Kneisel Hall — is an annual chamber music festival and school located in Blue Hill, Maine. The season runs for seven weeks each summer from mid June until early August. A small faculty works with approximately fifty pre professional musicians, concentrating… … Wikipedia
Franz Kneisel — (26 January 1865 ndash; 26 March 1926) was an American violinist and teacher of Romanian birth.Born in Bucharest, the son of a German bandmaster, he learned to play the flute, clarinet and trumpet, as well as the violin. After graduating from the … Wikipedia
String Quartet No. 12 (Dvořák) — The String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, B. 179, nicknamed the American , is one of the most popular pieces of chamber music by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. Work Dvořák composed the Quartet in 1893 during a summer retreat from his teaching… … Wikipedia
List of string quartet ensembles — This is a list of recognized string quartets, in alphabetical order. *Adamowski Quartet *Aeolian Quartet *Alban Berg Quartet *Alani Quartet *Alberni Quartet *Allegri Quartet *Alexander Quartet * [http://cuarteto.alma.googlepages.com/] Alma… … Wikipedia
Vermeer Quartet — The Vermeer Quartet was a string quartet founded in 1969 at the Marlboro Festival in Vermont and active until 2007.With performances in practically every major city in North and South America, Europe, the Far East, and Australia, the Vermeer… … Wikipedia
Chamber music — For other uses, see Chamber music (disambiguation). Frederick the Great plays a flute concert in his summer palace Sanssouci; painting by Adolph Menzel Chamber music is a form o … Wikipedia
Musicians Foundation — In 1912, an organization known as The Bohemians (New York Musicians Club) took the first step toward establishing a fund for their fellow musicians by producing a concert featuring several distinguished artists of the day. Contents 1 Mission 2… … Wikipedia
Gustav Dannreuther — (July 21, 1853 December 19, 1923) was a violinist and conductor from Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1871, at the age of 18, he was sent to the Berlin University of the Arts, where he studied violin under Heinrich De Ahna, famed violinist Joseph Joachim… … Wikipedia
Lillian Fuchs — (November 18, 1901 October 5, 1995), an American violist, teacher and composer, is considered to be among the finest instrumentalists of her time. She hailed from a musically talented family: her brothers, Joseph Fuchs, a violinist, and Harry… … Wikipedia
Andor Toth — TOC Violinist Andor Toth [http://www.andortoth.com/] (1925 2006) earned international celebrity as a soloist, concert artist, conductor and educator with a musical career spanning over six decades. Toth played his violin on the World War II… … Wikipedia
