Object details
Accession number
U1w22
Primary Creator
Benjamin Falk
(New York, 1853 - 1925)
Full title
Kneisel Quartet
Creation Date
1891-1899
Object Case
Musicians Case
Provenance
Gift from the Kneisel Quartet to Isabella Stewart Gardner at an unknown date.
Marks
Printed in ink (below photograph): FALK. KNEISEL QUARTETTE. NEW YORK.
Inscribed in ink (above photograph): Mrs. John L. Gardner
Signed in ink (below photograph): in kind remembrance of [KNEISEL QUARTETTE.] Franz Kneisel. Louis Svecenski. / Alwin Schroeder. Otto Roth.
Dimensions
20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Display Media
Albumen print
Web Commentary
Violinist Franz Kneisel, who served as concertmaster and assistant conductor to the Boston Symphony Orchestra for two decades, was among the local musicians who enjoyed Isabella Stewart Gardner’s support. An enterprising and exacting performer and teacher, Kneisel founded an eponymous quartet in 1885, which became the leading string ensemble in the United States until its dissolution in 1917. The Kneisel Quartette performed for two full seasons between 1908 and 1910 at her museum, playing a range of musical selections. All of these performances were open to the public.
Permanent Gallery Location
Yellow Room
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