New-York tribune., 1910-03-09

CELEBRATION OF AN ANN1
VERSARY.

With .he sixth concert of its eveOire s.,b
scription series 1T Mendelssohn Hail l..+
night tho Kneise Quartet brougbt ,.-
twenty-ffth season 70 a close. It was o,l,
thz eighteenth season IN New Yorl, Co.
there we're years which belong "a r,,,z,,o,
history. wien the youthful concertmas+e-
Of the Boston Orchestra thought If v.iso =,
confne his ministrations in the danar+r,e,,.
or chamber music 70 the place of rfs
closer and larger activities Like +r,,,
artist. he knew that there was one fold IN
which even angels footsteps wero fearful
and he entered upon il reverential1,- mod
estly-in short like a true artist Nfanv
years passed by before he had his ~e,,.ard
but of late he has had II abundant =, the
patronage and the admiration OF he inner
brotherhood Of music lovers who know
where the highest. because the uuras, on
ioymcut IN the art IS To he found IIs and
his companions. especially the one who has
lived through all the vicissitudes % . o,lar-
ter Of 4 century with him. Mr. Louis
Svecensld. the viola player Of the quartet.
were made The recipients of a delightful
recognition of their service in chamber
music after the concert at a supper given
IN honor Of the twenty nth anniversary Of
the quartet At tho cafe des Beaux Arts:
The concert was a splendid close and
climax Of the season. Mr. KneiseI and his
familiar associatcs-Julius R6ntgen. Louis
Svecenski and WiUem Wiueke-played
Cesar Franck's Quartet in j and followed
il with the theme and variations from
Glere's Quartet In A. a speudid speci-
men OF composition IN tho genuine Rus
sian spirit. Then they were joined by four
members of the Symphony SoCiety-namely,
Henry Leon 10 Roy, clarinet; Josef Fran
Zel, horn: August Mesnard baSsoon, and
Ludwig Mandy, contra hass-and with
their help there was performance of
Schubert's Octet in T major work OF
exquisite beauty. in which the individual
voices spoke with eloquence which
ought TO have carried a convincing preach
ment 70 all listeners who may have thought
that large volume is essential to the proc
lamation OF beautiful and significant ideas
in music. The audience was the usual brill
liant and sympathetic one, and all the play
ers seemed Keyed up to the Joyous mood OF
the occasion. AS a consequence the concert
vas tie most notable one of the series.
/ At the supper after the concert there
were present about one hundred and forty
musicians and music lovers, among them
Miss Bliss. Mrs. DR. c. \. Herter, DR.. Nor
-'9 A~cCA' - - Drew Stt4- GASNdF -hdIlicIs
Winthrop L. Rogers. Z. T Price. Walter
Damrosch, Frank Damrosch, Rudolph Schir-
mer. Nine. Milka Ternina, Rafael Joseffy,
E J. de Coppet, the members of the FIon-
zaley and Olive Mead quartets, CASTOR
Dethier. Edouard Dethier, Rubin Goldmark
". J. Henderson, II. Z. Krehbiel, Arthur
Whiting. Sidney Homer. Louise Homer
Richard Aldrich, Henry T. Finck, Sigis-
mond de IvanOwsky. Hermann Rosenthal
and Henry Holt. The last named gentle
man presided. Silver services were pre-
sented TO Mr.. Kneisel and Mr. Svecensh as
members of the original quartet Of twenty
five years ago, and other souvenirs TO Mr
Rontgen and Mr.. WiIehe. Short speeches
were made by MIR Holt, Mr.. Goldmark, Mr..
Whiting, Nr. KrehbieI and Mr. Henderson