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Cyclopedia of music and musicians, 1888
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1PARKER
3Holy Trinity, Madison Avenue, New York. Works: Concert overture, in E-flat, given in Munich, 1884; Psalm xxiii., for female chorus, organ, and harp, ib., 1884; Romance for chorus and orchestra, ib., 1884; Symphony in C major, orchestra, ib., 1885; Regulus, heroic overture, ib., 1885; King Trojan, ballad for chorus or orchestra, ib., 1885; String quartet in F major, Garden City, 1886; Der Normannenzug, ballad for male chorus and orchestra, New York, 1889; Chamber music; Organ and pianoforte music; Songs and part-songs for male, female, and mixed voices.
5PARKER, JAMES CUTLER DUNN, born, of American parentage, in Boston, Massachusetts, June 2, 1828, still living, 1890. Organist; was graduated at Harvard College in 1848, and began to study law, but soon gave it up for music, and, after preliminary study in Boston, went in 1851 to Europe and studied, in Leipsic, the pianoforte under Moscheles and Plaidy, harmony under Hauptmann, and composition under Rietz and Richter. In 1854 he returned to Boston and soon took a prominent place as organist, leader, and instructor. In 1862 he organized the Parker Club, an amateur vocal association which gave classical works with success. He has been organist of the Handel and Haydn Society, and for the past twenty-four years organist and choir director of Trinity Church, Boston; and has held a professorship in the College of Music connected with the Boston University. Works: Redemption Hymn, for contralto solo and chorus, written for the fourth triennial festival of the Handel and Haydn Society, May 17, 1877; The Blind King, cantata, 1886; Church music. Didactic: Manual of Harmony (1855); Theoretical and Practical Harmony (1870).
7PARKER, LOUIS NAPOLEON, born at Calvados, France, Oct. 21, 1852, still living, 1890. Pianist; studied in Italy, France, and Germany, and from 1870 at the Royal Academy of Music, London, under Harold Thomas, Walworth, Banister, Steggall, Cusins, and Sterndale Bennett. In 1874 he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, and he has been since 1877 director of music in the King's School, Sherborne. Works: Silvia, dramatic idyl, text by Seward Mariner (Walter Raymond), for four solo voices, chorus, and small orchestra, 1880; Psalm xxiii., motet for female voices; The Wreck of the Hesperus, trio for female voices, text by Longfellow; Cantate Domino and Deus misereatur; Overtures for orchestra (MS.); Violin music; Pianoforte music; Songs.
9PARLAR, SPIEGAR. See Mosè in Egitto.
11PARMENTIER, CHARLES JOSEPH THÉODORE, born at Barr (Bas-Rhin), March 14, 1821, still living, 1890. Amateur composer, general in the French army, where he served with distinction in the corps of engineers, and took part in the campaigns in the Crimea, 1855, Italy, 1859, and France, 1870-71; was wounded at Wörth, and taken prisoner at Sedan. He is the husband of the violin virtuoso Teresa Milanollo. Works: Grande polonaise de Weber, for orchestra; 2 polkas for do.; 4 pieces and fugue for organ; 96 préludes and versets, do.; Nocturnes, barcarolles, caprices, etc., for pianoforte; Choruses for 4 male voices; Romances; German songs and Balladen.—Fétis; do., Supplément, ii. 304.
13PARNASSO CONFUSO, IL (Parnassus in Confusion), festa teatrale in one act, text by Metastasio, music by Gluck, first repre-
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