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glasbena društva v dolgem 19. stoletju: med ljubiteljsko in profesionalno kulturo
both in his refreshing concert programmes and in the school he renewed.
He introduced the fundamentals of music into the curriculum for all pu-
pils, placing special emphasis on harmony, increasing the number of teach-
ers, and expanding instruction for other instruments. In the association’s
concerts he performed with a demanding repertoire as a solo violinist and
pianist, in chamber music ensembles (as a duo and in the Klietman String
Quartet), conducted challenging orchestral and vocal instrumental works,
and also presented himself to the public as a composer. He invited many so-
loists from Graz and Vienna to Maribor.
The outbreak of the First World War posed difficulties to the perfor-
mances of regular ensembles. Klietmann therefore arranged the brass band
of the 47th replacement battalion of Johann Otakar Peshta (1883–1945).183
The latter was also a violinist and performed the Sinfonia Concertante for
violin and viola by Mozart with Klietmann.184 In 1916, Klietmann gave the
last great event. He performed Mozart’s Requiem and dedicated it to the
fallen soldiers of the home regiments, with the proceeds going to their wid-
ows and orphans.185 At the end of October 1917, the association ceased its ac-
tivities, and two days later Klietmann bid farewell to Maribor with a concert
in which he played Brahms and Paganini’s Violin Concertos in D-major.186
After the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, the Phil-
harmonic Association in Maribor was dissolved by the Slovenian govern-
ment on 31 May 1919. The newly founded Music Society (Glasbena matica)
in Maribor took over its premises and inventory (music archive).187
In the nineteenth century, more than 40 documented immigrant mu-
sicians were active in Maribor. They worked in the city theatre, in military
bands, as teachers in various schools, and especially in the Maribor Phil-
183 Johann Otakar Peshta (also Jan Otakár Pešta) was born on 15 March 1883 in Sušice.
He studied violin with Jan Mařák at the Prague Conservatory between 1897 and
1903. In 1918, he was a private teacher of violin and piano in Maribor, and also
worked as a military bandmaster and composer. He remained active in Maribor as a
military bandmaster of the Army of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. In-
spired by the prevailing political circumstances he composed the concert overture
Jugoslavija in Maribor in 1919, which he dedicated to Major Rudolf Maister (1874–
1934). He died in 1945 in Prague. See SOA Plzen, Sušice 13, Taufbuch: 1877–1888, fol
214; AHMP, Matrik 1879, fol. 47; Anon., “Mala naznanila,” Straža, November 29,
1918, 4; Anon., “Glasbena Matica,” Jugoslavija, February 20, 1919, 4.
184 Hartman, “Mariborsko filharmonično društvo,” 115.
185 Anon., “Mozart’s Requiem,” Marburger Zeitung, March 10, 1916, 4.
186 Anon., “Abschiedskonzert Alfred Klietmanns,” Marburger Zeitung, October 24,
1917, 3.
187 Hartman, “Mariborsko filharmonično društvo,” 117.
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both in his refreshing concert programmes and in the school he renewed.
He introduced the fundamentals of music into the curriculum for all pu-
pils, placing special emphasis on harmony, increasing the number of teach-
ers, and expanding instruction for other instruments. In the association’s
concerts he performed with a demanding repertoire as a solo violinist and
pianist, in chamber music ensembles (as a duo and in the Klietman String
Quartet), conducted challenging orchestral and vocal instrumental works,
and also presented himself to the public as a composer. He invited many so-
loists from Graz and Vienna to Maribor.
The outbreak of the First World War posed difficulties to the perfor-
mances of regular ensembles. Klietmann therefore arranged the brass band
of the 47th replacement battalion of Johann Otakar Peshta (1883–1945).183
The latter was also a violinist and performed the Sinfonia Concertante for
violin and viola by Mozart with Klietmann.184 In 1916, Klietmann gave the
last great event. He performed Mozart’s Requiem and dedicated it to the
fallen soldiers of the home regiments, with the proceeds going to their wid-
ows and orphans.185 At the end of October 1917, the association ceased its ac-
tivities, and two days later Klietmann bid farewell to Maribor with a concert
in which he played Brahms and Paganini’s Violin Concertos in D-major.186
After the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, the Phil-
harmonic Association in Maribor was dissolved by the Slovenian govern-
ment on 31 May 1919. The newly founded Music Society (Glasbena matica)
in Maribor took over its premises and inventory (music archive).187
In the nineteenth century, more than 40 documented immigrant mu-
sicians were active in Maribor. They worked in the city theatre, in military
bands, as teachers in various schools, and especially in the Maribor Phil-
183 Johann Otakar Peshta (also Jan Otakár Pešta) was born on 15 March 1883 in Sušice.
He studied violin with Jan Mařák at the Prague Conservatory between 1897 and
1903. In 1918, he was a private teacher of violin and piano in Maribor, and also
worked as a military bandmaster and composer. He remained active in Maribor as a
military bandmaster of the Army of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. In-
spired by the prevailing political circumstances he composed the concert overture
Jugoslavija in Maribor in 1919, which he dedicated to Major Rudolf Maister (1874–
1934). He died in 1945 in Prague. See SOA Plzen, Sušice 13, Taufbuch: 1877–1888, fol
214; AHMP, Matrik 1879, fol. 47; Anon., “Mala naznanila,” Straža, November 29,
1918, 4; Anon., “Glasbena Matica,” Jugoslavija, February 20, 1919, 4.
184 Hartman, “Mariborsko filharmonično društvo,” 115.
185 Anon., “Mozart’s Requiem,” Marburger Zeitung, March 10, 1916, 4.
186 Anon., “Abschiedskonzert Alfred Klietmanns,” Marburger Zeitung, October 24,
1917, 3.
187 Hartman, “Mariborsko filharmonično društvo,” 117.
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