Evening star., 1949-09-27
Kinder PHILOSOPHERS on Music
In Will on $2OO,OOO Estate


allow of material security as we'll
as most mental and spiritual Ger
titudes.
I'VE can but do the best under
the circumstances, A few, a very
few, personal positives remain: the
Inherent values of understanding
and unquestioning friendships,
faith in the remains of the high
creative accomplishments of past
generations, in the blessed belief
of simple daily tasks, in the
wonders of the soil, the seas, the
skies, the rivers and the stars.
Thank the Creator also for al
lowing me to still believe. in the
midst of an evermore unstable
and turbulent world, in the eternal
trinity of Bach, Mozart and Bee
thoven, and for having enabled
me to find relief from the cares
and troubles and miseries of the
world among friends, in nature
and in the lasting paradise Of
music. I hope and pray my chill
dren will in this same way be
blessed as I have been.
For my sins, and they are
many. I ask forgiveness, and I
humbly recommend my soul to
the God of Music, on whose realm
I have labored and found my re-
ward ever since l can remember.
"As for the disposal of my body,
I would like, if possible, to have
lit put in the utmost simplicity,
preferably on a hilltop. If this be
impossible. then either to be
buried with a few heavy stones
around it at the little graveyard
of Iris Hill. or to be cremated.
definitely do not want my body
to be handled by undertakers. nor
to have it exposed after the
second day. Just a few bandages
will be amply sufficient.
Wanted Quartet to Play.
Il would very much like to have
the Musical Art String Quartet
play the slow movement of the
Hayden Quartet in c Major
tknown as the Gypsy
also any of the better chorales of
Bach (for instance, o 'Haupt
voll Blut und Wunden' or 'Wenn
Wir In Hochsten Nothen.' or
'Petrus der Sein.' from the Johns
Passion), and a movement from
one of the better Mozart quartets
not by any means a slow and
sad one. but. for instance. a good.
fast one. (This may not be pos
sible, if the Musical Art String
Quartet does not exist as such)
"In the same spirit. recon-
mend to my friends and near ones
to eat, drink and be merry right
after the funeral, so as to remem-
Der me in that spirit, rather than
to grieve over one whose life has
been gratifyingly full. hope that
the National Symphony Orchestra,
which I started and to which I
gave all my energies for q large
number of years (as these things 60
in one mans life), will continue to
grow and prosper and. within rea-
son, not to forget me.
ITO all those who so unfail-
|ingly helped. and more especially
to my colleagues and friends In
the orchestra and the associa-
ton. my heartfelt thanks. And so.
farewell, and bless you ALL"
Codicil Signed August 30.
In a codicil signed August 80,
only nine days before his death,
DR.. Kinder Cancelled a bequest of
$4,000 to his former wife, Mrs.
Alice Riddle Kinder, pointing out
she would receive 16 years income
from an endowment policy.
The bulk of the estate. expected
to total approximately 100000.
should be divided, DR.. Kinder
directed. in six equal parts among
his widow, Mrs. Persis Myers Hill
Kinder: his three children, Mrs.
Helen Behrens. Jan and Don
Kinder, and two grandchildren,
Eric and Christine Behrens.
To his secretary, Mrs. Willis K.
Fisk. DR.. Kinder left $1,000 and