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Pibroch – Pleyel, Ignaz J

Pibroch

A sort of fantasia for the bag-pipe of the Scotch Highlanders; supposed to represent the incidents of a fight.

Piccini, L

(pit-chee'-nee) (son of N.).

Composer; Italy. B. 1766; d. 1827.

Pinsuti, Ciro (pin-soo'-tee, chee-ro). Composer; Italy. B. 1829; d. 1888.

Picco-pipe

A small instrument resembling a flageolet; gets its name from an Italian peasant, Picco, who produced astonishing results from it.

Piccolo

A small flute an octave higher than the ordinary flute; a 2-foot organ-stop.

Piece

A composition; a single instrument, as, " a band of twenty pieces."

Pieces

Pezzi concertanti. (1) Concerted pieces. (2) A "number" of an opera, concert, etc.

Pezzi di bravura (bra-voo-ra). Showy, brilliant pieces.

Piquieren (Ger.) (pik-ee'-ren)

To play piqué. Piston (Fr.), Ventil (Ger.). Valve; a device used in brass instruments to lengthen the tube, thus depressing the pitch.

Piqué (Fr.) (pee-keh')

A manner of bowing the violin, indicated by combined slur and dots:

Plaidy, Louis (play'-dee)

Pianist, writer; Germany. B. 1810; d. 1874.

PLECTRUM

Plainté (Fr.)

Elegy; lament.

Plaisanterié (Fr.) (play-zong-te-ree)

lively fantasia in which various dance-tunes are introduced. A

Pleyel, Ignaz J

Composer; Germany. B. 1757; d. 1831..