Pachulski

(pi-khool’-shki), Henry, b. Poland, Oct. 4, 1859; pupil Warsaw Cons., 1886-1917, prof. Moscow Cons.; c. pf.-pcs., etc. Pac(c)ini (pa-ché’-né), (1) Andrea, b. Italy, ca. 1700; male contralto. (2) A. Fran. Saverio, Naples, 1778—Paris, 1866; singing' teacher, conductor and composer of comic operas. (3) Giov., Catania, Feb. 17, 1796—Pescia, Dec. 6, 1867; son of a tenor; pupil of Marchesi, Padre Mattei and Furl a net to; 181335, prod. 40 operas, the last failing, he established a sch. at Viareggio, later Lucca, wrote treatises, etc.; 1840, the succ. of ‘‘Saffo”’ set him to work again, and he turned out 40 more operas, also oratorios, a symph. “Dante,” etc. (4) Emilio, 1810— Neuilly, near Paris, Dec. 2, 18098; bro. of above; librettist of “J] Trovatore,”’ etc. Pacius (pa’-tsi-oos), Fr., Hamburg, March 19, 1809—Helsingfors, Jan. 9, 1891; violinist; c. the Finnish National Hymn, operas, etc. Paderewski (pad-é-réf’-shki), Ignace Jan,b. Kurilovka, Poland, Nov. 18, 1860—N. Y., June 29, 1941; famous pianist; pupil of Raguski (harm. and cpt.) Warsaw Cons., of Urban and Wuerst, Berlin; of Leschetizky, Vienna. 1878-83, pf.-teacher, Warsaw Cons.; has toured Europe and ce . wife, young, bore him a son. 1899, m. Mme. Gorski. He settled at Morges, Switzerland, the world; ro12, in South Africa; 1909 director Warsaw Cons. ing the World War, P. gave many concerts to raise funds for his native country. He abandoned music to work for the cause of Polish nat’] independence and was elected Premier of the new Republic in 1919, having taken part in the Peace Conference at Versailles. following year he retired from pol it. life, renewing his interest in the piano, but did not resume public perf. until 1922. His return to the U. S. in a tour of remarkable interest and succ. in that year was followed by others of like import, In 1935-36 he was again announced to tour America after several years’ absence, but this visit was cancelled owing to the pianist’s illne . 1896 he set aside $10,000 as the Paderewski fund, the interest to be devoted to triennial prizes “to composers of American birth without distinction as to age or teligion;” 1. $500 for best orchestral in symph. form; 2. $300 for best comp. for solo instr. with orch.; 3. $200 for best chamber-music work. C. succ. opera “Manru’’ (Ct.-Th., Dresden, Met. Op.); opera “Sakuntala” (text by C. Mendés), a symphony in memory of the revolution of 1864, (1908; Boston Symph., 1909; Richter, London, 1909); a second symph., an hour and twenty minutes long (1912); piano sonata, variations, and fugue for piano (1907), etc. Polish fantasia for pf. with orch. op. 19, “‘Légende No. 2,” for pf. op. 20, and many original and brilliant pf.-pcs. incl. “Chants du voyageur,’”’ a vin. sonata; vars. and fugue on original theme; op. 14, ‘ Humoresques de concert for pf.” (Book 1; Menuet, Sarabande, Caprice; Book 2, Burlesque, Intermezzo polacco, Cracovienne fantast i que); ‘‘Dans le désert, toccata’’; v. pop. Minuet (op. 1); songs, etc. Padilla y Ramos (pa-dél’-yd é ri’-mGs), Murcia, Spain, 1842 — Auteuil, France, Nov. 21, 1906; pupil of Mabellini, Florence; barytone at Me ina, Turin, etc., St. Petersburg, Vienna and Berlin; 1869, m. Désirée - Artot. (q.v.) Paér (pa’-dr), Ferdinando, Parma, June 1, 1771—Paris, May 3, 18309. 1807, ct.-cond. to Napoleon and cond. Op.-Com.; 1812, cond. Th.- It alien (vice Spontini); violinist and c. 43 operas, of which “J/ Maestro di Capella’ is still sung.