The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-10
Out and About


His foolish, erring son;
If the Masters seen the things that
/ have wanted most to do,
There'll be no Salvation for me, for the
devil knows 'em, too!
But I've wanted true to want to do
the things I knew were right
Say, can it be the likes of nell have
! virtue in His sight?
/ 1 have soiled my hands with mischief,
and I've wanted to do more,
And t was but because 1 didn't dare, it
wasn't done before;
But behind the dirty deed I did, behind
the wish l had,
There's been a longing to be straight,
a feeling l was bad;
Though He alone has seen and known
beyond that double sin
He knows my soul is somehow whole
say, will He let me in?
I-Gelett Burgess, in "A Gage of Youth"
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In view of the coming appearance Of
the Kneisel Quartet in this city, the
following, from the Musical Record
and Review is of interest:
Franz Kneisel, founder of the famous
quartet which bears his name,was born
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in 1864. He graduated at the Vienna
Conservatory, and made his first APP
pearance as soloist with the Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra in 1882. He
became solo violinist at the Imperial
Court Theatre in Vienna and SUISSE
quently concertmeister of the Bilse Or
chestra in Berlin.
In 1885, at the invitation of Mr.. Ger
icke Mr. Kneisel came to Boston, and
has since that time been a significant
influence, not only in the musical de-
velopment of Boston, but Of the United
States.
He came to Boston as concertmeister
of the Symphony Orchestra, which po
sition he has ever since retained, APP
pearing with it as soloist on many oc-
casions, and in many cities In 1898,
on the departure to Europe of Mr..
Nikisch, Mr.. Kneisel took his place as
conductor of the orchestra during it's
western tour, giving, among many
concerts, three at the Worlds Fair in
Chicago Recently he occupied Mr.
Gericke's place for several weeks dur
ing that gentlemans illness) appearing
with the orchestra in Boston, New
York Philadelphia and Baltimore and
other cities included in the usual East
ern tour.
Widely known as this experience has
made Mr.. Kneisel, he has come into
even closer acquaintance, and into no
less prominence with the American
music public through the concerts of
the quartet This organization was
formed in 1885, at the suggestion of
Henry L. Higginson, and its first Sc
ries of concerts was given at CHECKER
ing Hail. Boston They Immediately
won favor and year by year greater
public has demanded them. Now they
are given, during the season, in all the
important cities of the United States,
from ocean to ocean.
String quartet organizations are not
numerous, even in Europe. The Knei-
sci Quartet played in London in 1896,
and was at once recognized as unusual.
The London Daily Telegraph said:
1T must be allowed, without the
smallest demur, that they stand among
the finest quartets which have come to
us. In this case, as in so many others
where the best work is done, we see
the advantage of constant association
of ompanionship which goes to make
one mind and one heart out of more
than one. The ensemble of these Ger
mans from across the ocean is as per-
feet as can be desired and into all they
do enters the spirit of culture and re-
finement"
But the making "of one mind and one
heart out of more than one" is but in
part the secret of the success which
the Kneisel Quartet has won. The sue
cess is due no less to another fact: the
Quartet is composed of men whose in
dividual attainment and experience are
rare, so rare indeed that they perceive
how they may work together with un-
animity. Louis Svecenski, the viola
player, is a Croatian by birth, a I'M
iversity graduate, a student of the vio-
lin in Vienna formerly yiolinist in the
Boston Symphony Orchestra, now the
leader of the violas The second violin
of the quartet for many years was Otto
Roth, who has been succeeded by Karl
Ondricek, a native of Prague, and for
a time principal violin at the Opera
House in that city. Mr.. Schroeder, the
'cellist was at first a performer upon
the VIOLA but later turned his atten-
ton to the cello, and gave it his ex-
elusive attention. He has served as
'cellist in the Liebig Orchestra, and in
the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipsic.
He has taught, made tours throughout
Europe, and has written much for his
instrument.
OF the present members of the Knei-
sci Quartet Mr. Svecenski has been as
ISOLATED with Mr. Kneisel since its for
nation. Mr.. Ondricek was preceded by
Mr. Roth, who in turn was preceded
by Mr.. Fielder. Mr.. Schroeder was
preceded by Mr.. Hekking and Mr.
Giese.
Prof. C. T. Winchester of Wesleyan
University delivered the first lecture
of the season before the Womap's Club
and guests at 8 o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon in Memorial Hall. The subject
was 1.-THE English Lakes and Their
Poets" Mrs Luther Knowles Leland,
chairman of the literature department
presided. Prof. Winchester proved to
be very entertaining and sprinkled his
lecture with wit and humor that was
highly appreciated by the audience
which nearly filed the hall.
The Lake poets about whom the
lecturer spoke as of near and dear
friends were: Southey, Coleridge.
worth. Prof Winchester has several
times visited the lake region of Eng
land. which is one o. the most roman
tic spots in the world. He has seen
Dove Cottage, the home Of Words
worth, where so many congenial minds
met. and he has Travelled the vale of
Grasmere. famous for it's natural
beauty as well as for the men whose
lives are associated with it. The Lake
poets sang of Westmorland. of the
Cumberland Mountains, of the meres
and tarns and streams, of Duddon
valley, in the early part of the 18th
century. Wordsworth's Excursion"
has been called guide book to the
lake region.G
Among the interesting places are
Cockermouth, where Wordsworth was
born; Hawkeshead, where he attended