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1sented in the palace of Schönbrunn, Jan. 23, 1765, on the wedding day of Joseph II. and Maria Josepha of Bavaria, for which occasion both the text and music were written. The Archduke Leopold conducted and accompanied the play on the clavecin. The part of Apollo was sung by the Princess Amalia, and the Three Graces, by Elizabeth, Charlotte, and Josephine.—Marx, Gluck und die Oper, i. 335; Schmid, Ritter von Gluck, 115.
3PARNASSO IN FESTA, Italian serenata by Handel, first represented at the King's Theatre, London, March 13, 1734, in honour of the marriage of the Princess Anne with the Prince of Orange, which took place on the following day. The royal family was present at the first performance; the work was repeated several times. It was given without dramatic action and in one gayly decorated scene, representing Mount Parnassus, with Apollo and the Muses seated, celebrating the marriage of Peleus and Thetis. The work contains only thirteen new airs, the rest of the music being taken from Handel's oratorio, Athaliah, which had not been heard in London at that time, and to which he afterwards added several new airs from the Parnasso in Festa. Characters represented: Apollo (S.); Orfeo (S.); Clio (S.); Calliope (S.); Cloride (A.); Eurilla (A.); Euterpe (A.); Proteo (B.); and chorus of nymphs and shepherds. At the close of the wedding ceremony, March 14, the choir sang an anthem, "This is the day," with orchestral accompaniments, the music of which was selected by Handel from Athaliah, the Parnasso in Festa, and the seventh Chandos Anthem. The MS. conducting score of this and of the Parnasso in Festa are in the Public Library, Hamburg. In each the music is in Smith's handwriting and the text in Handel's. The Parnasso in Festa was published by the Händelgesellschaft, Breitkopf & Härtel (Leipsic, 1878).—Chrysander, Händel, ii. 319, 358; Schoelcher, Händel, 163; Rockstro, 201; Burney, iv. 374.
5PARRATT, WALTER, born at Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, Feb. 10, 1841, still living, 1890. Organist, pupil of his father, Thomas Parratt (organist at Huddersfield), and in London of George Cooper. Organist at Armitage Bridge Church, 1852; St. Paul's, Huddersfield, 1854–60; at Witley Court, Worcestershire, 1861–67; Wigan Parish Church, 1868–71; Magdalen College, Oxford, 1872–81; appointed to St. George's Chapel, Windsor, in 1882, vice Sir George Job Elvey. In 1873 he became Mus. Bac., Oxford, and in 1883 professor of the organ in the Royal College of Music. Works: Music to Agamemnon, given at Oxford, 1880, and to The Story of Orestes, Prince's Hall, 1886; Anthems; Songs; Organ music.
7PARRY, CHARLES HUBERT HASTINGS, born at Bournemouth, Feb. 27, 1848, still living, 1890. Instrumental and vocal composer, educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; pupil of Elvey, and in Stuttgart of Pierson; in London, of Macfarren and Dannreuther. Mus. Bac., 1870; Mus. Doc., Oxford; do., Cambridge (honorary degree), 1883; professor at Royal College of Music; choragus of Oxford University: professor of composition and musical history in Royal College of Music. Works: Scenes from Shelley's "Prometheus Unbound," for soli, chorus, and orchestra, Gloucester Festival, 1880; Music to "The Birds" of Aristophanes, Cambridge, 1883; Judith, oratorio, Birmingham Festival, 1888; Ode for chorus and orchestra; Guillem de Cabestanh, overture, Crystal Palace, 1879; Symphony in G, Birmingham, 1882; do. in F, Cambridge, 1883; do. in C, Philharmonic Society, London, May 23, 1889; Suite moderne, Gloucester Festival, 1886; Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra; Nonet for wind instruments; Quartet for pianoforte and strings; 2 trios for do.; Quintet for strings; Quartet for do.; Sonata for pianoforte and violin; 2 sonatas for pianoforte and violoncello; Sonatas for pianoforte; Duo for 2 pianofortes; O Lord, thou hast, cantata; Morning and Evening

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