The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-14
THE kNEISEL QUARTET CONCERT.
DR.. Otto Neltzel Assists In Opening IN e
Fifteenth season Here.

The Kneisel Quartet began its fifteenth
season in this city with a concert in Men,
delssohn Hall last night. Every seat in
the auditorium was taken and some persons
went away disappointed. The firm estab-
Iishment OF the Kneisel Quartet In the
favor Of the music loving public is one OF
the most gratifying evidences Of the spread
Of good taste in the tonal art in this COM
munity. The concerts OF this Organiza-
ton have through all the fourteen years
Of their continuance been an agency for
the dissemination of the true gospel of
music. The performances have grown
steadily in merit. and whereas they set out
on a high level they rave now attained
SUBMITS unseen in the early seasons.
Last nights programme, according to
the custom OF Mr.. Kneisel and his ASSOC
ciates, began with a familiar and beloved
work. This time it was Schubert's d
minor quartet, with its wonderful Mime
scherzo and it's still more wonderful Death
and the Maiden" variations. Those who
nave long been acquainted with the enter
tainments of the Kneisel Quartet know
how beautifully the our men play this
composition. For them it is sufficient to
say that last nights performance fixes the
standard IN new heights.
The second number was Saint-Saens's @
minor sonata for piano and cello. The
pianist was DR.. Otto Neitzel. the distin-
-guished music critic OF the Cologne lei
tung. DR.. Neitzel proved himself to be a
master OF chamber music style He played
his part with ahectionate regard for the
ensemble, with exquisite gradations of
power and color and with a dainty crisp
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II was the performance of a cultivated
musician as well as Of an excellent pianist.
Mr.. Schroeder, the '~cellist, always plays
like a master. Between the two they put
a good deal more into the composition than
might have been found in IL by less adj
mirable players. DR.. Neitzel is n Of the
biographers OF Saint-SaAns and probably
has an especial affection for his music.
The final number on the list was the
quartet IN 4 major, opus D., Of ReinhOld
Russian composers, born at Kief in 1874.
He Is a pupil OF Taniev and Hyppolitov-
Ivanov and a gold medallistiof the NJ oscow
Conservatory. His quartet shows the in
fuence Of bis nationality in the choice Of
themes having a Slavonic color. The com
position as a Whole IL bright and engaging
without showing either depth Of thought
or p~rofundity Of feeling. II In well written
and has some sLHk ingly effective portions.
=" The most skilful writing Efor the flour
instruments il found in the third move
ment, q themc with variations, while the
scherzo is also pleasing and piquant. In
form the composition is simple. according
to the established patterns, clear and con
else. II was a novelty worth hearing
though II will hardly be likely to take a
leading place among chamber music crea-
tons. Mr.. Kneisel and his friends gave
TO this music that same conscientious
preparation that they accord to the standard
works of the quartet feld INC the result
was a performance which would certainly
| have ~gladdened the composers heart.