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direct the association, and to attract guest artists to Maribor. The concert
programmes became more and more demanding and varied: performances
of symphonic music, a string orchestra, women’s, men’s and mixed choirs,
and cello pieces with piano. The association began hosting social evenings
and performing small concerts with chamber music ensembles for social
purposes. Peregrin Manich and Alois Vavroh (1851–?)168 began to teach at
the school and cello lessons were introduced. In the fall of 1884, Adolf Bind-
er (1845–1901)169 moved from Helenenthal near Baden to Maribor and re-
placed Korel as the head of the association and the school. On 1 January
1885, Korel opened a private school (Gesang- und Musikschule) in Maribor,
where he successfully taught singing, violin, cello and piano until 1909.170
Binder was a well-trained musician and soon raised the level of per-
forming ensembles as well as the organization and content of instruction in
the association’s music school. In the 1886/1887 school year he introduced
na. He died in Mladá Boleslav on November 21, 1909. See: SOA Praha, Kosmonosy,
Taufbuch: 1843–1953, fol. 56; AHMP Praha, Haupt [...] der Schüler des Conserva-
torium in Prag von 1811 bis 1880, sig. D81, fol. 138; Anon. “Totenschau. November
1909,” Neuer Theater Almanach 22 (1911), 157.
168 Alois Vavorh was born in 1851 in Unčani, present-day Croatia. In the 1870s he was
a teacher at the secondary school (Unterrealschule) in Petrinja and then from 1878
at the Imperial and Royal Teacher Training College (k. k. Lehrerbildungsanstalt)
in Maribor. See: Johann Alexander Rožek, Schematismus der Volkenschulen Steier
marks (Graz: Im Selbstverlage der Verfassers, 1890), 6; Anon., “Personalnachricht-
en,” Beilage zum Verordnungsblatte für den Dienstbereich des Ministeriums für Cults
und Unterricht, 18 (1878), 105.
169 Adolf Binder was born on 6 March 1845 in Buškovice, Bohemia. He completed his
primary education in Litoměřice and trained as a teacher. From 1866 to 1867 he at-
tended the organ school in Prague. He learned to play the violin and trained in mu-
sic theory and composition. After graduation, he went into the Theatre and toured
with acting troupes in southeastern Europe as far as Istanbul. For a time he worked
at the theatre in Osijek and taught music to the noble families there. He settled in
Helenental near Baden, Austria, as organist and choirmaster. In the fall of 1884 he
moved to Maribor and began working at the Philharmonischer Verein music school,
where he remained until 1901. He was a prolific composer. His works include sym-
phonies, overtures, numerous chamber works, and other sacred and secular works.
Many of his works were printed and performed in Maribor, Ljubljana, and Salzburg,
and throughout Germany and Switzerland. He died on 14 September 1901 in Mar-
ibor. See: SOA, Litomeřice, Buškovice 077, Taufbuch: 1835–1851, fol. 77; Nadškofis-
jki arhiv Maribor, Maribor-Sv. Janez Krstnik, sig. 5368, Taufbuch 1898–1920, fol. 68;
Karl Gassareck, “Musikdirector Adolf Binder,” Marburger Zeitung, October 8, 1901,
1–3; Karl Gassareck, “Musikdirector Adolf Binder,” Marburger Zeitung, October 10,
1901, 1–3.
170 Anon., “Privat Musik- und Gesang-Schule,” Marburger Zeitung, November 30, 1884,
10; Anon., “Učilišče za godbo in petje,” Slovenski gospodar, July 10, 1885, 222.
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direct the association, and to attract guest artists to Maribor. The concert
programmes became more and more demanding and varied: performances
of symphonic music, a string orchestra, women’s, men’s and mixed choirs,
and cello pieces with piano. The association began hosting social evenings
and performing small concerts with chamber music ensembles for social
purposes. Peregrin Manich and Alois Vavroh (1851–?)168 began to teach at
the school and cello lessons were introduced. In the fall of 1884, Adolf Bind-
er (1845–1901)169 moved from Helenenthal near Baden to Maribor and re-
placed Korel as the head of the association and the school. On 1 January
1885, Korel opened a private school (Gesang- und Musikschule) in Maribor,
where he successfully taught singing, violin, cello and piano until 1909.170
Binder was a well-trained musician and soon raised the level of per-
forming ensembles as well as the organization and content of instruction in
the association’s music school. In the 1886/1887 school year he introduced
na. He died in Mladá Boleslav on November 21, 1909. See: SOA Praha, Kosmonosy,
Taufbuch: 1843–1953, fol. 56; AHMP Praha, Haupt [...] der Schüler des Conserva-
torium in Prag von 1811 bis 1880, sig. D81, fol. 138; Anon. “Totenschau. November
1909,” Neuer Theater Almanach 22 (1911), 157.
168 Alois Vavorh was born in 1851 in Unčani, present-day Croatia. In the 1870s he was
a teacher at the secondary school (Unterrealschule) in Petrinja and then from 1878
at the Imperial and Royal Teacher Training College (k. k. Lehrerbildungsanstalt)
in Maribor. See: Johann Alexander Rožek, Schematismus der Volkenschulen Steier
marks (Graz: Im Selbstverlage der Verfassers, 1890), 6; Anon., “Personalnachricht-
en,” Beilage zum Verordnungsblatte für den Dienstbereich des Ministeriums für Cults
und Unterricht, 18 (1878), 105.
169 Adolf Binder was born on 6 March 1845 in Buškovice, Bohemia. He completed his
primary education in Litoměřice and trained as a teacher. From 1866 to 1867 he at-
tended the organ school in Prague. He learned to play the violin and trained in mu-
sic theory and composition. After graduation, he went into the Theatre and toured
with acting troupes in southeastern Europe as far as Istanbul. For a time he worked
at the theatre in Osijek and taught music to the noble families there. He settled in
Helenental near Baden, Austria, as organist and choirmaster. In the fall of 1884 he
moved to Maribor and began working at the Philharmonischer Verein music school,
where he remained until 1901. He was a prolific composer. His works include sym-
phonies, overtures, numerous chamber works, and other sacred and secular works.
Many of his works were printed and performed in Maribor, Ljubljana, and Salzburg,
and throughout Germany and Switzerland. He died on 14 September 1901 in Mar-
ibor. See: SOA, Litomeřice, Buškovice 077, Taufbuch: 1835–1851, fol. 77; Nadškofis-
jki arhiv Maribor, Maribor-Sv. Janez Krstnik, sig. 5368, Taufbuch 1898–1920, fol. 68;
Karl Gassareck, “Musikdirector Adolf Binder,” Marburger Zeitung, October 8, 1901,
1–3; Karl Gassareck, “Musikdirector Adolf Binder,” Marburger Zeitung, October 10,
1901, 1–3.
170 Anon., “Privat Musik- und Gesang-Schule,” Marburger Zeitung, November 30, 1884,
10; Anon., “Učilišče za godbo in petje,” Slovenski gospodar, July 10, 1885, 222.
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