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matej hubad in the context of the musical life of slavic societies in vienna
5) It should also be mentioned that during the performance of
Dvořák’s The Spectre’s Bride the choir was accompanied by the
Court Opera orchestra. A similar collaboration did not take place
again until 1 May 1910 (19th Czech Concert of the Lumír Society,
with the Wiener Philharmoniker orchestra). The impetus was the
50th birthday of the leading Czech composer Josef Bohuslav Foer-
ster. This is no coincidence: Foerster was a cosmopolitan person-
ality recognised by both Czech and German Vienna.
6) Hubad was a great success with two concerts in March 1896. Not
surprisingly, he was offered the opportunity to move to Vienna
and take over the position of choirmaster in the Slavic Singing So-
ciety. It is not clear whether the collaboration was arranged before
his trip to Vienna or after the concerts. In any case, the offer came
at a time when he was thriving in Ljubljana, both in terms of ar-
tistic activity and education. Nevertheless, Hubad decided to ac-
cept it and move to Vienna.
7) After his success in Vienna, Hubad intensified his contacts with
Prague. In September 1895 he visited the Czech-Slavic Ethno-
graphic Exhibition, where he gave a speech on 12 September at a
banquet held in honour of the Slovene guests.31 He also used his
stay to look for a violin teacher for the Glasbena Matica music
school.
Vienna for the second time (1896–1898)
Table 2: Structure of nationalities in Slavic Singing Society
Czechs October 1889 1892 1912
Slovenes 51 54 % 98
Croatians 21 12 % 43
3 4.5 % ?
1896 from his own funds. That was never approved by the society, and Bouchal in-
tended to pay the membership fee from his own funds for the whole period of his
presidency, i. e. until the end of 1899. However, he did not do so for the period 1897–
1899 and the Union then claimed the amount due from the new management of the
society. The society finally left the Union, which it had actually never been a mem-
ber of, in May 1900.
31 Jan Pargač and Stanislav Brouček, Mýtus českého národa aneb Národopisná výstava
českoslovanská 1895 (Praha: Littera Bohemica, 1996), 27–9.
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5) It should also be mentioned that during the performance of
Dvořák’s The Spectre’s Bride the choir was accompanied by the
Court Opera orchestra. A similar collaboration did not take place
again until 1 May 1910 (19th Czech Concert of the Lumír Society,
with the Wiener Philharmoniker orchestra). The impetus was the
50th birthday of the leading Czech composer Josef Bohuslav Foer-
ster. This is no coincidence: Foerster was a cosmopolitan person-
ality recognised by both Czech and German Vienna.
6) Hubad was a great success with two concerts in March 1896. Not
surprisingly, he was offered the opportunity to move to Vienna
and take over the position of choirmaster in the Slavic Singing So-
ciety. It is not clear whether the collaboration was arranged before
his trip to Vienna or after the concerts. In any case, the offer came
at a time when he was thriving in Ljubljana, both in terms of ar-
tistic activity and education. Nevertheless, Hubad decided to ac-
cept it and move to Vienna.
7) After his success in Vienna, Hubad intensified his contacts with
Prague. In September 1895 he visited the Czech-Slavic Ethno-
graphic Exhibition, where he gave a speech on 12 September at a
banquet held in honour of the Slovene guests.31 He also used his
stay to look for a violin teacher for the Glasbena Matica music
school.
Vienna for the second time (1896–1898)
Table 2: Structure of nationalities in Slavic Singing Society
Czechs October 1889 1892 1912
Slovenes 51 54 % 98
Croatians 21 12 % 43
3 4.5 % ?
1896 from his own funds. That was never approved by the society, and Bouchal in-
tended to pay the membership fee from his own funds for the whole period of his
presidency, i. e. until the end of 1899. However, he did not do so for the period 1897–
1899 and the Union then claimed the amount due from the new management of the
society. The society finally left the Union, which it had actually never been a mem-
ber of, in May 1900.
31 Jan Pargač and Stanislav Brouček, Mýtus českého národa aneb Národopisná výstava
českoslovanská 1895 (Praha: Littera Bohemica, 1996), 27–9.
131
