for a short holiday; the news of her death was received with universal regret, on account of her amiability and kindliness of disposition.
OSBORNE, G. A. Add day of birth, Sept. 24. Add that his father was lay-vicar as well as organist. During his residence in Brussels he taught the present king of the Netherlands, by whom he was afterwards decorated. Line 5 from end of article, omit the words string quartets, and add to list of works, three trios for piano and strings, a sextet for piano, flute, oboe, horn, cello, and double-bass. Of the many duets for piano and violin, thirty-three were written with De Bériot, the greater part of which are original, one was written in conjunction with Lafont, one with Artôt, and two with Ernst. (Died Nov. 1893.)
OTELLO. Line 3 of article, for in read Dec. 4. Add:—2. Opera in 4 acts; libretto, founded on Shakespeare, by Arrigo Boito, music by Verdi. Produced at La Scala, Milan, Feb. 5, 1887.
OTTO, Melitta, née Alvsleben, born 1845[1] at Dresden, was taught singing there by Thiele at the Conservatorium, and made her début at the opera in the autumn of 1861 as Margaret of Valois, appearing subsequently as Irene and Bertha. She remained a member of the company until 1873, having married Max Otto, an actuary, in 1866. Her parts comprised Anna in 'Hans Heiling,' Rowena in 'Templer und Jüdin,' Queen of Night, Alice, Martha, Eva, etc. She acquired a great reputation as a concert singer, and was the solo soprano at the Beethoven Centenary at Bonn in 1871. She first appeared in England at Mme. Schumann's concert, St. James's Hall, March 20, 1873; at the Crystal Palace, March 22; at Manchester, in Bach's Passion music at the Albert Hall, April 2 and 7. She made a great success, and remained in England until 1875, appearing most frequently at the Crystal Palace and Albert Hall, notably in the revivals of 'Theodora,' Oct. 30, 1873, and the 'Christmas Oratorio,' Dec. 15, 1873. She sang at the Philharmonic, March 25, 1874; at the Leeds Festival in 'St. John the Baptist' and Schumann's 'Paradise and the Peri,' etc., in 1874; at the Sacred Harmonic, the Wagner, Mr. Bache's, the Ballad, and principal provincial concerts, etc. She returned to Dresden in 1875, and sang in opera there and at Berlin and Hamburg. She was engaged at Hamburg in 1880 and gave 'Gastspiele' at Leipzig. In the same year she was re-engaged at the Dresden opera.
OÙ PEUT-ON, etc. After note 2 add in Appendix.
OURY, Mme. Line 4 of article, for 1806 read 1808.
OUSELEY, Sir F. A. G. P. 618a, l. 8, after Dr. Corfe insert who was succeeded in 1884 by Dr. C. H. H. Parry.
OVERTURE. P. 621b, l. 4, for clarinet read chalumeau.
OXFORD. In the additional list of Doctors of Music given on p. 624b, add to Wainwright his Christian name, Robert; and that of Marshall, William. At end of paragraph add that in 1883 an honorary degree of Mus. D. was conferred upon Mr. C. V. Stanford. For the additional information promised at end of article, see Degrees in Appendix, vol. iv. p. 609.
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PACCHIEROTTI, Gasparo. P. 626a, at beginning of second paragraph, add that on his second visit to London he was engaged by Sheridan for the season (1782–3) at a salary of £1150, with a benefit. Six lines below, correct the date of Galuppi's death to 1784.
PACHMANN, Vladimir de, born at Odessa, July 27, 1848. His father was a professor in the University there, and an amateur violinist of considerable celebrity. Before taking up his residence in Russia, he had lived in Vienna, where he came in contact frequently with Beethoven, Weber, and other great musicians of the time. He was his son's teacher, and ultimately sent him, at the age of 18, to the Conservatorium of Vienna, where he remained two years under Professor Dachs. He obtained the gold medal, and returned to Russia in 1869, when he made his first appearance as a pianist, giving a series of concerts which were very successful, although the young artist was not contented with his own performances. He refused to appear again for eight years, during which time he engaged in hard study. At the end of this long period of probation, he played at Leipzig, Berlin, and elsewhere, but again he was his own severest critic, and after a time he once more retired for two years. Being at last satisfied with his own achievements, he gave three concerts in Vienna, and subsequently three in Paris, and was uniformly successful. On May 20, 1882, he appeared in London at one of Mr. Ganz's orchestral concerts, playing the E♭ Concerto of Beethoven, and achieving a brilliant success. Since this time he has occupied a very high position in the estimation of musicians and the public. He has played in all the principal cities of Europe, and when in Copenhagen received the rank of Chevalier of the illustrious order of Dannebrog. Although his individuality is too strong and too little under control to allow of his being considered a perfect player of concerted music, yet as a solo player, more especially of the works of Chopin, he is justly and unreservedly admired. In April 1884 he
- ↑ According to Baptie's Dictionary.
