A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Panny, Joseph

PANNY, Joseph, son of the schoolmaster of Kolmitzberg, Austria; born Oct. 23, 1794; was well grounded in music and the violin by his father, and at length obtained the means of placing himself under Eybler at Vienna. Here his talent and his progress were remarkable; Paganini selected him to compose a scena for violin and orchestra, and played it at his farewell concert in 1828. Panny wandered through North Germany, playing, teaching, conducting, as he found opportunity, and at length settled in Mayence, married, and founded a school for vocal and instrumental music, among the pupils at which was our own countryman Pearsall. Panny died Sept. 7, 1838.

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