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formances were later often accompanied by local musicians from the brass
band, the music school, and other musically talented citizens.191
The extensive collection of music of that the Church of St. George in
Ptuj collected over decades, testifies to the great mastery of the musicians
who once worked in the town.192 Among the more than 430 items in the col-
lection, most of which are original church music compositions, there are
also some contrafacta. They are closely related to the presence in Ptuj of the
Bohemian-born composer Karl Franz Rafael,193 who spent the last two dec-
ades of his life in this Styrian town. In Ptuj he earned his living as a private
music teacher, while his official position in the music choir of St. George’s
Church has not been documented.194
After 1848 there were German and Slovene efforts to establish musi-
cal and literary societies.195 In 1855, the brass band musicians of Ptuj or-
ganized themselves into an independent musical association, within the
framework of which the municipal brass band (Städtische Musikkapelle)
began its work, continuing the rich tradition of the previous centuries. The
191 Bagarič, “Ptujsko glasbeno društvo,” 20; Lidija Žgeč, “Glasbeno društvo ‘Pettauer
Musikverein’ (1878–1920) in njegova notna dediščina” (Bachelor’s thesis, Univerza v
Ljubljani, 2004), 31–2.
192 See more about the music collection of St. George Church in Ptuj: Radovan Škerjanc,
“Prispevek k poznavanju repertoarja starejših muzikalij cerkvene glasbe v Sloveni-
ji,” De musica disserenda 1, no. 1–2 (2005): 141–65; Darja Koter, “Muzikalije ptujske
cerkve sv. Jurija,” in Ptujska župnijska cerkev sv. Jurija: Zbornik znanstvenega sim
pozija ob praznovanju 1150. obletnice posvetitve mestne cerkve in 850. obletnice ‘Kon
radove cerkve’, ed. Slavko Kranjc OFMConv (Ptuj: Minoristki samostan sv. Viktori-
na, Župnija sv. Jurija, 1998), 260–79.
193 Carl Franz Rafael (c. 1795–1864) was probably born in Žamberk, Bohemia. Some
sources indicate that he studied double bass at the Prague Conservatory, but he is
not documented in the alumni lists there. His first job as a double bass player was
apparently in the theatre orchestra in Brno, where he also performed publicly as a
singer and bassist between 1814 and 1815, but he certainly changed his place of resi-
dence and work frequently. With the traveling theatre group of Stephan and Eugen-
ie Mayrhofer, probably in the second half of 1842, he travelled to Maribor, where he
founded a string quartet. From Maribor he travelled with the theatre group to Ptuj,
where he first worked as a conductor at the theatre, but from 1845 he earned his liv-
ing mainly as a private music teacher. He was an experienced copyist, composer, and
author of at least eight surviving contrafacts preserved in Ptuj. He died in Ptuj on 14
November 1864. See: Motnik, “Z opernega odra na kor,” forthcoming.
194 Ibid., forthcoming.
195 In 1863 the Reading Society (Narodna čitalnica) was founded with a choir and a mu-
sic school, then the Ptuj Men’s Choral Association (Pettauer Männergesangverein),
the Casino Association (Casino Verein), and in 1884 the Slovenian Choral Society
(Slovensko pevsko društvo).
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formances were later often accompanied by local musicians from the brass
band, the music school, and other musically talented citizens.191
The extensive collection of music of that the Church of St. George in
Ptuj collected over decades, testifies to the great mastery of the musicians
who once worked in the town.192 Among the more than 430 items in the col-
lection, most of which are original church music compositions, there are
also some contrafacta. They are closely related to the presence in Ptuj of the
Bohemian-born composer Karl Franz Rafael,193 who spent the last two dec-
ades of his life in this Styrian town. In Ptuj he earned his living as a private
music teacher, while his official position in the music choir of St. George’s
Church has not been documented.194
After 1848 there were German and Slovene efforts to establish musi-
cal and literary societies.195 In 1855, the brass band musicians of Ptuj or-
ganized themselves into an independent musical association, within the
framework of which the municipal brass band (Städtische Musikkapelle)
began its work, continuing the rich tradition of the previous centuries. The
191 Bagarič, “Ptujsko glasbeno društvo,” 20; Lidija Žgeč, “Glasbeno društvo ‘Pettauer
Musikverein’ (1878–1920) in njegova notna dediščina” (Bachelor’s thesis, Univerza v
Ljubljani, 2004), 31–2.
192 See more about the music collection of St. George Church in Ptuj: Radovan Škerjanc,
“Prispevek k poznavanju repertoarja starejših muzikalij cerkvene glasbe v Sloveni-
ji,” De musica disserenda 1, no. 1–2 (2005): 141–65; Darja Koter, “Muzikalije ptujske
cerkve sv. Jurija,” in Ptujska župnijska cerkev sv. Jurija: Zbornik znanstvenega sim
pozija ob praznovanju 1150. obletnice posvetitve mestne cerkve in 850. obletnice ‘Kon
radove cerkve’, ed. Slavko Kranjc OFMConv (Ptuj: Minoristki samostan sv. Viktori-
na, Župnija sv. Jurija, 1998), 260–79.
193 Carl Franz Rafael (c. 1795–1864) was probably born in Žamberk, Bohemia. Some
sources indicate that he studied double bass at the Prague Conservatory, but he is
not documented in the alumni lists there. His first job as a double bass player was
apparently in the theatre orchestra in Brno, where he also performed publicly as a
singer and bassist between 1814 and 1815, but he certainly changed his place of resi-
dence and work frequently. With the traveling theatre group of Stephan and Eugen-
ie Mayrhofer, probably in the second half of 1842, he travelled to Maribor, where he
founded a string quartet. From Maribor he travelled with the theatre group to Ptuj,
where he first worked as a conductor at the theatre, but from 1845 he earned his liv-
ing mainly as a private music teacher. He was an experienced copyist, composer, and
author of at least eight surviving contrafacts preserved in Ptuj. He died in Ptuj on 14
November 1864. See: Motnik, “Z opernega odra na kor,” forthcoming.
194 Ibid., forthcoming.
195 In 1863 the Reading Society (Narodna čitalnica) was founded with a choir and a mu-
sic school, then the Ptuj Men’s Choral Association (Pettauer Männergesangverein),
the Casino Association (Casino Verein), and in 1884 the Slovenian Choral Society
(Slovensko pevsko društvo).
378
