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Palianti, Georges (Marie Vincent). Bass ch. 519. Born 18 January 1857, Boulogne-sur-mer. Died July 1904.
Sociétaire: 31 March 1891
Panseron, Auguste Mathieu. Tenor. 072. Born 26 April 1795, Paris. Died 29 July 1859, Paris.
Founding Sociétaire: 4 March 1828
Resigned 1830
Prix de Rome, 1813 (student of Gossec and Berton). Accomp. Op.-Com. Prof. au Conservatoire (solfège, 1826; vocalisation, 1831; chant, 1836). Composer of romances, operas, singing methods.
Papin, Georges [Adolph]. Cello solo. 500. Born 26 [register] November 1860, Paris.
Asp. act. 12 October 1886
Sociétaire: 11 June 1889
2d solo 16 June 1903
1r solo, 1906-07 (succeeding Cros St.-Ange)
Retired 8 June 1920 (to leave committee free to recruit Maréchal; m. h.)
2d prix, cello, 1880; 1r prix 1881. Orch. Opéra 1887 (2d solo 1889; 1r solo 1901). He was also an excellent gambist.
Pascal, André Raymond (Raynaud?). Violin. 656. Born 18 January 1894, Paris.
Asp. 1913-14
Sociétaire: 8 June 1920
Congé 1922-23 27 June 1922
2d violin solo 6 November 1930
Memb. adj. 1931-33 (term. mandat de ?)
Congé 1941-45 (circonstances guerre) [register: "congés?: 1940-47"]
1r violin solo (2nd chair), c. 1945
Congé 1949-50
Retired 11 September 1951 (m. h.)
Orch. Opéra.
Pasquet, Pasquier, Alexis Ernest. Doublebass. 327. Born 26 November 1825, Paris. Died 5 [register] or 6 January 1889, Paris.
Asp. 21 October 1856
Sociétaire: 21 January 1862
1r sursis 8 June 1886
2e sursis 7 June 1887
3e sursis 19 June 1888
2d prix, doublebass, 1850; 1r prix, 1851. Orch du Th.-Lyrique. Orch. Opéra, 1855-89. St. Roch. Prof. écoles Ville de Paris. Acad.
Passerone, Félix (Marius). Timpani. 740. Born 25 April 1902, Marseille. Died 7 April 1958 (of a heart attack following Hermann Scherchen's recording of the Berlioz Requiem at St.-Louis-des-Invalides).
Appointed 26 June 1935
Sociétaire: 18 May 1936
1r sursis 15 June 1954
Orch. Straram.
Paulin, true surname Lespinasse, Louis Joseph. Tenor. 249, 289. Died c. 1867.
Sociétaire: 2 March 1849
Dismissed (absence)
Reappointed 23 January 1856 as no. 289
Insp. Salle 1865-66
Retired 9 October 1866 (m. h. 30 October 1866)
Pavard, Pavart. Ophicleide. 073.
Founding Souciétaire: 4 March 1828
Resigned 1831
Pavoni, Arthur (Fortuné). Tuba. 739. Born 19 Feburary 1894, Nice.
Asp. act. 30 May 1935
Sociétaire: 18 May 1936
Congé 1940-41, 1943-44 (circonstances guerre), 1951-52 (illness)
Memb. adj.
Retired 11 September 1952 (m. h.)
Pénable, Jean (Lazare). Horn. 478. Born 31 August or 1 September [register] 1856, Avignon.
Externe 16 June 1885
Sociétaire: 18 May 1896
Comm. pers. 1898-1900
Solo 1909
Retired May 1914
1r prix, horn, 1882. Orch. des Folies-Dramatique. Orch. Opéra (solo). Acad. 1897. "Antoine Pénable" appears in the 1918 souvenir program, but the passenger manifest has Jean only.
Périn, François, called Alexandre. Chant. 494. Born 11 May 1847, Paris.
Sociétaire adj. 17 November 1885, advanced to full membership 25 October 1887
Resigned June 1892.
Perret, Mlle (Anne) Berthe. Soprano. 438.
Sociétaire: adj. 25 March 1879
Perret, Claude (Louis). Timpani, Percussion. 718. Born 27 February 1873, Pont-de-Vaux (Ain). Died 3 October 1962.
Asp. 1913-14
Sociétaire: 11 June 1931
Resigned May 1935
Aud., classe de flute, 1892-93, aud. classe d'harmonie (Pessar), 1894-96. Serv. mili: 1894-97; mobilized 1914-18. Orch. Opéra.
Perrin. doublebass. 074. Died 1835 [register: 1836]
Founding Sociétaire: 4 March 1828
Perrin, Jules. Bass ch. 476. Born 21 December 1851, Paris.
Sociétaire: 17 November 1885
Memb. adj. 1899-1900
Resigned 30 May 1911
Petit, Jules Émile. Bass ch. 329. Born 9 May 1837, Méru (Oise). Died June 1886, Paris.
Sociétaire: 2 December 1862
Resigned 12 April 1864
2d prix, chant, 1859; 1r prix 1860 (student of Révial). 1r prix, op.-com., 1860. Th.-Lyrique 1861-70; thereafter in London, Nice. Thereafter prof. in Paris and a successful sculptor.
Phély, André (Albert). Violin. 787. Born 6 August 1924, Essen (Allemagne; French citizen).
Asp. 1945-46
Sociétaire: 15 June 1948
Violin II, 2d seat, 7 November 1952, succeeding Eiselé
Retired at dissolution, 1967
1r prix, 1845.
Picard, Alfred. Bass ch. 234.
Asp. 16 November 1840, 17 December 1843
Externe, 27 November 1845
Sociétaire: 21 December 1847
Picard, Mlle (Mme Meyer, Mme Meyer-Heine). Soprano. 238.
Sociétaire adj.: 7 December 1847
Resigned 2 December 1851, happy to serve en cas
Resigned 1876
Picardat, Jean Silvain. Tenor. 118.
Sociétaire: 4 January 1830
Named 14 January 1839 to investigate irregularities in music distribution and oversee corrections.
Moved to ten. II, 11 November 1845.
Retired 28 October 1856 (m. h.)
Pichaureau, Gérard. Trombone solo. 780. Born 14 September 1916, Chinon.
Sociétaire: 19 May 1946
Comm. mat. 1954-62
Retired c. 1966.
1r prix, 1937. Prof. au Conservatoire, 1960.
Pichon. Violin. 645. [No birth information in register.] Died 1916.
Asp. 1913-14
Sociétaire: 23 June 1914
Orch. Opéra.
Pickett, (Léon) Henri (Ernest) (or Henri Léon). doublebass. 587. Born 19 July 1869, Paris.
Sociétaire: 4 October 1904
doublebass solo 12 October 1920
Congé 1925-26 2 June 1925 (illness, death of wife; he resigned but this was declined by the com. in favor of a congé)
2e sursis 28 May 1929
3e sursis 5 June 1930
4e sursis denied 11 June 1931
Retired 11 June 1931 (m. h.)
2d prix, doublebass, 1888; 1r prix 1890. Orch. Opéra.
Pickett, Lucien, see Gasparini
Placet, Auguste Francisque. Viola. 172. Born 14 October 1816, Ternes. Died c. 10 December 1888.
Sociétaire: 5 November 1838
Resigned 20 [register: 30] October 1839 (left Paris)
2d prix, solfège, 1830; 1r prix 1831. Orch. Opéra 1834-39. Th.-Ital. Th. du Gymnase. Chef d'orchestre du Th.-Lyrique, du Casino de Dieppe (1858-73), du Th. des Arts de Rouen, 1868. Orch. de l'Eden-Th. (violin).
Plantade, Charles (François). Tenor. 075. Born 14 April 1787, Paris. Died 26 May 1870, Paris.
Founding Sociétaire: 4 March 1828
Memb. adj. 1832-33
Secretary 1833-34, 1838 (resigned 23 October 1838 before 1839 season (other commitments; replaced by Meifred)
Insp. Salle 1837
Retired 24 November 1844 (com.), recorded 2 February 1845 (m. h.)
Employee of the Ministry of Fine Arts. Composer of romances and chansons. Son of the significant composer Charles-Henri Plantade (1764-1839).
Poirrier, Poirier, Alcide (Fernand). Violin. 657. Born 2 September 1887, Reims. Died 3 November 1956.
Sociétaire: 8 October 1920
Retired 15 May 1935 (m. h.)
1r prix, violin. Left 100,000 francs to the Caisse de Post-Activité.
Ponchard (aîné, or père). Tenor solo. 076.
Founding Sociétaire: 4 March 1828
Retired (m. h.)
Ponchard (jeune). Tenor solo. 111.
Sociétaire: 14 March 1829
Resigned 1831
Ponchard, Charles Marie Auguste. Tenor. 277. Born 17 November 1824, Paris. Died 1866.
Sociétaire: 5 January 1853
Resigned 3 March 1857 [reg.: dismissed, absecne, 1855]
Prof. au Conservatoire.
Ponchaud, Joseph Alexandre. Tenor. 442. Born 21 March 1840.
Asp. cas 20 October 1874; asp. actif 9 October 1877
Sociétaire: 18 November 1879 [register only; not in Com.]
Ponsard, Auguste. Bass ch. 385. Born 12 April 1843, St. Genix (Savoie). Died 3 December 1891, Bordeaux.
Sociétaire: 16 November 1869
Resigned 24 April 1874; dissuaded 5 May 1874 (so he could have five years, and get his pension funds)
Resigned 27 April 1875 [register: "May 1875"]
2d prix, chant, 1865; 1r prix, 1866. 1r prix, opera, 1865. Opéra 1866-75; thereafter in Lyon, Marseille, Rouen, etc.
Ponticelli, Joseph. Violin. 853. Born 1 September 1941, Paris XI.
Sociétaire: 17 March 1966
Orchestre de Paris 1967
1r prix, violin, 1959.
Poppé. Bass ch. 151.
Sociétaire: 2 March 1835, replacing Hébert
Resigned 28 October 1838
Porthéhaut, Portehaut, Portehaux, Étienne Marie, called Porthéhaut de l'orchestre. Violin. 287. Born 24 February 1827, Bordeaux. Died September 1896.
Asp. 1845; asp. act. 7 January 1846
Sociétaire: 5 October 1855.
Comm. pers. 1868-70, 1872-74, 1876-
Retired 7 October 1889 (m. h.)
2d prix, solfège, 1839; 1r prix 1840. 2d prix, violin, 1847; 1r prix 1848. Orch du Th.-Ital. (sous chef). Dir. de la Soc. Saint-Cécile, à Bordeaux.
Porthéhaut, Jean Baptiste Florentin, called Porthéhaut de chant. Bass ch. 254, 291. Born 18 July 1822. Died 1889 or 1890.
Sociétaire: 13 November 1849
Resigned to go to Bordeaux
Reappointed 28 October 1856 as no. 291
Congé 1878-79, 1879-80 (absence from Paris)
1r sursis 30 May 1882
Retired 29 May 1883 (m. h.)
Pouillet, Pouilly. Bass ch. 119.
Sociétaire: 4 January 1830
Dismissed 20 December 1835 (absence)
Poussard, Charles François. Timpani. 149.
Sociétaire: 2 February 1835
Resigned 15 November 1851 (m. h.)
Orch. Opéra. Berlioz mentions him twice, in the Mémoires: Lettres Voyages I/7 and II/5.
Prévost, Prévôt, fils, Alexis. Bass ch. 077.
Founding Sociétaire: 4 March 1828
Retired 18 January 1854
Opéra (Gessler in Guillaume Tell, 1829). Son of Ferdinand P., 078.
[Bonnaire's register of 1841 suggests that the "second" P. was, rather, Antoine-Nicolas-Thérèse Prévost.]
Prévost, Prévôt, (Pierre) Ferdinand. Bass ch. 078. Born 1800. Died 1879.
Founding Sociétaire: 4 March 1828
1r prix, voice (student of Ponchard, Lays). Opéra, 1824 (Anacréon, Panturge). Father of Alexis P., 077.
Printemps, Mlle 1re (Mme Dudot). Soprano. 259. Born 18 October [register] 1827.
Sociétaire: adj. 13 November 1849
Resigned 1884-85
Prioré, Alexandre Charles. Viola. 486. Born 1 January 1856, Passy.
Sociétaire: 18 October 1887
Retired May 1903 (m. h. 9 June 1903)
A Gustave Prioré, perhaps a brother, was named aspirant en cas in 1885.
Proffit, André. Violin. 768. Born 7 December 1903, Paris.
Sociétaire: 4 November 1943
Orchestre de Paris 1967; retired 7 December 1969.
1r prix, violin, 1923 or 1925 (two different readings in register).
Pubereaux Ste. Foy, Charles Louis. Tenor. 210.
Asp. 10 December 1832
Sociétaire: 23 December 1844 [register says 13 January 1845; date from Com.]
Resigned 10 January 1856
Pubereaux Ste. Foy, Mme. Soprano. 222.
Sociétaire: adj. 10 December 1843
Puig, Roland (Goutrand Jacques Alexis). Violin. 766. Born 19 September 1919, Paris.
Asp. act. 10 May 1939
2e chef d'attaque des 2e violins 30 October 1943 (concours)
Sociétaire: 4 November 1943
Resigned 1 April 1952