Kneisel Quartet
photographer
Benjamin Falk
(New York, 1853 - 1925)
Date1891-1899
Place MadeNew York City, New York, United States, North America
MediumAlbumen print
Dimensions20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberU1w22
eMuseum ID727609
EmbARK ObjectID24421
TMS Source ID8914
Last Updated10/22/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryViolinist 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.
MarksNotesPrinted 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.
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.
ProvenanceNotesGift from the Kneisel Quartet to Isabella Stewart Gardner at an unknown date.
Benjamin Ives Gilman
20 October 1913
