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glasbena društva v dolgem 19. stoletju: med ljubiteljsko in profesionalno kulturo
er Wenzel Gruß (c. 1797–1855),148 and oboist Johann Wlassak (c. 1795–?).149
From its foundation the young members had the opportunity to receive ba-
sic musical training in the music school. Occasionally, foreign artists also
performed in Maribor as part of their musical tours. In 1846, the Men’s
Choral Association (Männergergesangverein), founded by Anton Tremmel,
joined the other associations in the city.150
Towards the middle of the nineteenth century Maribor was home to a
few outstanding musicians from abroad. Franz Sperka (1817–1864),151 a vio-
lin virtuoso and supposedly one of the most talented pupils of a famous vi-
olinist Joseph Mayseder (1789–1863), moved to Maribor in April 1842 to be-
come a professor at the gymnasium. Not much is known about his musical
activities. He was the first violinist in a string quartet founded around 1843
by another musician from Bohemia, Franz Karl Rafael (c. 1795–1864).152 The
quartet consisted of the following members: Franz Sperka, Carl Martini,
Felber, Johann Peschke153 and Franz Karl Rafael, and contributed to the re-
arhiv Maribor, Maribor-Sv. Janez Krstnik, sig. 01518, Trauungsbuch: 1836–1857, fol.
49.
148 Wenzel Gruß was a music teacher from Bohemia. He died on 1 October 1855 in Mar-
ibor. See: Nadškofijski arhiv Maribor, Maribor-Sv. Marija, Sig. 01606, Trauungsbuch:
1824–1845, fol. 38; Nadškofijski arhiv Maribor, Maribor-Sv. Marija, Sig. 01599, Ster-
bebuch: 1845–1873, fol. 126.
149 Johann Wlasak was an oboist in the infantry regiment of Count von Vogelsang,
which was stationed in Maribor with interruptions between 1798–1805 and 1817–
1823. He married Josepha Pferdner on 29 June 1819 in Maribor. See: Nadškofijski
arhiv Maribor, Maribor-Sv. Janez Krstnik, sig. 01517, Trauungsbuch 1749–1836, fol.
346; Kraševac, “Glasbeno življenje v Mariboru,” 46.
150 Kraševac, “Glasbeno življenje v Mariboru,” 44–5.
151 Franz Sperka was born on 19 January 1817 in Licoměrice (Witzomielitz), Moravia.
He studied violin privately with Joseph Mayseder between 1838 and 1839 in Vienna,
where he was also a private teacher. In April 1842 he moved to Maribor and became
a teacher at the gymnasium (k. k. Gymnasium in Marburg). He was also a violin vir-
tuoso. He hanged himself (“Erhängt aus Irrsinn”) in Maribor on 24 November 1864.
See: Nadškofijski arhiv Maribor, Maribor-Sv. Janez Krstnik, sig. 01510, Sterbebuch
1858–1876, fol. 105; Anon., “Wien,” Salzburger Zeitung, April 27, 1842, 1; Anon.,
“Todesfälle,” in Zeitschrift für die Österreichischen Gymnasien (Wien: Carl Gerold’s
Sohn, 1865), 88; Raimund Liss, Virtuosität und Wiener Charme: Joseph Mayseder
(Vienna: Hollitzer Verlag, 2019), 688.
152 Anon., “Ein Nachruf,” Correspondent für Untersteiermark, November 25, 1864, 575;
Marko Motnik, “Z opernega odra na kor: kontrafakture v glasbenem arhivu prošti-
jske cerkve sv. Jurija na Ptuju,” De musica disserenda 19, no. 1 (2023), forthcoming.
153 Johann Peschke was from Moravia. He was a cameral district official (“Camer-
al-Bezirk Official”) in Maribor, and a member of Reading association (Lese- und Ge
selligskeitsverein). See: Puff, Marburg in Steiermark, 264.
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er Wenzel Gruß (c. 1797–1855),148 and oboist Johann Wlassak (c. 1795–?).149
From its foundation the young members had the opportunity to receive ba-
sic musical training in the music school. Occasionally, foreign artists also
performed in Maribor as part of their musical tours. In 1846, the Men’s
Choral Association (Männergergesangverein), founded by Anton Tremmel,
joined the other associations in the city.150
Towards the middle of the nineteenth century Maribor was home to a
few outstanding musicians from abroad. Franz Sperka (1817–1864),151 a vio-
lin virtuoso and supposedly one of the most talented pupils of a famous vi-
olinist Joseph Mayseder (1789–1863), moved to Maribor in April 1842 to be-
come a professor at the gymnasium. Not much is known about his musical
activities. He was the first violinist in a string quartet founded around 1843
by another musician from Bohemia, Franz Karl Rafael (c. 1795–1864).152 The
quartet consisted of the following members: Franz Sperka, Carl Martini,
Felber, Johann Peschke153 and Franz Karl Rafael, and contributed to the re-
arhiv Maribor, Maribor-Sv. Janez Krstnik, sig. 01518, Trauungsbuch: 1836–1857, fol.
49.
148 Wenzel Gruß was a music teacher from Bohemia. He died on 1 October 1855 in Mar-
ibor. See: Nadškofijski arhiv Maribor, Maribor-Sv. Marija, Sig. 01606, Trauungsbuch:
1824–1845, fol. 38; Nadškofijski arhiv Maribor, Maribor-Sv. Marija, Sig. 01599, Ster-
bebuch: 1845–1873, fol. 126.
149 Johann Wlasak was an oboist in the infantry regiment of Count von Vogelsang,
which was stationed in Maribor with interruptions between 1798–1805 and 1817–
1823. He married Josepha Pferdner on 29 June 1819 in Maribor. See: Nadškofijski
arhiv Maribor, Maribor-Sv. Janez Krstnik, sig. 01517, Trauungsbuch 1749–1836, fol.
346; Kraševac, “Glasbeno življenje v Mariboru,” 46.
150 Kraševac, “Glasbeno življenje v Mariboru,” 44–5.
151 Franz Sperka was born on 19 January 1817 in Licoměrice (Witzomielitz), Moravia.
He studied violin privately with Joseph Mayseder between 1838 and 1839 in Vienna,
where he was also a private teacher. In April 1842 he moved to Maribor and became
a teacher at the gymnasium (k. k. Gymnasium in Marburg). He was also a violin vir-
tuoso. He hanged himself (“Erhängt aus Irrsinn”) in Maribor on 24 November 1864.
See: Nadškofijski arhiv Maribor, Maribor-Sv. Janez Krstnik, sig. 01510, Sterbebuch
1858–1876, fol. 105; Anon., “Wien,” Salzburger Zeitung, April 27, 1842, 1; Anon.,
“Todesfälle,” in Zeitschrift für die Österreichischen Gymnasien (Wien: Carl Gerold’s
Sohn, 1865), 88; Raimund Liss, Virtuosität und Wiener Charme: Joseph Mayseder
(Vienna: Hollitzer Verlag, 2019), 688.
152 Anon., “Ein Nachruf,” Correspondent für Untersteiermark, November 25, 1864, 575;
Marko Motnik, “Z opernega odra na kor: kontrafakture v glasbenem arhivu prošti-
jske cerkve sv. Jurija na Ptuju,” De musica disserenda 19, no. 1 (2023), forthcoming.
153 Johann Peschke was from Moravia. He was a cameral district official (“Camer-
al-Bezirk Official”) in Maribor, and a member of Reading association (Lese- und Ge
selligskeitsverein). See: Puff, Marburg in Steiermark, 264.
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