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they were occasionally supported by amateurs and other musicians from
Celje and the wider surroundings, from as far away as Ptuj, Maribor, and
Graz. The Celje Music Association organized more than 100 major concerts
up to the beginning of the war. In 1890, the first chamber music evening
was held, but it was not until 1908, when the Chamber Music Association
(Kamermusikvereinigung) was founded, that chamber music performanc-
es began to flourish. The musicians of the Slovenian Music Society in Celje
were from the Czech lands. Most of them studied in Prague. They laid the
foundation for the development of Slovenian music, which was successful-
ly continued by their Slovenian successors.
Musical Life in Maribor
The extensive music collection of the Cathedral Parish of St. John the Bap-
tist in Maribor testifies to the relatively rich musical life in Maribor. The
collection includes various sacred compositions from the second half of the
eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth, mostly intended for
performance during church services. Among the scribes, donors, owners
and authors of the music collection are musicians who were once active in
Maribor or its surroundings not only in ecclesiastical circles, but also in
secular ones.138
From the late eighteenth century onwards, music also played an im-
portant role in theatrical performances in the city. German theatre troupes
performed in Maribor before 1785, and local theatre lovers gave occasional
performances.139 In 1793 they founded the Association of Dilettantes (Dilet
tantenverein), which organized various events, mainly music and declama-
tion academies and concerts.140 The first serious steps in the development of
music in the city were taken in 1823 with the establishment of the Reading
and Sociability Association (Lese- und Geselligskeitsverein) or Casinovere
138 Among them were: Anton Tremel, Carl Martini, Johann Schlechta, Franz Reitman,
Anselm Hüttenbrenner, Karl Franz Rafael and Valentin Lechner (1777–1849). See:
Melanija Markovič, “Glasbeni arhiv starejših muzikalij v stolni župniji sv. Janeza
Krstnika v Mariboru” (Bachelor’s thesis, Univerza v Ljubljani, 2016), 8, 24, 37, 58–9,
68–9, 72.
139 Manica Špendal, Iz Mariborske glasbene zgodovine (Maribor: Založba Obzorja,
2000), 11–2.
140 Katarina Kraševac, “Glasbeno življenje v Mariboru med leti 1793–1861,” Časopis za
zgodovino in narodopisje, 76, no. 1–2 (2005): 43.
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they were occasionally supported by amateurs and other musicians from
Celje and the wider surroundings, from as far away as Ptuj, Maribor, and
Graz. The Celje Music Association organized more than 100 major concerts
up to the beginning of the war. In 1890, the first chamber music evening
was held, but it was not until 1908, when the Chamber Music Association
(Kamermusikvereinigung) was founded, that chamber music performanc-
es began to flourish. The musicians of the Slovenian Music Society in Celje
were from the Czech lands. Most of them studied in Prague. They laid the
foundation for the development of Slovenian music, which was successful-
ly continued by their Slovenian successors.
Musical Life in Maribor
The extensive music collection of the Cathedral Parish of St. John the Bap-
tist in Maribor testifies to the relatively rich musical life in Maribor. The
collection includes various sacred compositions from the second half of the
eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth, mostly intended for
performance during church services. Among the scribes, donors, owners
and authors of the music collection are musicians who were once active in
Maribor or its surroundings not only in ecclesiastical circles, but also in
secular ones.138
From the late eighteenth century onwards, music also played an im-
portant role in theatrical performances in the city. German theatre troupes
performed in Maribor before 1785, and local theatre lovers gave occasional
performances.139 In 1793 they founded the Association of Dilettantes (Dilet
tantenverein), which organized various events, mainly music and declama-
tion academies and concerts.140 The first serious steps in the development of
music in the city were taken in 1823 with the establishment of the Reading
and Sociability Association (Lese- und Geselligskeitsverein) or Casinovere
138 Among them were: Anton Tremel, Carl Martini, Johann Schlechta, Franz Reitman,
Anselm Hüttenbrenner, Karl Franz Rafael and Valentin Lechner (1777–1849). See:
Melanija Markovič, “Glasbeni arhiv starejših muzikalij v stolni župniji sv. Janeza
Krstnika v Mariboru” (Bachelor’s thesis, Univerza v Ljubljani, 2016), 8, 24, 37, 58–9,
68–9, 72.
139 Manica Špendal, Iz Mariborske glasbene zgodovine (Maribor: Založba Obzorja,
2000), 11–2.
140 Katarina Kraševac, “Glasbeno življenje v Mariboru med leti 1793–1861,” Časopis za
zgodovino in narodopisje, 76, no. 1–2 (2005): 43.
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