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changed frequently.201 Franz Haring (1861–1895)202 led the orchestra for the
longest time, namely ten years. The orchestra took part in all the important
events of Ptuj, and so the association had several different ensembles that
adapted to the occasions and musical needs of the town.203 It participated in
the concerts of the music association, events of the reading society, folk and
singing festivals, visits of important personalities, carnival parades, prom-
enade concerts and other events. The musicians also participated in theat-
rical performances, and at the end of the nineteenth century promenade
concerts of the municipal brass band were held in the music pavilion. The
brass band of the Ptuj Music Association was disbanded in 1903 due to its
poor financial situation, but the municipality established a municipal brass
band in the same year.204
The statutes stipulated that the association should hold six events per
year (soirées, concerts, park music). The most frequent association events
were the soirées, which were mainly social events. The association gave sev-
eral concerts every year, at which soloists and invited guest musicians from
conduct concerts, soirees, and music in the square (Plazmusik), and to attend balls
(Ballmusik) as first violinist. On top of all this he was also paid by the theatre man-
agement to play in the theatre. See ibid., 26–7.
201 Anton Stöckl (1878–1882), Johann Patat (1882–1883), Franz Stahl (1883), Josef Stein-
berger (1883), Carl Maria Walner (1883–1884), Hanns Ritter von Villefort (1884–
1885), Franz Haring (1885–1895), Ernst Schmeisser (1895–1896), Karl Haüsgen
(1897–1901), Karl Bachmann (1901–1902), Schuhbauer (1901–1902), Max Hochberg
(1902–1903), Josef Schindler (1906–1907), Roderich Mojsisowics (1910), Josef Greil
(1908–1912), Nicholaus Schmidt (1912–1913), Václav Engerer (1915–1924).
202 Franz Haring was born on 18 January 1864 in Attnang-Puchheim. He studied violin
at the Vienna Conservatory in 1875/1876. In September 1884 he moved to Ptuj to be-
come a teacher and Kapellmeister at the Ptuj Music association. Judging by his per-
formed repertoire, he was a solid violinist who performed, among others, Ballade
and Polonaise by H. Vieuxtemps and Grieg’s Violin Sonata op. 13. He married in Ptuj
on 4 March 1889. His daughter Emma Amalia Haring (1893–?) was briefly a piano
teacher at the Celje Music Association. He died on 12 April 1895 in Ptuj. See: Linz,
Oberösterreich: Rk. Diözese Linz, Attnang, sig. 106/1861, Taufen Duplikate 1861, fol.
1; Maribor, Nadškofijski arhiv, Ptuj-Sv. Jurij, Poročna knjiga: 1888–1912, fol. 9; Mari-
bor, Nadškofijski arhiv, Ptuj-Sv. Jurij, sig. 02114, Mrliška knjiga 1885–1900, fol 374.
203 They had a string sextet and a string orchestra of 14 or 16 musicians who played at
soirees and dances. A brass band (Harmonie-Kapelle) of 16 or 18 musicians played at
soirees, excursions and dances and 14 musicians played at funerals (Leichenmusik).
In the theatre (Theaterkapelle) a sextet or group of ten played. The orchestra was
therefore called by different names: Kapelle, Städtische Kapelle, Harmonie-Kapelle,
Blech-Harmonie-Kapelle, Grosse und Kleine Orchester, etc. See: Bagarič, “Ptujsko
glasbeno društvo,” 35.
204 Žgeč, “Glasbeno društvo ‘Pettauer Musikverein’,” 59–63; Bagarič, “Ptujsko glasbeno
društvo,” 14–5.
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changed frequently.201 Franz Haring (1861–1895)202 led the orchestra for the
longest time, namely ten years. The orchestra took part in all the important
events of Ptuj, and so the association had several different ensembles that
adapted to the occasions and musical needs of the town.203 It participated in
the concerts of the music association, events of the reading society, folk and
singing festivals, visits of important personalities, carnival parades, prom-
enade concerts and other events. The musicians also participated in theat-
rical performances, and at the end of the nineteenth century promenade
concerts of the municipal brass band were held in the music pavilion. The
brass band of the Ptuj Music Association was disbanded in 1903 due to its
poor financial situation, but the municipality established a municipal brass
band in the same year.204
The statutes stipulated that the association should hold six events per
year (soirées, concerts, park music). The most frequent association events
were the soirées, which were mainly social events. The association gave sev-
eral concerts every year, at which soloists and invited guest musicians from
conduct concerts, soirees, and music in the square (Plazmusik), and to attend balls
(Ballmusik) as first violinist. On top of all this he was also paid by the theatre man-
agement to play in the theatre. See ibid., 26–7.
201 Anton Stöckl (1878–1882), Johann Patat (1882–1883), Franz Stahl (1883), Josef Stein-
berger (1883), Carl Maria Walner (1883–1884), Hanns Ritter von Villefort (1884–
1885), Franz Haring (1885–1895), Ernst Schmeisser (1895–1896), Karl Haüsgen
(1897–1901), Karl Bachmann (1901–1902), Schuhbauer (1901–1902), Max Hochberg
(1902–1903), Josef Schindler (1906–1907), Roderich Mojsisowics (1910), Josef Greil
(1908–1912), Nicholaus Schmidt (1912–1913), Václav Engerer (1915–1924).
202 Franz Haring was born on 18 January 1864 in Attnang-Puchheim. He studied violin
at the Vienna Conservatory in 1875/1876. In September 1884 he moved to Ptuj to be-
come a teacher and Kapellmeister at the Ptuj Music association. Judging by his per-
formed repertoire, he was a solid violinist who performed, among others, Ballade
and Polonaise by H. Vieuxtemps and Grieg’s Violin Sonata op. 13. He married in Ptuj
on 4 March 1889. His daughter Emma Amalia Haring (1893–?) was briefly a piano
teacher at the Celje Music Association. He died on 12 April 1895 in Ptuj. See: Linz,
Oberösterreich: Rk. Diözese Linz, Attnang, sig. 106/1861, Taufen Duplikate 1861, fol.
1; Maribor, Nadškofijski arhiv, Ptuj-Sv. Jurij, Poročna knjiga: 1888–1912, fol. 9; Mari-
bor, Nadškofijski arhiv, Ptuj-Sv. Jurij, sig. 02114, Mrliška knjiga 1885–1900, fol 374.
203 They had a string sextet and a string orchestra of 14 or 16 musicians who played at
soirees and dances. A brass band (Harmonie-Kapelle) of 16 or 18 musicians played at
soirees, excursions and dances and 14 musicians played at funerals (Leichenmusik).
In the theatre (Theaterkapelle) a sextet or group of ten played. The orchestra was
therefore called by different names: Kapelle, Städtische Kapelle, Harmonie-Kapelle,
Blech-Harmonie-Kapelle, Grosse und Kleine Orchester, etc. See: Bagarič, “Ptujsko
glasbeno društvo,” 35.
204 Žgeč, “Glasbeno društvo ‘Pettauer Musikverein’,” 59–63; Bagarič, “Ptujsko glasbeno
društvo,” 14–5.
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