Prager

(pra’-gér), Fd. Chr. Wm., Leipzig, Jan, 22, 1815—London, Sept. 1, 1891; son of Aloys P., cond. ‘cellist, later pianist and writer; Cc eo poem “Life and Love, Victory,’ “A bell i no,”’ etc. Pritorius (pr4-t3’-r{-00s) (Latinised form of Schulz(e)), (1) Gottschalk, Salzwedel, 1528—Wittenberg, 1573; writer. (2) Chp., b. Bunzlau; pub. a funeral song on Me lanch thon (1560). (3) Hieronymus, Hamburg, 1560—1629; organist; organist; c. church-mus., etc., with his son (4) Jakob, d. 1651, organist; (5) Bartholomius, composer, Berlin, 1616. (6) (or Praetor i us), Michael, Kreuzberg, Thu ring i a, Feb. 15, 1571—Wolf enb i it tel, Feb. 15, 1621; conductor and ct.-organist. Eminent as a composer of church and dancemus.; wrote valuable historical “‘Syntagma musicum.” Pratt, (1) J.. Cambridge, Engl., 1772— 1855; organist and composer. (2) Chas. E., Hartford, Conn., 1841— New York, 1902; pianist, cond. and composer. (3) Gamaliel, Add is on, Vt., Aug. 4, 1846—Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 31, 1916; prominent American composer for orch.; at 12 thrown on his own resources, became a clerk in mus.-houses; studied with Bendel, and Kullak (pf.), Wuerst and Kiel (comp.); 1871 organised Apollo Club, Chicago; 1875, returned to Berlin, and studied with H. Dorn; prod. “Anniversary Overture” there 1876; 1877, Chicago; gave symph. concerts, 1878, and prod. his opera “Zenobia,” 1882, 1885, gave concerts of his own comp. Crystal Palace, London; 1890, pf.-prof. N. Y. Metropolitan Cons.; c. lyric opera “‘ Lucille” (Chicago, 1887); “The Last Inca,” cantata with orch. which ran for three weeks; 2 symphs. (No. 2, “Prodigal Son”), ‘“Magdalen a’s Lament” (based on Murillo’s picture) for orch.; an excellent symph. suite, “The “The Tempest’; a grotesque Brownies’; “Columbus,” etc. (4) Waldo Selden, b. Philadelphia, Nov. 10, 1857; d. Hartford, July 29, 1939; Mus. D. Syracuse Univ.; prof. music and Hymnology, Hartford Theol. Sem., 1882-1917; later emeritus — prof.; taught Inst. of Mus. Art, New York, 1905-20; lecturer, music history and science, Smith Coll., 1895-1908; ed. of “New Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians”; author, “History of Music, Musical Ministries in the Church,” “The Music of the Pilgrims,” etc. Predieri (prd-di-a4’-ré), (x) Giacomo Cesare, d. after 1743; from 1606 cond. at Bologna Cath.; c. oratorios, (2) Luca Ant., Bologna, motets, etc. 1688—1767; ct.-cond. and dram. composer.