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glasbena društva v dolgem 19. stoletju: med ljubiteljsko in profesionalno kulturo
lin teacher, and participated in concerts at the local Lutheran Church. Most
of his famous works were written in Celje and were already performed as
part of school performances of the Celje Music Association. The Celje Lu-
theran Church concerts also featured some of Rieding’s now completely
unknown works, such as compositions for violin and organ and the Hun
garian Rhapsody for violin and orchestra. The composer dedicated his Dé
sir ardent (op. 41) to Elisabeth Matič (1896–?).132
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Slovenes began their ef-
forts to establish a Slovenian music school in Celje. Therefore, the Slovenian
Music Society (Glasbena matica) organized one of its branches in the city
that started its activities at the end of 1908, but was officially approved only
in October 1909. The first director was Adolf Feix (1872–?) from Bohemia.133
In 1908, the directorship of the Music Society in Celje approached the Mu-
sic Society in Ljubljana to find a professional music teacher for them, espe-
cially for violin, “possibly someone who completed his studies at the Prague
Conservatory like their current director.”134 As a result, in 1910, Feix was suc-
ceeded by another Prague graduate Wilhelm Seifert (1872–1912).135 The tra-
He moved to Celje in 1903 and died there in 1916. Maruša Zupančič, “Preface,” in
Oskar Rieding: Four Concert Miniatures for Violin and Piano, ed. Maruša Zupančič
(Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, 2022), i–ii, https://doi.org/10.3986/9790709004386A.
132 Elisabeth Matič was born in Celje on 6 December 1896, the daughter of Carolina
Kortschak and Josef Matič, a merchant from Austria. She began her violin stud-
ies at the Celje Music Association with Moritz Schachenhofer and continued with
Oskar Rieding. She played most of his compositions that were performed in Cel-
je. See: Maribor, Nadškofijski arhiv Maribor, Celje-Sv. Danijel, Taufbuch 1894–1897,
sig. 00243, fol. 169.
133 Adolf Feix was born on 19 February 1872 in Lučany nad Nisou. After his studies at
the Prague Conservatory, he was a military bandmaster from 1893, mainly in Slova-
kia. He was a “virtuoso on piano, who also excellently plays violin and other bowed
instruments”. From 1910 to 1912, he was a director and a music teacher of the Celje
Music School. After that, he was active as a composer in Vienna. He wrote in Celje
Slovenski plesi (Slovenian dances) among other pieces. See: Zupančič, “The influx of
Bohemian violinists,” 272.
134 Anon., “Podružnica ljubljanske Glasbene matice v Celju,” Domovina, December 7,
1908, 2.
135 Wilhelm Seifert was born on 6 October 1872 in Unhošť. He studied violin with Ben-
newitz at the Prague Conservatory between 1885 and 1891. After his studies, he was
a music teacher in Kroměříž for three years, and then he moved to Croatia, where
he was a music teacher and choirmaster in Split for two years. From 1907 until 1910
he was a choirmaster in Vršac, then for three years in Vukovar. In October 1910, he
moved to Celje, where he was a piano and violin teacher. He died in Celje on 17 De-
cember 1912 due to sepsis. See: Státní oblastní archiv v Praze, Unhošť, Kniha naro-
zených: 1867–1898, sig. Unhošť 25, fol. 109; Nadškofijski arhiv Maribor, Celje-Sv.
364
lin teacher, and participated in concerts at the local Lutheran Church. Most
of his famous works were written in Celje and were already performed as
part of school performances of the Celje Music Association. The Celje Lu-
theran Church concerts also featured some of Rieding’s now completely
unknown works, such as compositions for violin and organ and the Hun
garian Rhapsody for violin and orchestra. The composer dedicated his Dé
sir ardent (op. 41) to Elisabeth Matič (1896–?).132
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Slovenes began their ef-
forts to establish a Slovenian music school in Celje. Therefore, the Slovenian
Music Society (Glasbena matica) organized one of its branches in the city
that started its activities at the end of 1908, but was officially approved only
in October 1909. The first director was Adolf Feix (1872–?) from Bohemia.133
In 1908, the directorship of the Music Society in Celje approached the Mu-
sic Society in Ljubljana to find a professional music teacher for them, espe-
cially for violin, “possibly someone who completed his studies at the Prague
Conservatory like their current director.”134 As a result, in 1910, Feix was suc-
ceeded by another Prague graduate Wilhelm Seifert (1872–1912).135 The tra-
He moved to Celje in 1903 and died there in 1916. Maruša Zupančič, “Preface,” in
Oskar Rieding: Four Concert Miniatures for Violin and Piano, ed. Maruša Zupančič
(Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, 2022), i–ii, https://doi.org/10.3986/9790709004386A.
132 Elisabeth Matič was born in Celje on 6 December 1896, the daughter of Carolina
Kortschak and Josef Matič, a merchant from Austria. She began her violin stud-
ies at the Celje Music Association with Moritz Schachenhofer and continued with
Oskar Rieding. She played most of his compositions that were performed in Cel-
je. See: Maribor, Nadškofijski arhiv Maribor, Celje-Sv. Danijel, Taufbuch 1894–1897,
sig. 00243, fol. 169.
133 Adolf Feix was born on 19 February 1872 in Lučany nad Nisou. After his studies at
the Prague Conservatory, he was a military bandmaster from 1893, mainly in Slova-
kia. He was a “virtuoso on piano, who also excellently plays violin and other bowed
instruments”. From 1910 to 1912, he was a director and a music teacher of the Celje
Music School. After that, he was active as a composer in Vienna. He wrote in Celje
Slovenski plesi (Slovenian dances) among other pieces. See: Zupančič, “The influx of
Bohemian violinists,” 272.
134 Anon., “Podružnica ljubljanske Glasbene matice v Celju,” Domovina, December 7,
1908, 2.
135 Wilhelm Seifert was born on 6 October 1872 in Unhošť. He studied violin with Ben-
newitz at the Prague Conservatory between 1885 and 1891. After his studies, he was
a music teacher in Kroměříž for three years, and then he moved to Croatia, where
he was a music teacher and choirmaster in Split for two years. From 1907 until 1910
he was a choirmaster in Vršac, then for three years in Vukovar. In October 1910, he
moved to Celje, where he was a piano and violin teacher. He died in Celje on 17 De-
cember 1912 due to sepsis. See: Státní oblastní archiv v Praze, Unhošť, Kniha naro-
zených: 1867–1898, sig. Unhošť 25, fol. 109; Nadškofijski arhiv Maribor, Celje-Sv.
364
