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1PETERSEN
3song, "Wird Philomele trauern," in Abu Hassan and for the last song in the finale of the third act of Oberon. Characters represented: Peter Schmoll, Bast, and Greis (B.); Oberbereiter and Niclas (T.); and Minette (S.). The original MS. is in the possession of Max von Weber, and a copy is owned by F. W. Jähns. The opera was not published. Weber rescored and partly rewrote the overture in E-flat in 1807, and it was published by Gombart (Augsburg); also for pianoforte for two and for four hands by Schlesinger (Berlin); full score, Peters (Leipsic), and by Richault (Paris).—Jähns, Weber, Verzeichniss, No. 8; Weber, Weber, i. 65, 73; Grove, iv. 410.
5PETERSEN, KARL AUGUST, born in Hamburg, May 27, 1801, died (?). Flutist, son and pupil of the following; abandoned his instrument for the violin and pianoforte, both of which he taught in Hamburg, after having travelled through Denmark and Sweden. Works: Polonaise for pianoforte, with orchestra; Duos for violins; Rondo for violin and pianoforte; Sonata for do.; Polonaises, rondos, divertissements, etc.—Fétis; Mendel; Schilling.
7PETERSEN, PETER NIKOLAS, born at Bederkesa, near Bremen, Sept. 2, 1761, died in Hamburg, Aug. 19, 1830. Virtuoso on the flute, self-taught, joined a band of travelling musicians when still a boy, and at the age of seventeen entered a militia regiment in Hamburg as oboe player. In course of time he began to teach, and having appeared in public for the first time in 1791, retained favour as the foremost flutist of Hamburg for thirty years. He also made important improvements in his instrument. Works: Études pour la flûte, 2 books; Adagio et variations pour la flûte et piano; Recueil de duos pour deux flûtes; Méthode de flûte.—Fétis; Mendel.
9PETIT, ADRIEN (called Coclicus, also Petri), born in Germany about 1500, died probably there. Pupil of Josquin Després, having gone to France in his youth; he travelled afterwards, and seems to have resided in Italy, but returned to his native country. Works: Musica reservata; Consolationes ex psalmis Davidicis, 4 voc. (Nuremberg, 1552); Motets in the collections of Adrien Leroy and Ballard; Treatise on music (Nuremberg, 1552).—Fétis; Mendel; Schilling.
11PETIT CHAPERON ROUGE, LE (Little Red Riding-hood), opéra-comique in three acts, text by Théaulon, music by Boieldieu, first represented at the Théâtre Feydeau, Paris, June 30, 1818. The libretto is an adaptation of the old fairy tale of Perrault. Red Riding-hood in the opera becomes Rose d'Amour, a simple peasant girl, who on her way to visit an old hermit is attacked by the wolf, who is the Baron Rodolphe. He possesses a magic ring, the power of which no woman is able to resist, but by virtue of her red hood, which is a talisman, Rose d'Amour escapes. The Baron hurries to the hermit's abode, and waits for her in disguise. Rose d'Amour is again saved, this time by the hermit, who returns to his home and discovers that she is the Baron's niece. Rose d'Amour is afterwards given in marriage to Count Roger, who had won her heart in the guise of a shepherd. The opera showed a marked advance in Boieldieu's style, and the orchestration was richer than that of his former works. The Petit Chaperon rouge was given in Vienna under the title of Rothkäppchen, March 27, 1819; in Berlin, July 7, 1819; and in Dresden, Dec. 10, 1823. It was revived at the Opéra Comique, Paris, in 1860. The score was dedicated to Louis XVIII., and published by Breitkopf & Härtel, and by Peters (Leipsic). Same title, melodrama by Schaffner, Paris, Feb. 28, 1818.—Clément et Larousse, 526; Hanslick, Moderne Oper, 96; Allgem. mus. Zeitg., xx. 571.
13PETIT DUC, LE (The Little Duke), opéra-comique in three acts, text by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, music by Lecocq, first represented at the Théâtre de la Renaissance, Paris, Jan. 25, 1878, with Mlle Jeanne Granier as le petit duc. It

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