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Groves Dictionary Of Music And Musicians,vol.3, 1907
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1KNAPP
3Knabe, was born in Kreutzburg, Saxe-Weimar, in 1797, and died in Baltimore in 1864. He began the business of making pianofortes in 1837, and some years later entered into partnership with Henry Gachle. In 1854 he bought the latter's interests, and associated his son, Ernst (1837–94), with him, as also another son William (1841–89) a little later, and a son-in-law, Charles Keidel. In 1908 the firm was merged in the American Piano Co. H. E. K.
5KNAPP, WILLIAM (b. 1698; d. 1768), the author of a L.M. psalm tune called 'Wareham,' which was long a favourite in churches. He was parish clerk of Poole. He published a 'New Sett of Psalms and Anthems in four parts' in 1738 (2nd edition, 1741, 3rd, 1747, all from engraved plates, 4th, 1750, 7th, 1762, 8th, 1770, the latter from type). In 1753 appeared 'The New Church Melody' which was re-issued in 1756 and 1764, the last being the 5th edition. 'Wareham' is in both—in the former called 'Blandford,' and in common time, in the latter in triple time. Another tune by him is given by the Rev. Henry Parr, Church of England Psalmody. (Information from Rev. H. Parr, the parish clerk of Poole, J. F. R. Stainer and F. Kidson.)
7KNAPTON, PHILIP (b. York, 1788; d. there, June 20, 1833), received his musical education at Cambridge from Dr. Hague. He then returned to York and followed his profession. He composed several overtures, pianoforte concertos and other orchestral works, besides arranging numerous pieces for the pianoforte and harp. He acted as one of the assistant conductors at the York Festivals of 1823, 1825 and 1828. His father, Samuel Knapton, was a music-publisher in Blake Street, and afterwards in Coney Street, York, at the end of the 18th century. Philip and others of the family, together with a York musician named White, kept on the business until about 1840, when it passed into the hands of a person named Banks.
9W. H. H.; addns. F. K.
11KNECHT, JUSTIN HEINRICH (b. Biberach, Suabia, Sept. 30, 1752; d. there, Dec. 1, 1817), received a good education, both musical and general (Boeckh was one of his masters), and filled for some time the post of professor of literature in his native town. He combined with this the office of music-director from the year 1771. By degrees he gravitated to music, and in 1807 became director of the opera and of the court concerts at Stuttgart; but owing to successful intrigues against him, in a couple of years he resigned the post and returned to Biberach, where he died, with a great reputation as organist, composer and theoretician. In the last-named department he was an adherent of Vogler. The list of his productions as given in Q.-L. embraces many compositions, sacred and secular, vocal and instrumental, and eight theoretical and didactic works. Two of the former have an historical interest, and that from an accidental cause. The first is 'Le Portrait Musical de la Nature,' a grand symphony¹ for two violins, viola and bass, two flutes, two oboes, bassoons, horns, trumpets and drums ad lib., in which is expressed:
13(1) A beautiful country, the sun shining, gentle airs and murmuring brooks; birds twitter, a waterfall tumbles from the mountain, the shepherd plays his pipe, the shepherdess sings, and the lambs gambol around.
15(2) Suddenly the sky darkens, an oppressive closeness pervades the air, black clouds gather, the wind rises, distant thunder is heard, and the storm approaches.
17(3) The tempest bursts in all its fury, the wind howls and the rain beats, the trees groan and the streams rush furiously.
19(4) The storm gradually goes off, the clouds disperse and the sky clears.
21(5) Nature raises its joyful voice to heaven in songs of gratitude to the Creator (a hymn with variations).
23The second (if it be not an arrangement of a portion of the preceding) is another attempt of the same kind with a German title—'The Shepherds' pleasure interrupted by the storm, a musical picture for the organ.' These are precisely the subjects which Beethoven has treated, and Fétis would have us believe that Knecht actually anticipated not only the general scheme of the Pastoral Symphony but some of its figures and passages. But this is not the case. The writer purchased the score and parts of Knecht's work at Otto Jahn's sale, and is able to say that beyond the titles the resemblances between the two works are obviously casual, Knecht's being in addition commonplace, entirely wanting in that 'expression of emotions' which Beethoven enforces, and endeavouring to depict the actual sights and sounds, which he deprecates. G.
25KNEISEL, FRANZ (b. Bucharest, Jan. 26, 1865; d. New York, Mar. 26, 1926), violinist, chiefly player and leader of chamber concerts.
27His father, a native of Olmutz, Moravia, was the leader of a military band, and gave him his first musical instruction. He then studied at the Conservatorium in Bucharest, and had finished its courses and carried off the first prize for violin playing before he was 15 years old. In 1879 he entered the Vienna Conservatorium as a special pupil of Grün and Hellmesberger, devoting himself under the latter chiefly to chamber music. On the completion of his academical studies he took the first prize for violin playing in July 1882, and on Dec. 31 of the same year played Joachim's 'Hungarian' concerto at a Philharmonic concert. He was at once appointed solo violinist at the Hofburg Theatre as successor of Jacob Dont. In 1884 he went to Berlin as Konzertmeister of the Bilse Orchestra, remaining in that position one year, when, in the autumn of 1885, he went to
29¹ It is published at Spire by Bossler, with no year; but the date may very well be 1784, since the list on the back contains the three early sonatas of Beethoven, which were published by Bossler in 1783. But the coincidence is curious. Beethoven must have been familiar with Bossler's advertisement page, on which his own first sonatas were announced, and which contains all the above particulars.
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