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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1KLOTZ—KNEISEL
3moderner Musiker' II (Leipzig, 1907); H. Knappe, F. K. (1921).
5Klotz (or Clotz), a family of Bavarian violin-makers at Mittenwald. Their instrs. were brought into repute by Matthias (b. June 11, 1653; d. Aug. 16, 1743), the son of Aegidius, sen.; he is believed to have learned the art with Nicola Amati; worked for some time in Padua, and settled in Mittenwald in 1683. Matthias' sons, Sebastian and Joseph, were followed, in the 18th century, by Georg, Carl, Michael, and Aegidius, Jr. Many of their violins are mistaken for Stainer's make.
7Klug'hardt, August (Friedrich Martin), b. Köthen, Nov. 30, 1847; d. Dessau, Aug. 3, 1902. Pupil of Blassmann and Reichel, at Dresden. Theater-Kapellm. at Posen (1867), Lübeck (1868) and Weimar (1869–73), where he was also mus. director to the Grand Duke; then court Kapellm. at Neustrelitz, and in 1882 at Dessau. This career, and the influence of Liszt, awakened his talent for dram. composition. Besides several operas, he also comp. oratorios, orchl. works (5 symphs., etc.), chamber-music, songs, pf.-pcs., etc.—Cf. L. Gerlach, A. K. Sein Leben und seine Werke (Leipzig, 1902).
9Kna'be, William (Valentine Wilhelm Ludwig), founder of the celebrated pf.-manufactory at Baltimore, Md., was born at Kreuzberg, n. Oppeln, Prussia, June 3, 1803; d. Baltimore, May 21, 1864. Began business in 1839 with Henry Gaehle; in 1854 the partnership was dissolved. His successors were his sons William (1841–89) and Ernest, joined later by Charles Keidel, and his grandsons Ernest J. Knabe, Jr. (b. July 5, 1869) and William Knabe (b. Mar. 23, 1872; d. New Rochelle, N. Y., Feb. 28, 1939). The Knabe pf. is now made in East Rochester, N. Y. (a subsidiary of the Aeolian-American Corp.).
11Knap'pertsbusch, Hans, conductor; b. Elberfeld, Mar. 12, 1888; studied with Steinbach and Lohse at the Cologne Cons.; dir. of opera at Elberfeld (1913–18), Leipzig (1918), Dessau (1919–21); 1922–36, succeeded Bruno Walter as general mus. dir. of the Munich Opera; 1923, prof.; 1936, cond. of the Philh. concerts, Vienna; 1937, first cond. at the State Opera there; frequent guest appearances, including the Wagner fests. in Holland (1912 and '18), Paris, etc.
13Knecht, Justin Heinrich, organist, composer and theorist; b. Biberach, Württemberg, Sept. 30, 1752; d. there, Dec. 1, 1817. From 1771–1807, organist and music-director at Biberach; then for 2 years Hofkapellm. at Stuttgart, but resigned on account of intrigues, and returned to Biberach.—As a harmonist, K. taught chord-building by thirds up to chords of the eleventh on all degrees of the scale. Publ. Erklärung einiger … missverstandenen Grundsätze aus der Vogler'schen Theorie (Ulm, 1785); Gemeinnützliches Elementarwerk der Harmonie und des Generalbasses (4 parts, 1792–8); Kleines alphabetisches Wörterbuch der vornehmsten und interessantesten Artikel aus der mus. Theorie (1795); Vollständige Orgelschule für Anfänger und Geübtere (3 parts, 1795–8); Theoretisch-praktische Generalbass-Schule (n. d.); Kleine Clavierschule für die ersten Anfänger (n. d.; republ. as Bewährtes Methodenbuch beim ersten Clavierunterricht); Allgem. musikalischer Catechismus (Biberach, 1803); Luther's Verdienst um Musik und Poesie (1817). His compositions are now obsolete; but the Tongemälde der Natur is interesting as a symphony identical in subject with Beethoven's 'Pastoral' symphony.—Cf. E. Kauffmann, J. H. K. (Tübingen, 1892).—See Q.-Lex.
15Kneisel, Franz, violin-virtuoso; b. (of German parentage) Bucharest, Jan. 26, 1865; d. New York, Mar. 26, 1926. A precocious pupil of Grün and Hellmesberger at Vienna, he early became Konzertmeister of the Hofburg Theater-orch.; then in Bilse's Orch. at Berlin; 1885–1903, concert-master and soloist of the Boston Symph. Orch., succeeding Bernhard Listemann. K. made his Boston début in the Beethoven concerto on Oct. 31, 1885. Next year he organized the world-renowned 'Kneisel Quartet' (1st violin, K.; 2nd violin, Emmanuel Fiedler, succeeded, in 1887, by Otto Roth [till 1899]; viola, Louis Svecenski; 'cello, Fritz Giese), which not only played in leading American cities, but also in Europe, and was in the front rank of similar organizations of its time. The quartet was dissolved in 1917; final concerts in Boston (Mar. 13) and New York (Apr. 3). (Last personnel: K., Hans Letz, Louis Svecenski, Willem Willeke.) K. was equally at home in classic and romantic vln.-literature, interpreting the concertos of Beethoven, Spohr and Mendelssohn, or of Joachim, Goldmark and Brahms, with masterly insight. He was admirable in ensemble, and did important service to the cause of chamber-music in America. In recognition of his services he was made hon. Mus. Doc. by Yale Univ. in 1911, and by Princeton Univ. in 1915. A signal honor was conferred upon him in 1907, when he was invited to serve (with Colonne, Vidal, Dukas, etc.) as a member of the jury at the Violin 'Concours' of the Paris Cons. In 1893 he cond. the concerts of the Boston Symph. Orch. at the World's Fair in Chicago; 1902 and '03, asst.-cond. of the Worcester Festival; from 1905, prof. of vln. at the Inst. of Mus.
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