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Cyclopedia of music and musicians, 1888
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1but it appears in one of Pollini's 32 Esercizi in forma di toccata (1820), dedicated to Meyerbeer, the music being written in three staves. Works: Sonata, caprice and variations, for two pianofortes (Milan); 3 sonatas for pianoforte; Sonate facile, for violin and pianoforte; Introduction and rondo, for pianoforte (4 hands); Caprices, toccatas, rondeaux-fantaisies, etc., for pianoforte; Stabat Mater, with Italian words, for soprano and contralto, with 2 violins, 2 violoncellos, and organ; Selma (from Ossian), for soprano.—Fétis; Grove; Riemann; Schilling.
3POLONIA, overture for orchestra, in C, by Richard Wagner, written in 1832, but not published. The score is in Bayreuth.
5POLUS ATELLA, oratorio by Loewe, written between 1848 and 1860.
7POLYEUCTE, French opera in five acts, text by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, music by Gounod, first represented at the Published by Lemoine (Paris); by Fürstner (Berlin). Same subject, German opera, text by Elmenhorst, after Corneille, music by Johann Philipp Förtsch, Hamburg, 1688; and music to Corneille's tragedy, by Johann Adam Scheibe, Leipsic, 1738.—Clément et Larousse, 936; Hueffer, Musical Studies, 213; Athenaeum (1878), ii. 442, 474; Signale (1878), 801.
9POLYXÈNE; POLYXÈNE ET PYRRHUS. See Achille et Polyxène.
11POMONE, opera or representation in music, text by the Abbé Perrin, music by Cambert, first represented at the Théâtre de la rue Guénégaud, Paris, March 19, 1671. This was the first French opera heard by the Parisian public, and it was the first opera represented by the Académie Royale de Musique (1671). The story is the mythological fable of Pomona and Vertumnus. Characters represented: Pomone, Mlle de Cartilly; Vertumne, M. Beaumavielle; Faune, M. Rossignol. Portions of the opera were published by Ch. Ballard (Paris). Other operas of the same title: In French, by Lacoste, about 1730; in German, by Reinhardt Keiser, text by Postel, Hamburg, 1702.—Lajarte, i. 19.
13POMPEIA, symphonic fantasy for orchestra, by Jules Massenet, first performed at the Casino, Paris, Feb. 24, 1866. I. Prélude; II. Hymne d'Éros; III. Chœur des funérailles; IV. Bacchanale.—Fétis, Supplément, ii. 181.
15POMPEII. See Dernier jour de Pompéi.
17PONCHARD, ANTOINE, born at Bussus near Péronne, Picardy, in 1758, died in Paris, September, 1827. Church composer, received his first musical education as chorister in a church at Péronne, subsequently in the cathedral at Liége. He was successively maître de chapelle at Saint-Malo, and of the cathedrals of Bourges and Auxerre. About 1786 he went to Pont-le-Voy, and became professor of music in the royal college, but at the time of the Revolution followed several callings to earn a living. In 1803 he settled in Lyons, where he was
19Marie Gabrielle Krauss.
21Académie Royale de Musique, Paris, Oct. 7, 1878. The libretto is an adaptation of Corneille's tragedy. Original cast:
23Polyeucte………………..M. Salamon.
24Pauline…………………..Mlle Krauss.
25Sévère…………………….M. Lasalle.
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