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the role and contribution of immigrant musicians to the music societies ...
in für Steiermark) in Graz and left Maribor. Wilhelm Köhler (c. 1867–?),179 a
member of the theatre orchestra, took his place and also taught violin, cel-
lo and piano.
After Binder’s death in 1901, Rosensteiner took over the management
of the association, under whose leadership the music school developed par-
ticularly successfully. He also carefully selected the programmes for the
chamber music concerts, as one of the four annual concerts was devot-
ed exclusively to chamber music. Rosensteiner remained in Maribor until
1906, when he became a director of the Styrian Music Association in Graz.
After his departure, he was for a short time replaced by Franz Czernoch
(1874–?),180 who was not up to the tasks entrusted to him, and therefore on 1
January 1907 he terminated his contract.181
The arrival of Alfred Klietmann (1884–1931)182 in Maribor in 1907 great-
ly enriched the association. He was an accomplished musician who had
worked as a concertmaster in various orchestras before coming to Maribor.
There he took charge of the school and taught violin and piano at a higher
level, as well as solo singing. Although he was still young, he already had a
lot of experience and, above all, a youthful enthusiasm, which was evident,
179 Wilhelm Köhler (also Willy) was born around 1865 in Magyaróvár (Ger. Ungarisch
Altenburg). He studied violin and cello at the Vienna Conservatory between 1880
and 1888. In September of the same year he moved to Maribor, where he was a mem-
ber of the municipal theatre orchestra, a teacher at the association school (1888–1892
and 1900–1911), later he was temporarily its director. He performed as a soloist and
piano accompanist at the association’s concerts and played in chamber ensembles.
At the end of the school year 1910/1911 he left Maribor. See: Achter Jahresbericht des
philharmonischen Vereines in Marburg a/D (Marburg: Verlag des philharmonischen
Vereines, 1889), 11.
180 Franz Czernoch (also František Černoch) was born on 3 May 1874 in Kroměříž, Bo-
hemia. He studied organ and double-bass at the Vienna Conservatory between 1891
and 1897. He was a military Kapellmeister in infantry regiments no. 42, 65, 81, 86,
and 99. See: Brno, Moravský zemský archiv v Brně, Kroměříž-Sv. Mořic, sig. 7901,
Taufbuch 1869–1887, fol. 108.
181 XXV. Jahresbericht des philharmonischen Vereines in Marburg a/D (Marburg: Ver-
lag des philharmonischen Vereines, 1906), 6; Hartman, “Mariborsko filharmonično
društvo,” 103.
182 Alfred Klietmann was born in Basel on 4 November 1884. He first studied music
at the Dresden Conservatory, then violin at the Vienna Conservatory with Otakár
Ševčík and at the Royal Academy of Music in Berlin with Joseph Joachim. After his
studies he worked as a concertmaster in Plaun, Karlovy Vary, and Merano. From
1907 to 1917 he worked as a violin and piano teacher at the School of the Marburg-
er philharmonischer Verein. See: Elisabeth Th. Hilscher, “Klietmann, Familie,” Oes-
terreichisches Musiklexicon online, March 14, 2004, https://dx.doi.org/10.1553/0x-
00026ff7.
375
in für Steiermark) in Graz and left Maribor. Wilhelm Köhler (c. 1867–?),179 a
member of the theatre orchestra, took his place and also taught violin, cel-
lo and piano.
After Binder’s death in 1901, Rosensteiner took over the management
of the association, under whose leadership the music school developed par-
ticularly successfully. He also carefully selected the programmes for the
chamber music concerts, as one of the four annual concerts was devot-
ed exclusively to chamber music. Rosensteiner remained in Maribor until
1906, when he became a director of the Styrian Music Association in Graz.
After his departure, he was for a short time replaced by Franz Czernoch
(1874–?),180 who was not up to the tasks entrusted to him, and therefore on 1
January 1907 he terminated his contract.181
The arrival of Alfred Klietmann (1884–1931)182 in Maribor in 1907 great-
ly enriched the association. He was an accomplished musician who had
worked as a concertmaster in various orchestras before coming to Maribor.
There he took charge of the school and taught violin and piano at a higher
level, as well as solo singing. Although he was still young, he already had a
lot of experience and, above all, a youthful enthusiasm, which was evident,
179 Wilhelm Köhler (also Willy) was born around 1865 in Magyaróvár (Ger. Ungarisch
Altenburg). He studied violin and cello at the Vienna Conservatory between 1880
and 1888. In September of the same year he moved to Maribor, where he was a mem-
ber of the municipal theatre orchestra, a teacher at the association school (1888–1892
and 1900–1911), later he was temporarily its director. He performed as a soloist and
piano accompanist at the association’s concerts and played in chamber ensembles.
At the end of the school year 1910/1911 he left Maribor. See: Achter Jahresbericht des
philharmonischen Vereines in Marburg a/D (Marburg: Verlag des philharmonischen
Vereines, 1889), 11.
180 Franz Czernoch (also František Černoch) was born on 3 May 1874 in Kroměříž, Bo-
hemia. He studied organ and double-bass at the Vienna Conservatory between 1891
and 1897. He was a military Kapellmeister in infantry regiments no. 42, 65, 81, 86,
and 99. See: Brno, Moravský zemský archiv v Brně, Kroměříž-Sv. Mořic, sig. 7901,
Taufbuch 1869–1887, fol. 108.
181 XXV. Jahresbericht des philharmonischen Vereines in Marburg a/D (Marburg: Ver-
lag des philharmonischen Vereines, 1906), 6; Hartman, “Mariborsko filharmonično
društvo,” 103.
182 Alfred Klietmann was born in Basel on 4 November 1884. He first studied music
at the Dresden Conservatory, then violin at the Vienna Conservatory with Otakár
Ševčík and at the Royal Academy of Music in Berlin with Joseph Joachim. After his
studies he worked as a concertmaster in Plaun, Karlovy Vary, and Merano. From
1907 to 1917 he worked as a violin and piano teacher at the School of the Marburg-
er philharmonischer Verein. See: Elisabeth Th. Hilscher, “Klietmann, Familie,” Oes-
terreichisches Musiklexicon online, March 14, 2004, https://dx.doi.org/10.1553/0x-
00026ff7.
375
