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glasbena društva v dolgem 19. stoletju: med ljubiteljsko in profesionalno kulturo
at the end of the school year 1891/1892 he left school in order to obtain a more
secure position as Kapellmeister of the Southern Railway Workshop Band
(Südbahn-Werkstätten-Kapelle). The association hired Leopold Materna
(1871–1948),175 a theatre Kapellmeister in Bratislava. In Maribor he directed the
choir of the association, gave piano and singing lessons at the music school,
performed as a pianist, and wrote operetta reviews for the Marburg Zeitung.
However, Materna did not stay long in Maribor and left the association after
only two years. Therefore, the board advertised a vacancy for which many
candidates applied,176 but decided in favour of Leo Dobrowolny (1871–?)177
and Hans Rosensteiner (1864–1911).178 Dobrowolny taught singing, violin
and piano at the school. He was a good teacher and an excellent pianist, and
performed as a soloist or accompanist at the association’s concerts. In 1898
he accepted an invitation from the Styrian Music Association (Musikvere
atory in Munich. After his studies he was a theatre Kapellmeister and principal cel-
list of the Grand Ducal Orchestra (Großherzoglichen Kapelle), then music director
in Switzerland for ten years until 1891. In 1892 he moved to Maribor, where he was
a music and singing teacher at the Royal Military School (K. u. k. Militär- Oberre
alschule), and choirmaster of the Marburger Südbahnliedertafel. For more than 35
years he was organist at Christ Lutheran Church in Maribor. His orchestral over-
tures and male choirs were frequently performed in Germany, Switzerland and Aus-
tria. See: Anon., “Auszeichnung des Tondichters Füllekruß,” Marburger Zeitung,
November 11, 1917, 4.
175 Leopold Eduard Wenzel Materna (also Johann Szlámka) was born in Graz on 26
August 1871. He studied at the Vienna Conservatory from 1886 to 1891. In 1892 he
moved to Maribor and remained there until 1894. After Maribor he was a successful
theatre Kapellmeister in several cities, continued to perform as a pianist, worked as
a singing teacher and choirmaster and composed. He died in Vienna on 1 December
1948. See: Barbara Boisits and Christian Fastl, “Materna, Familie,” Oesterreichisches
Musiklexicon online, August 21, 2018, https://dx.doi.org/10.1553/0x0001d8ed.
176 XIII. Jahresbericht des philharmonischen Vereines in Marburg a/D (Marburg: Verlag
des philharmonischen Vereines, 1894), 4–5.
177 Leo Dobrowolny (also Leo Franz Dobrovolný) was born in Polička, Bohemia, on 22
February 1871. In 1889 he graduated from the Teachers’ Training College (Lehrerbil
dungsanstalt), then went to study at the Leipzig Conservatory in 1893 and moved to
Maribor a year later. In 1898 he moved to Graz, where he worked at the Musikverein
until 1908. Between 1908 and 1918 he was director of the Musikverein in Klagenfurt.
See: Státní oblastní archiv v Zámrsku, Polička-Město, sig, 5472, Taufenbuch 1858–
1871, fol. 143; Mona Silli, “Chronik des Johann-Joseph-Fux-Konservatoriums,” (PhD
diss., Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Graz, 2009), 172.
178 Hans Rosensteiner was born in Baden near Vienna on 1 October 1864. He received
his musical training in Vienna with Jakob Dont, Franz Krenn, and was engaged at
various provincial theatres. In 1890 he was a choirmaster in Baden. In 1906 he suc-
ceeded E. W. Degner as artistic director of the Musikverein in Graz. He died on 6
September 1911 in Graz. See: Christian Fastl, “Rosensteiner, Hans,” Oesterreichis-
ches Musiklexicon online, May 15, 2005, https://dx.doi.org/10.1553/0x0007592f.
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at the end of the school year 1891/1892 he left school in order to obtain a more
secure position as Kapellmeister of the Southern Railway Workshop Band
(Südbahn-Werkstätten-Kapelle). The association hired Leopold Materna
(1871–1948),175 a theatre Kapellmeister in Bratislava. In Maribor he directed the
choir of the association, gave piano and singing lessons at the music school,
performed as a pianist, and wrote operetta reviews for the Marburg Zeitung.
However, Materna did not stay long in Maribor and left the association after
only two years. Therefore, the board advertised a vacancy for which many
candidates applied,176 but decided in favour of Leo Dobrowolny (1871–?)177
and Hans Rosensteiner (1864–1911).178 Dobrowolny taught singing, violin
and piano at the school. He was a good teacher and an excellent pianist, and
performed as a soloist or accompanist at the association’s concerts. In 1898
he accepted an invitation from the Styrian Music Association (Musikvere
atory in Munich. After his studies he was a theatre Kapellmeister and principal cel-
list of the Grand Ducal Orchestra (Großherzoglichen Kapelle), then music director
in Switzerland for ten years until 1891. In 1892 he moved to Maribor, where he was
a music and singing teacher at the Royal Military School (K. u. k. Militär- Oberre
alschule), and choirmaster of the Marburger Südbahnliedertafel. For more than 35
years he was organist at Christ Lutheran Church in Maribor. His orchestral over-
tures and male choirs were frequently performed in Germany, Switzerland and Aus-
tria. See: Anon., “Auszeichnung des Tondichters Füllekruß,” Marburger Zeitung,
November 11, 1917, 4.
175 Leopold Eduard Wenzel Materna (also Johann Szlámka) was born in Graz on 26
August 1871. He studied at the Vienna Conservatory from 1886 to 1891. In 1892 he
moved to Maribor and remained there until 1894. After Maribor he was a successful
theatre Kapellmeister in several cities, continued to perform as a pianist, worked as
a singing teacher and choirmaster and composed. He died in Vienna on 1 December
1948. See: Barbara Boisits and Christian Fastl, “Materna, Familie,” Oesterreichisches
Musiklexicon online, August 21, 2018, https://dx.doi.org/10.1553/0x0001d8ed.
176 XIII. Jahresbericht des philharmonischen Vereines in Marburg a/D (Marburg: Verlag
des philharmonischen Vereines, 1894), 4–5.
177 Leo Dobrowolny (also Leo Franz Dobrovolný) was born in Polička, Bohemia, on 22
February 1871. In 1889 he graduated from the Teachers’ Training College (Lehrerbil
dungsanstalt), then went to study at the Leipzig Conservatory in 1893 and moved to
Maribor a year later. In 1898 he moved to Graz, where he worked at the Musikverein
until 1908. Between 1908 and 1918 he was director of the Musikverein in Klagenfurt.
See: Státní oblastní archiv v Zámrsku, Polička-Město, sig, 5472, Taufenbuch 1858–
1871, fol. 143; Mona Silli, “Chronik des Johann-Joseph-Fux-Konservatoriums,” (PhD
diss., Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Graz, 2009), 172.
178 Hans Rosensteiner was born in Baden near Vienna on 1 October 1864. He received
his musical training in Vienna with Jakob Dont, Franz Krenn, and was engaged at
various provincial theatres. In 1890 he was a choirmaster in Baden. In 1906 he suc-
ceeded E. W. Degner as artistic director of the Musikverein in Graz. He died on 6
September 1911 in Graz. See: Christian Fastl, “Rosensteiner, Hans,” Oesterreichis-
ches Musiklexicon online, May 15, 2005, https://dx.doi.org/10.1553/0x0007592f.
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