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1PERTI
3PERTI, JACOPO ANTONIO, born in Bologna, June 6, 1661, died there, April 10, 1756. Church composer, pupil of Padre Petronio Franceschini. In 1680 he conducted a mass of his own for solo, chorus, and orchestra, in San Petronio, and in 1681 was made a member of the Accademia Filarmonica, Bologna, of which he was six times principe. He was maestro di cappella of San Petronio till his death. Among his pupils were Aldovrandini, Laurenti, Pistocchi, and Torelli. He was the friend and companion of Padre Martini. Works—Operas, all given in Venice: Atide, 1679; Marzio Coriolano, 1683; Flavio, 1686; Rosaura, 1689; L' incoronazione di Dario, 1689; Brenno in Efeso, 1690; L' inganno scoperto per vendetta, 1691; Furio Camillo, 1692; Nerone fatto Cesare, 1693; Laodicea e Berenice, 1695. Church works: Cantate morali e spirituali, 1688; Messe e salmi concertati, 1735. The Abbate Santini possessed a fine collection of his music. There is an Adoramus Te by Perti in the Fitzwilliam Library, Cambridge, and Novello has included two fine choruses by him in his "Sacred Music," vol. ii. He wrote two oratorios, Giesù al sepolcro, and La morte di Giesù, 1718.—Burney, Hist., iv. 51; Riemann; Mendel; Schilling.
5PESCETTI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA, born in Venice in 1704, died there in 1766. Organist, and dramatic and church composer, pupil of Lotti; was appointed in 1762 organist of the second organ in S. Marco. He was in London in 1737–40. Works—Operas: Il prototipo, Venice, 1726; La cantatrice, ib., 1727; Dorinda, ib., 1729; I tre defensori della patria, ib., 1730; Narcisso al fonte, ib., 1731; Il vello d'oro, London, 1737; Demetrio, ib., 1738; Alessandro nell' Indie, Venice, 1740; Tullio Ostilio, 1740; Ezio, 1747; Diana ed Endimione, cantata, London, 1739. Church music; 9 sonatas for pianoforte.—Fétis; Mendel; Schilling.
7PESSARD, ÉMILE LOUIS FORTUNÉ, born in Paris, May 29, 1843, still living, 1890. Dramatic composer, pupil of Bazin and Carafa at the Conservatoire, where he obtained the second prize in 1861, and the first in 1862; grand prix de Rome, 1866. He is inspector of vocal music in the public schools of Paris. Legion of Honour, 1879. Works—Operas: La cruche cassée, given at the Opéra Comique, 1870; Le char, ib., 1878; Le capitaine Fracasse, Théâtre Lyrique, 1878. Solemn mass for 2 voices with organ; Ave Maria, with organ, violin, and violoncello; Mater Salvatoris; Suite for orchestra; March for do.; Quintet for wind instruments; Trio for pianoforte and strings; Pianoforte music, and songs.—Fétis, Supplément, ii. 327; Mendel, Ergänz., 333.
9PETER SCHMOLL UND SEINE NACHBARN (Peter Schmoll and his Neighbours), German comic opera in two acts, text by Joseph Türke, from Carl Gottlob Cramer's novel of the same title (Rudolstadt, 1798–99), music by Weber, represented at Augsburg, in March, 1803. It was written in Salzburg, when Weber was a pupil of Michael Haydn, who recommended this work of the young composer. It was rehearsed in Salzburg in June, 1802, and was probably first given there. The libretto is laid in the time of the French Revolution, and is arranged as a Singspiel with spoken dialogue. The music as a whole is somewhat crude, but the harmonies are original and the instrumentation novel and full of colour, exhibiting the individuality of the composer. He has used also several obsolete instruments to characterize the situations of the play. The music of Minette's song in the first act was again used for the
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