The success of the Kneisel Quartet is due to the long and arduous practice which the members have enjoyed together, for perfection in quartet playing is only possible through long association.

While virtuosity is not essential for quartet playing, good musicianship is very necessary.  Patient and self-denying practice are absolute requisites.

The love of chamber music is apparently growing in the United States, for in many of the large cities quartets have been established by good musicians, and the opportunities for hearing fine interpretations of the best chamber music are increasing each year.  It is a branch of musical art which appeals only to cultivated taste, for it is necessarily free from sensationalism and individual display.  Therefore, the love of quartet playing may be considered to be a true index of the growth of musical culture.

THE END.

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF FAMOUS VIOLINISTS.

“c” indicates that the date given is only approximate.

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NAME.           | Place and Date    | Place and Date   |
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Alessandro, Romano         | Italy       c1530 |    ?         ?   |
Baltazarini                | Italy       c1550 |    ?         ?   |
Farina, Carlo              | Italy       c1580 |    ?         ?   |
Alberghi, Paolo            | Italy       c1600 |    ?         ?   |
Biber, Henry J.            | England     c1600 |    ?         ?   |
Cortellini, Camillo        | Italy       c1600 |    ?         ?   |
Madorus, Giovanni          | Venice      c1600 |    ?         ?   |
Manoir, Guillaume          |    ?        c1600 |    ?         ?   |
Baltzar, Thomas            | Lubec        1630 | London      1663 |
Bannister, John            | England      1630 | London      1679 |
Lulli, Jean Baptiste de    | Florence     1633 | Paris       1687 |
Strunck, Nicolas Adam      | Germany      1640 |    ?        1700 |
Laurenti, Bartolomeo G.    | Bologna      1644 |    ?        1726 |
Vitali, Tomasso            | Bologna     c1650 |    ?         ?   |
Eccles, John               | London       1650 | London      1735 |
Marini, Carlo Antonio      | Bergamo     c1650 |    ?         ?   |
Corelli, Arcangelo         | Italy        1653 | Rome        1713 |
Aschenbrunner, Christian H.| Alstettin    1654 | Jena        1732 |
Bassani, Giovanni B.       | Padua        1657 | Ferrara     1716 |
Vivaldi, Antonio           | Venice       1660 |    ?        1743 |
Eccles, Henry              | London       1660 | London       ?   |
Bannister, John, Jr.       | England      1673 | London      1735 |
Albinoni, Thomas           | Venice       1674 | Venice      1745 |
Hesse, Ernest Christian    | Germany      1676 | Darmstadt   1762 |
Somis, Lorenzo             | Piedmont     1676 |    ?        1763 |