Kneisel

(kni’-zél), (1) Fz. (of German parents), Bucharest, Jan. 26, 1865— Boston, March 27, 1926; violinist; pupil of Griin and Hellmesberger, Vienna; Konzertmeister, Th.-Orch.; then of Bilse’s Orch., Berlin; 1885-1903, concertm. and ' soloist, Boston Symphony Orch.; 1887, founded the ‘‘Kneisel Quartet,”’ which played with greatest succ. in America and Europe until 1917; 1902, cond. (Ma achusetts) Festival; after 1905, prof. of yin., Inst. of Mus. Art, N. Y. (2) Frank, his son, and (3) Marianne, his daughter, both accomplished players, (kné/-zé), Julius, Roda, near Jena, Dec. 21, 1848—Dresden, April 22, 1905; pianist and organist; pupil of Stade, at Altenburg, Brendel and C. Riedel, Leipzig; 1884-80, mus.-dir. at Aix; 1882, chorusm. at Bayreuth, where he lived; 1889, dir. Preparatory Sch. for Stage-Singers; c. opera, ‘Konig Wittichis’”; symphonic poem, ‘‘Frithjof,” etc. Knip’per, Lyof, b. Tiflis, Dec. 16, 1898; composer; studied in Ru ia, also with Jarnach in Berlin; c. works in modern style, some in satirical vein, incl. (operas) ‘‘Til Eulenspiegel,” “Cities and Years’; (orch.) ‘Legend of a Plaster God” (Phila. Orch., 1930); symphonies; chamber music; (ballet) “Santanella.”?