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The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1SOME REMARKS ON QUARTET PLAYING
3FRANZ KNEISEL.
5During the many years that I have been giving chamber music concerts, I have been asked a multitude of questions,—by professional and non-professional musicians, relating to the violin and its music, to the art of quartet playing in general, the literature of chamber music, the various editions of the classics, the material for study and public performances, programs, etc.
7I have frequently answered such questions when they came to me by word of mouth; but I have generally hesitated to reply to written inquiries, fearing that in the absence of a detailed discussion, my remarks might be misinterpreted.
9One of the most frequent questions is in regard to the necessary qualifications for a group of players intending to form a string quartet with the purpose of giving public performances.
11Every musician who aims at becoming a member of a string quartet should first have acquired a thorough and solid technic of his instrument, reaching even to a point of virtuos-
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