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Perabo, Ernst – Physharmonica

Perabo, Ernst

Pianist, composer; Germany.

B. 1845.

Percussion Stop

A hammer which, striking the reed of a harmonium or organ-pipe, causes it to vibrate promptly when the key is depressed.

Percussive Instruments

Drums, cymbals, triangles,.etc. Perdendo (It.) (pehr-den'-do), Perdendosi (pehr-den-do'-see) [from perdere, to lose]. Gradually dying away, both in speed and power. (Abbr., Perd. or Perden.)

Perfect Concord

Root, minor or major 3d, and perfect 5th.

Perfect Consonances

See Interval. Périgourdine (Fr.) (peh-ree - goor - deen),

Pergolesi, G. B. (pehr-go-leh'-see)

Italy.

B. 1710; d. 1736.

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Vocalist; U. S. A. B. 1845; d. 1875.

Peschka-Leutner, Minna (pesh'-ka-loit'ner). Soprano; Austria. B. 1839; d. 1890.

Petersilea, Carlyle

Pianist; U. S. A. B. 1848; d. 1903. - PEZZO

Petite Flute

The piccolo. Petite mesure à deux temps. 4 time.

Phrygian Mode

One of the Greek scales, generally supposed to be E-E. In the ecclesiastical scales, the octave scale from 9: Phrygian Cadence.

Physharmonica

(I) The predecessor of the melodeon. (2) A free reed-stop in the organ.