Pixis

(péx’-és), (1) Fr. Wm., Mannheim, 1786—Prague, 1842; violinist conductor. (2) Jn. Peter, Mannheim, 1788— Baden-Baden, 1874; bro. of above; pianist, teacher and dram. composer. Parma, (péd-sét’-€), Sept. 20, Ildebrando, 1880; b. composer; studied with his father and at Parma Cons., made study of Greek and Greg or i an modes, which have influenced his style of comp.; in his operas he has shown original method in which voices are treated in flexible, semi-declamatory manner; a highly sensitive writer for the chorus, which is allotted some of the most important pa ages in his stage works; he taught comp. at the Istituto Musicale in Florence after 1909, becoming its director in 1918; U. S., 1930; c. (operas) (1915); “Debora e Jaele” (1922); “Lo Straniero” (Rome, 1930); “Fra Gherardo” (prem iére, La Scala, Milan, May 16, 1928, also “Fedra” of King Humbert: (orch.) ‘Overture per una Farsa Tragic a,”’ “Sinfonia del Fuoco,’ “Concerto dell’ Estate,” “Rondo Veneziano” (N. Y. Philh. under To scan in i, 1930); ’cello sonata, vin. sonata, piano pieces and songs; has written e ay on Greek music, works on contemporary composers and on Bellini; “‘Intermezzi Critici,” also many articles, some pseudonym ‘‘I/debrando di Parma’; after 1936 appointed prof. of comp. at Liceo of Santa Cecilia, Rome, to succeed the late Ottorino Respighi.