The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-16

evidenced by the large number of cit
les demanding regular series of from
three to six concerts. Innumerable
requests for single engagements have
taken the quartet across the continent
four times, as far south as San Diego,
and as far north as Vancouver Three
highly successful series have been Civ
en- in London and the principal cities
of England of which the London
Truth said 1.-The ensemble of the Knei-
sci quartet has been an eye-opener."
Franz kneisel the leader of the
quartet, is Roumanian by birth, and
a graduate of the Vienna Conservatory
of Music. He made his first appearance
in public December 81, 1882. when at
the age of seventeen, he played the
violin concerto by Joachim with the
Vienna Philharmonic orchestra. Soon
after he was offered the position of
solo violin in the orchestra of the I'M
perial Court theater Later he was as
ISOLATED with the famous Bilse orches-
ira of Berlin as concert master po-
sition of the highest honor which had
been held before him by such artists
as Ysaye, Halir and Thomson.
Mr.. Kneisel became concert master
of the Boston Symphony orchestra in
1885, resigning in 1908, The Brahms
and Goldmark concertos were played
for the first time in America by Mr.
kneisel with this orchestra in all the
principal cities. His subsequent car
eer has served to deepen the impress
sion made at that time, and may with
out doubt be said to be one of the
worlds greatest virtuosi.
In recognition of his services in the
development of music in America, Mr.
kneisel has been honored by the great
orchestral societies. The committees
of the Philadelphia orchestra 1907)
and of the Philharmonic sociey of
New York 191O). have asked him to
consider the acceptance of conduct
orship of these orchestras. In 1907,
Mr.. Kneisel received in Paris an honor
rarely conferred on foreigners in his
appointment as a member of the jury
of the Violin Concours of the Paris
Conservative National with Colonne
Vidal Paul Dukas. etc, as confrerers.
Louis Svecenski, viola, has been a
member of the kneisel quartet since
it's foundation. He first studied music
at Agram, the capital of Croatia, from
which he went to Vienna, studying
there under Professor Gruen of the
Conservative. After graduating he
went to Boston, having been engaged
by Mr.. Gericke as one of the first
violins of the Boston Symphony or
chestra. He was appointed by Mr..
Nikisch to take the leadership of the
violas, which position he held until
the members of the Kneisel quartet
resigned from the orchestra.
julius Roentgen, second violin, was
born in 1881, and comes from Amster-
dam, of we'll known musical family,
his father being a noted pianist in that
city. His grandfather was concert
master of the Gewandhaus orchestra,
Leipsic. Mr.. Roentgent studied under
Joachim and relinquished the position
of first concert master of the Dussel-
dorf Symphony orchestra in order to
join the Kneisel quartet.
Wilhelm Willeke, violoncello, was
born September 20. 1878 in The Hague
He received his first musical instruc-
ton at the Hanger Royal conservatory
where he studied the cello under Har-
tog, going to Rotterdam to continue
his studies. In 1896 he was engaged
as solo 'ceilist at Riga. At the age of
eighteen he received call from the
Dusseldorf conservatory as teacher of
cello and chamber music. Mr.. Willie
Ike played the Richard Strauss Sonata,
F major, op. 6, several times with the
composer and has toured with great
success in Germany, Russia, Holland,
Scandinavia, etc. After an engagement
as solo ,cellist with the Philharmonic
orchestra at Leipsic u9O1-1903), Hans
Richter engaged him as first 'cellist of
the Covent Garden Grand Opera Royal
orchestra in London. From 1908 to