DICTIONARY OF MUSIC - El Atril

KREUZ KRIEGER 603
in imitation of that for the Piano in the
eighteentli bar, fortunately to Beethoven's satis-
faction (see Thayer, ii. 230). He gives it as
follows :—
li.iii riAla. (9)
The sonata was published in 1805, by Simrock
and Traeg, before iVIay 18. Bridgetower averred
(Thayer, ii. 231) that it was originally dedicated
to him, and that the change was the result of
a quarrel. AVhy Kreutzer was chosen is as yet
a mystery. He was in Vienna with Bernadotte
in 179S, but no trace of his relations with Beethoven
remains, though we may assume them to
have been good, for Beethoven to designate him
as his ' friend.' It has been alleged as a reason
that the second theme of the Presto is a phrase
of Kreutzer's ; butthishasnotbeensul)stantiated.
Certainly no such passage appears in Kreutzer's
violin works. The dedication on the first ed.
stands ' Sonata per il Pianoforte ed un Violino
oltligato, scritta in uno stilo molto concertante,
quasi come d'un Concerto. Composta e dedicata
al suo amico R. Kreutzer, Membro del Conserva-
torio di Musica in Parigi, Prime Violino dell'
Academia delle Arti,' e della Camera Imperiale,
per L. van Beethoven. Opera 47. A Bonn cliez
K. Simrock. 422.' In a notel)ook of Beethoven's
iif the Imperial Library at Berlin, the
second sentence a]ipears ' in uno stilo molto
brillante.'
G.
KREUZ, Emil, violinist and composer, was
born at Elberfeld, May 25, 1S67. Began to
play at the age of three, but did not commence
to study for the profession (under Japha of
Cologne) until his tenth year. In 1883 he
gained an open scholarship at the Royal College
of iMusic, where he studied for five years under
Holmes (violin) and Stanford (composition).
During the last two years made a special study
of the viola, making his debut with that instrument
on Dec. 11, 1888, in the 'Harold in
1 The fact of Kreutzer holding these two poata In Vienna seems to
imply that he reiuained there some time.
Italy ' solo at a Henschel concert. Soloist at
Leeds Festival 1889, member of Gompertz
Quartet 1888-1903, and of the Queen's Band
1900-3. He also jilayed frequently at the
Popular Concerts. Amongst his compositions
are a concerto for viola with orchestra, a trio
for piano, violin, and viola, oji. 21, a prize
Quintet for Horn and String Quartet, op. 49.
many songs, and numerous pieces useful for
teaching purposes. Since 1903 musical assistant
at the Covent Garden Opera. Acting under
the advice of Richter, he joined the Halle
orchestra in 1903 with the view of studying
under the great conductor. His present intention
is to give up viola playing and composition, in
order to devote his time to conducting and
training vocalists in the art of dramatic singing,
but it is to be hoped that he will continue
the work of enlarging the literature of the
viola. vv. iv. c.
KRIEGER, Adam, born Jan. 7, 1634, at
Driesen in the Neumark, Prussia, died June
30, 1666, at Dresden, was a pupil of Samuel
Scheldt and Heinrich Schiitz, and after being
for a time organist at St. Nicholas, Leipzig,
was appointed court-organist to the Elector of
Saxony. He apjiears to have made an unsuc-
cessful application for the post of cantor at
St. Thomas's, Leipzig. He was poet as well as
composer, aiid his compositions consist of so-
called Arien on his own texts, songs for one,
two, three, and five voices with three or five-part
instrumental Ritornelli between each verse.
The Arias themselves have only Basso Continuo
accompaniment, but are written in regular Lied
form, while the Ritornelli have no thematic
connection with them. Specimens of these
compositions may be found in the Monalshcfte
fiir Mnsil'ge^chichte^ xxix. J. R. M.
KRIEGER, JoHANN Philipp (apparently
no relation to the above), was born Eeb. 26,
1649, at Nuremberg, and died Feb. 6, 1725, at
Weissenfels. He travelled in Italy, and was
for a wdiile pui)il of Johann Rosenmiiller at
Venice. Returning to Germany he was ennobled
by the Em})eror at Vienna, and after various
wanderings entered the service of the Duke of
Saxe-Weissenfels, first as chamber-musician and
organist at Halle, in 1677, and afterwards as
capellmeister at Weissenfels fiom 1712. For
the Weissenfels Court he wrote a quantity of
Singspiele, the Arias of which for one, two,
and three voices were afterwards jaiblished with
bass accompaniment only in two volumes published
at Nuremberg, 1690, 1692. Specimens
of them, with accompaniment written out, are
given by Eitner in the Monatshcfte fiir Munik-
geschichte, xxix. Chrysander gives the titles of
some operas of Krieger written for Brunswick-
Wolfenbiittel in 1693, some of which were also
performed in Hamburg in 1694. In 1693
Krieger published as his op. 2 an instrumental
work consisting of twelve sonatas for violin and