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Dictionary of music, 1900
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1works for clarinet (soli, duets, fantasias, studies, a "Grande méthode pour la clarinette à anneaux mobiles"), also marches, parade pieces for military band, and three Methods for the various kinds of saxophones.
3Klotz (Clotz), the name of an old family of violin-makers at Mittenwald (Bavarian Alps); Aegidius K. is named as the oldest representative, and his son Matthias, about 1660-96, established the reputation of the family. Sons of the latter are Sebastian and Joseph; later descendants (in the 18th century) Georg, Karl, Michael, and Aegidius K. A great many of the violins made by K. pass for those of Steiner.
5Klughardt, August Friedrich Martin, b. Nov. 30, 1847, Cothen. After attending the Dessau Gymnasium, he became a pupil of Blassmann and A. Reichel at Dresden, and commenced his public career, at the age of twenty, as theatre capellmeister at Posen, Lübeck (each a season), and Weimar (four years), where he was appointed musical director to the Grand Duke. In 1873 he became court capellmeister at Neustrelitz, and now occupies a similar post at Dessau. His stay at Weimar, especially the intercourse with Liszt, had a beneficial effect on K.'s talent for composition: he was drawn in the direction of the new German school, proof of which, among other things, is given by his "Leonore" symphony. Besides this, the following works were published, likewise produced: the overtures "Im Frühling," "Sophonisbe," and "Siegesouvertüre;" the symphonies, "Im Walde," and Op. 37 in D; festival overture; orchestral suite, Op. 40, A minor (in six movements); pf. quintet, Op. 43; trio, Op. 47; sextet and quartet (Op. 42) for strings; operas: Mirjam (Weimar, 1871), Iwein and Gudrun (Neustrelitz, 1879 and 1882); Die Hochzeit des Mönchs (Dessau, 1886; as Astorve, at Prague, in 1888); "Schilflieder" ("Phantasiestücke," after Lenau, for pf., oboe, and viola), and eight books of songs.
7Knecht, Justin Heinrich, b. Sept. 30, 1752, Biberach (Württemberg), d. there Dec. 1, 1817. In 1792 he became organist and concert director in his native town, in 1807 court capellmeister at Stuttgart, but, owing to intrigues, the post became distasteful to him, and, already in 1809, he returned to Biberach. As organist K. enjoyed extraordinary fame, and only Vogler was considered his superior. His compositions have ceased to live; the following may be mentioned: a symphony ("A Tone-picture of Nature," having a programme identical with that of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony; he treated the same subject in an organ sonata, "Die unterbrochene Hirtenwonne"); concert duet, "Mirjam und Deborah" (from Klopstock's Messias); psalms, a Te Deum for double choir, masses, several operas and vaudevilles, melodrama, Das Lied von der Glocke (Schiller); organ pieces, pf. variations, sonatinas, flute duets, arias, hymns, two chorale books (for Württemberg and Protestant Bavaria), etc. As a theorist K. represents the extreme school of third-building up to the chords of the eleventh, on all degrees of the scale (!). He wrote "Erklärung einiger … nicht verstandener Grundsätze aus der Voglerschen Theorie" (1785); "Gemeinnützliches Elementarwerk der Harmonie und das Generalbasses" (1792-98; four parts); "Kleines alphabetisches Wörterbuch der vornehmsten und interessantesten Artikel aus der musikalischen Theorie" (1795); "Vollständige Orgelschule für Anfänger und Geübtere" (1795-98, three parts; a French plagiarised version of it was published by J. P. E. Martini at Paris); "Theoretischpraktische Generalbassschule" (without year of publication); "Kleine Klavierschule für die ersten Anfänger" (1800 and 1802; two parts; 2nd ed. as "Bewährtes Methodenbuch," etc.); "Allgemeiner musikalischer Katechismus" (1803, several times republished); "Luther's Verdienst um Musik und Posie" (1817). Many theoretical articles by K. are to be found in the first year of the Leipzig Allg. Musik. Zeitung, some also in Speier's Musikalische Realzeitung.
9Kniegeige (Ger.), a Viola da Gamba, or Violoncello.
11Kniese, Julius, b. Dec. 21, 1848, Roda (Altenburg), received his school training in Altenburg, where W. Stade was his music-teacher; and he received further musical training (1868-70) from Brendel and Riedel in Leipzig. After he had become known as an able pianist and organist, he undertook (1871-76) the direction of the "Singakademie" at Glogau, became in 1876 conductor of the Rühl Choral Society and of the "Wagner-Verein" at Frankfort, and in 1884 succeeded Breunung as musical director at Aix. Since 1889 K. lives at Bayreuth, where he has been, since 1882, chorus-master at the festival plays. Four of his books of songs have been printed, and a symphonic poem, "Frithjof," and the prelude of an opera, König Wittichis, both in manuscript, have been produced at the "Tonkünstlerversammlung," Wiesbaden (1879).
13Knight, Joseph Philip, b. July 26, 1812, Bradford-on-Avon, d. June 1, 1887, Great Yarmouth, studied under Corfe at Bristol. He was a popular English song composer, lived 1839-41 in the United States, was afterwards ordained to the charge of St. Agnes in the Scilly Isles, where he resided for two years. He published over two hundred songs, duets, terzets, etc., which enjoy great popularity (among which "She wore a wreath of roses"). He also wrote an oratorio, Jephtha's Daughter.
15Knorr, (1) Julius, distinguished pianoforte teacher, b. Sept. 22, 1807, Leipzig, d. there June 17, 1861. He at first studied philology at Leipzig, but soon turned entirely to music, and
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