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1PAYER, HIERONYMUS, born at Meidling, near Vienna, Feb. 15, 1787, died at Wieburg, near Vienna, September, 1845. Dramatic and church composer, instructed by his father, otherwise self-taught; was at first organist in his native village, went to Vienna in 1816 to teach music, and was made Kapellmeister at the Theater an der Wien. In 1818 he made a concert tour through Germany, accepted a call to Amsterdam as Kapelmeester in 1824, but went to Paris in 1825, and for eight years was much sought as a pianoforte and singing teacher, also conducted the German opera, founded there during the last year of his sojourn. In 1832 he returned to Vienna, and became Kapellmeister at the new opera in the Josefstadt Theater. A stroke of paralysis in 1838 reduced his resources to the income from his lessons, which left him in narrow circumstances during the remainder of his life. Works—Operas: Hochlands Fürsten, given at Amsterdam; La folle de Glaris, Paris, Odéon; La croix de feu, ib. Operettas: Der wilde Jäger; Der hohle Baum; Das Sternenmädchen; Die musikalische Akademie; Die Trauer; Die Einsame; Coco, vaudeville. Six masses; motets, gradualls, Tantum ergo, etc.; 3 concertos for pianoforte; Octet for do., flute, 2 horns, and strings; Quintet for do., flute, and strings; Trio for do. and strings; Many overtures, marches, rondos, etc., for military band; Serenades for flute and guitar concertante; do. for mandolin and guitar; Many waltzes, minuets, and other dances; Organ and pianoforte music, etc.—Allgem. wiener mus. Zeitg. (1846), Nos. 5 and 6; do., 384; Fétis; Schilling; Seyfried, Denksteine, etc. (Vienna, 1848), 95; Wurzbach.
3PAZZA PER AMORE, LA. See Nina.
5PEACE, ALBERT LISTER, born at Huddersfield, England, in 1845, still living, 1890. Organist and church composer. He was appointed organist of the parish church of Holmfirth in 1854, when only nine years old, and subsequently held a similar position in other churches in that neighbourhood. He settled in Glasgow in 1866 as organist of Trinity Congregational Church, and soon after became organist of the University; organist at St. Andrew's Hall, 1877; do., Glasgow Cathedral, 1879. Mus. Bac., Oxford, 1870; Mus. Doc., ib., 1875. Works: Psalm cxxxviii., 1870; The Narrative of St. John the Baptist, cantata, 1875. Morning, Communion, and Evening Services; Anthems; Organ arrangements, etc.—Grove.
7PEARCE, STEPHEN AUSTEN, born near London, England, Nov. 7, 1836, still living, 1890. Organist, pupil at Cambridge of John Larkin Hopkins. In 1859 he was graduated at New College, Oxford University, as Mus. Bac., and in 1864 as Mus. Doc. During the same year he visited America, and on his return to England became organist and musical director at St. Katharine's Royal Collegiate Church, London, and later of St. John's Church. In 1872 he again went to America, where he has since remained. He has been instructor of vocal music in Columbia College, New York, and has lectured on harmony and the science of music at the General Theological Seminary; on the music of all nations at the Peabody Institute, Baltimore; and on classical music at Johns Hopkins University. In 1874 he became musical editor of the New York "Evening Post," and he has contributed many articles on music to periodicals. He has been organist of several
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