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[This article appeared in Hugo Riemann,
Encylopaedic Dictionary of Music, translated by J. S. Shedlock, Philadelphia, Theo. Presser,
1899, p.564.
The German original was Riemann's
Musik-Lexikon, which went through many editions beginning in 1882.
The one translated by Shedlock is the 4th edition, Leipzig, Hesse, 1894; the translation volume is marked "Latest Edition, Revised to 1897".
This web version is dated 21 February 2007.]
Pachmann, Vladimir de, pianist, b.
July 27, 1848, Odessa, pupil of his father (who
was a university professor at Vienna and a
capable violinist), and later on of Dachs at the
Vienna Conservatorium. He made successful
appearances in Russia as a concert performer
in 1869, subsequently also at Vienna, Paris,
London, etc. In 1884 he married the pianist,
Maggie Okey, his pupil (from whom, however,
he has since been divorced).