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Dictionary of music, 1900
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1Sängerhaile (organ of the German "Sängerbund"; see LIEDERTAFEL), and also a "Tonkünstlermerkbuchlein," an analysis of the "Musikgeschichte," "Liedertafelkalender" (1881), etc. He has also written numerous compositions for male choruses.
3Pflughaupt, Robert, pianist, b. Aug. 4, 1833, Berlin, d. June 12, 1871, Aix, pupil of Dehn at Berlin, afterwards of Henselt, at Petersburg, where he married in 1854, and of Liszt, at Weimar; he lived from 1857-62 at Weimar, then at Aix-la-Chapelle. He bequeathed his fortune to the Allgemeiner deutscher Musikverein, of which the latter made use as the basis of a Beethoven scholarship. P. composed pf. pieces and songs.—His wife, Sophie Stschepin, b. Mar. 15, 1837, Dünaburg, d. Nov. 10, 1867, Aix-la-Chapelle, was a first-rate pianist, pupil of Henselt and Liszt.
5Pfohl, Ferdinand, b. Oct. 12, 1863, Elbogen (Bohemia), at first studied law at Prague, afterwards (1885) philosophy and music at Leipzig, and soon displayed activity as a musical critic there. In 1891 he undertook the musical editorship of the Hamburger Nachrichten, as successor to Paul Mirsch. P. has written: "Höllenbreughel als Erzieher," "Bayreuther Fanfaren," guides to Wagner's Tannhäuser and Meistersinger, and has published some books of songs; an orchestral suite has also appeared, arranged for pianoforte, four hands.
7Pfundt, Ernst Gotthold Benjamin, famous performer on the kettledrum, b. June 17, 1806, Dommitzsch, near Torgau, d. Dec. 7, 1871, Leipzig; he studied theology in the latter place, but, later on, pianoforte playing, under his uncle, Fr. Wieck (having already, as a child, learnt to play on various wind-instruments, also drum and kettledrum), and lived for some time as teacher of the pianoforte, and as chorus leader at the Leipzig town theatre. In 1835 Mendelssohn persuaded him to join the Gewandhaus orchestra, of which he was a member up to the time of his death. P. invented the "Maschinenpauke," and published a drum Method.
9Phalèse, Pierre (Petrus Phalesius, really van der Phaliesen), b. about 1510, Louvain, established there, about 1545, a music-publishing business, which became one of the most important of the time. From 1556 he printed his own publications. In 1572 he entered into partnership with Jean Bellère (q.v.) of Antwerp, but each remained in his own city. It was only in 1579 (probably after the father's death) the son of Phalèse, of like name, transferred the Louvain business to Antwerp, and the firm assumed the title of Pierre P. and Jean Bellère. Bellère died in 1598, the younger P. in 1617; his daughter, Magdalene P., however, continued the business up to the time of her death, in 1650; and still in 1669 is to be found on a musical publication: "Presso i heredi di Pietro Phalesio."
11Philidor is the name, or, according to a family legend, the surname (in remembrance of Filidori, an Italian oboe-player) bestowed by Louis XIII. or XIV. on one of the oldest members of a family (Michel or Jean), who distinguished himself as a musician. This highly-esteemed family of musicians lived in Paris during the 17th and 18th centuries; its original name (afterwards united with that of P.) was Danican. The grandfather of the most important representative of the family (François André) was (1) Jean Danican-P., d. Sept. 8, 1679, Paris, as "Phiphre de la Grande Écurie," i.e. piper of the royal military music; he played the fifre, cromorne, oboe, and the trompette marine. His sons were:
13(2) André Danican-P., d. Aug. 11, 1730, at an advanced age. In 1659 he succeeded his uncle, or distant relation, Michel Danican (who did not assume the surname P.) as cromorne player in the Grande Écurie, and afterwards became member of the king's private band, consisting of oboe, cromorne, trompette marine, and bassoon. He composed marches, etc., for the army, also opera ballets (Le canal de Versailles, La Princesse de Crète), a divertissement, and several masques for the court at Versailles. A work of quite special merit was the superintendence of the Royal Musical Library at Versailles, to which P., as assistant-librarian, together with the too-busy violinist Fossard, attended with great diligence; and in this library he amassed a rich collection of old instrumental pieces (dances, banquet and hunting music, festival fanfares, ballets, etc.), which had been performed at court from the time of François I. (1515). Of these, unfortunately, a portion afterwards became scattered, while the remainder form priceless documents (the publication of which has been promised by E. Thoinan in Pougin's Supplément to Fétis's "Biographie universelle"). The printed works of André P. are:—"Mascarade des Savoyards" (1700); "Mascarade du roi de la Chine" (1700); "Suite de danses pour les violons et hautbois qui se jouent . . . chez le roi" (1699); "Pièces à deux basses de viole, basse de violon et basson," etc. (1700); "Pièces de trompettes et tim balles" (1685); "Partition de plusieurs marches et batteries de tambour . . . avec les airs des fifres et de hautbois," etc. André P. was named P. l'aîné, to distinguish him from his younger brother, Jacques Danican (1657-1708), who, like himself, was a wind-instrument player in the king's band.
15(3) Anne Danican-P., the eldest son of André P., b. April 11, 1681, Paris, d. Oct. 8, 1728, able flute player (published pieces for flutes, violins, and oboes, 1712); he composed
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