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1musicians), he developed rapidly; studied cello with Emil Hegar and theory with Jadassohn. He joined the Gewandhaus Orch. in 1874, when he was 15; in 1881 he became 1st cellist, and remained in that post until his resignation in 1924. He also taught at the Leipzig Cons. He traveled widely in Europe as a soloist; composed a number of works for his instrument, among them 4 concertos; a Konzertstück for cello with piano; Hymnus for 12 cellos; a double concerto for violin and cello; and 2 string quartets and a piano trio; edited a number of cello works; publ. cello exercises.
3Klengel, Paul, German conductor and composer; brother of Julius Klengel; b. Leipzig, May 13, 1854; d. there, April 24, 1935. He studied at the Leipzig Cons. and at Leipzig Univ.; took the degree of Dr. phil. with the dissertation Zur Ästhetik der Tonkunst. From 1881-86 he conducted the Leipzig Euterpe Concerts; 1888-93, 2nd court conductor at Stuttgart; then again in Leipzig; from 1898 to 1902 he conducted German choral societies in New York; then went back to Germany. He was a versatile musician, and was proficient as a violinist as well as a pianist, although he did not engage in a concert career. He wrote numerous works for violin, and also publ. many skilful arrangements for various combinations. —Cf. Eva Klengel, Stammtafel der Familie Klengel (Leipzig, 1929).
5Klenovsky, Nikolay Semyonovitch, Russian composer; b. Odessa, 1857; d. St. Petersburg, July 6, 1915. He studied violin with Hřímalý and theory with Tchaikovsky at the Moscow Cons. He was then active as opera conductor (1883-93). In 1893 he was appointed director of the Cons. of Tiflis, in the Caucasus; in 1902, settled in St. Petersburg as conductor of the Court Chapel. He wrote 3 ballets, Hashish (Moscow, 1885), Svetlana (Moscow, 1886), and Salanga (St. Petersburg, 1900); incidental music to various plays; an orchestral suite Fata Morgana; Georgian Songs, for solo, chorus, and orch.; a Georgian Liturgy a cappella, etc.
7Klenovsky, Paul. Pseudonym of Sir Henry Wood.
9Klerk, Albert de, Dutch organist and composer; b. Haarlem, Oct. 4, 1917. He served as assistant organist in a Haarlem church as a boy; then studied at the Amsterdam Cons. In 1946 he was appointed teacher of organ playing in Utrecht; has also been active as choral conductor. He has written much music for the church; made arrangements of old Flemish songs; has composed a comic opera, The Magic Violin.
11Kletzki, Paul, Polish conductor; b. Lodz, March 21, 1900. He studied violin with Emil Mlynarski, and later in Berlin; was a member of the Lodz Philharmonic (1914-19); from 1921-33 he lived in Berlin, then in Venice for a year; in 1935, settled temporarily in Milan as teacher of orchestration and composition at the Scuola Superiora di Musica. After 1945, he traveled widely in Europe; was conductor of the Liverpool Philharmonic (1954-55). In 1958 he was appointed conductor of the Dallas Symph. Orch. He is also a prolific composer; among his works are 2 symphonies; a violin concerto; 2 string quartets; piano trio; songs.
13Kleven, Arvid, Norwegian composer and flutist; b. Drontheim, Nov. 29, 1899; d. Oslo, Nov. 23, 1929. He studied in Oslo, Paris, and Berlin; from 1919, played flute in the National Theater Orch. in Oslo, and in the Philharmonic Orch. there. He wrote a tone poem, Lotusland (Oslo, 1922), 2 Aquarelles, for orch. (1923); Sinfonia libera (1927); several works for violin; piano pieces; songs.
15Klička (klitch'-kăh), Josef, Bohemian organist and composer; b. Klattau, Dec. 15, 1855; d. there, March 28, 1937. He studied with Skuherský in Prague; then conducted various choral societies there; from 1906-20 he was inspector of music in Bohemia. He was appointed prof. of organ at the Prague Cons. in 1885, and taught until his retirement in 1924. He wrote an opera, The Miller's Beautiful Wife (Prague, 1886); 9 Masses; 2 oratorios; many organ works, including a fantasia on the chorale melody St. Wenzeslaus, and Legend (both published in 'Les Maîtres contemporains d'orgue,' Paris); chamber music; also pieces for harp. —Cf. K. Hoffmeister, Josef Klička (Prague, 1944).
17Klimov, Mikhail Georgievitch, Russian conductor and pedagogue; b. Moscow, Oct. 22, 1881; d. Leningrad, Feb. 20, 1937. He studied with Rimsky-Korsakov and Tcherepnin at the St. Petersburg Cons. (graduated 1908). In 1919 he was called upon to reorganize the former Imperial Church Choir into a secular society, and toured Europe with it in 1928.
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