Musicale' (pen-name 'Acuto') and the 'Giornale napoletano di filosofia e lettere.' Among his valuable studies are sketches of Beethoven, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Wagner ('musician, philosopher, poet'), Cimarosa, Rossini, Verdi, Gounod, Hérold (Le pré aux clercs), etc., the majority publ. in the 'Archivio Musicale'; a course of lectures on mus. esthetics; studies in mus. history, Dei pretesi portenti della musica antica; Il Pianoforte, la sua storia …; etc. Has also comp. some church- and chamber-music.
7Polin'sky, Alexander, b. Wlostow, Poland, June 4, 1845. Pupil of Noskowski, Zelenski and Minchejmer in Warsaw; 1899, mus. critic for the 'Warsaw Courier'; since 1904 prof. of hist. of music at the Warsaw Cons. Has publ. (in Polish) Concerning Church-music and Its Reform (1890), The Song 'Bogarodzica' from the Viewpoint of Music (1903), History of Polish Music (1907; illustr.); essays on early Polish music in various journals; was also editor of the mus. portion of the 'Encyclopedya Powscechna' (16 vols., 1898–1904).
9Pol'ko (née Vogel), Elise, b. Leipzig, Jan. 13, 1822; d. Munich, May 15, 1899. Gifted with a fine mezzo-soprano voice, she studied under Garcia at Paris for the stage; but after a few appearances at Frankfort, she married the railway engineer Eduard Polko, and thenceforward sang only occasionally on the concert-stage. She lived at Minden, Wetzlar and Wiesbaden until her husband's death (1887); since then in Hanover, Frankfort, and latterly in Munich. Her musical proclivities are strongly displayed in many novels and romances of sentimental tendency (Ein Frauenleben, Unsere Pilgerfahrt, etc.); in mus. circles she became widely known by the Musikalische Märchen (publ. in the 'Signale'; later in book-form, 3 vols., 1852, and other eds.; also in English); then followed Faustina Hasse (a novel in 2 vols., 1860, 2d ed. 1870); Die Bellleroper (3 vols., 1864); Alte Herren (1866; Bach's 6 predecessors at the Thomaskirche, Leipzig); Verklungene Akkorde (1868; 3d ed. 1873); Erinnerungen an F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1868); Niccolò Paganini und die Geigenbauer (1876; also Ital. transl.); Vom Gesang (1876); Aus der Künstlerwelt (1878); Die Klassiker der Musik (1880; Handel, Bach, Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven); Meister der Tonkunst (1896).
11Pollak, Egon, b. Prague, May 3, 1879. Pupil of K. Knittl at the Cons. there; began his career as chorusmaster at the Landesth. in Prague; his occasional appearances at the conductor's desk disclosed unusual ability, so that in 1905 he was called to the Bremen opera as 1st Kapellm.; went to Leipzig in 1910 in the same capacity; since 1912 1st Kapellm. at the Frankfort opera; in the spring of 1914 he cond. the Wagnerian répertoire at Cov. Garden, and later at the Th. des Champs-Élysées in Paris; since 1915 cond. of the Wagner works with the Chicago Opera Co. In Germany he is regarded as one of the foremost interpreters of R. Strauss.
13Pollaro'lo, Antonio, son of Carlo Francesco; b. Venice, 1680; d. there 1750; succeeded his father in 1723, and was Lotti's successor (1740) as 1st maestro at San Marco. Comp. 13 operas for Venice; also 7 oratorios, and church-music.—See Q.-Lex.
15Pollaro'lo, Carlo Francesco, b. Brescia, 1653; d. Venice, 1722. Pupil of Legrenzi; 1665, singer at San Marco, Venice; 1690, organist of the 2d organ, and from 1692 vice-maestro. At Venice alone he prod. 70 operas from 1686–1721; at least 3 others are known. They were very popular in their day.—See Q.-Lex.
17Polle'dro, Giovanni Battista, noteworthy violinist; b. Piovà, n. Turin, June 10, 1781; d. there Aug. 15, 1853. A pupil of Pugnani, he joined the court orch. at Turin, gave his first concert in 1797, travelled 1799–1801, lived in Milan and Moscow, toured Germany and France, was Kapellm. at Dresden 1814–24, and maestro of the court orch. at Turin 1824–44.—Publ. Sinfonia pastorale for full orch.; a mass; a Miserere a 4 with orch.; 2 violin-concertos; 1 bassoon-concerto; duets and trios for strings; pieces for violin with orch.; studies for violin; etc.
19Polli'ni, Bernhard (real name Baruch Pohl), famous impresario; b. Cologne, Dec.
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