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e. b. lvovský or who was the harshest viennese cr itic of antonín dvoř ák’s music
– 23 October 1898, Prostějov: A concert of the Orlice male choir.
– April 1899: An unspecified concert tour.80
– 20 January 1903, Leipzig (Palmengarten): 16. Gesellschaftskonzert
des Günther Coblenz-Orchesters.
Teaching activities
We know from sketchy reports that Lvovský taught music theory, harmo-
ny, counterpoint, music analysis and instrumentation privately. The names
of three of his students are known:
– Michele Radovani (? – after 1907) – Greek composer and publicist
– Josip Hladek/Chládek-Bohinjski (1879–1940) – Slovenian choir-
master and teacher
– Emilie Hermine Pia Stöger (pseud. Herma Friedberg, 1876–1936)
– Austrian pianist and composer
Berlin, Dresden
The summer stay in Dresden in 1899 was mentioned by Lvovský himself
in one of his articles.81 It seems that Lvovský stayed in Berlin more than
once. A newspaper report from October 1904 informs of his return to Vi-
enna after several years in Berlin, where he composed and tried to promote
the performing of his operettas and operas – he was successful in that re-
gard. “[...] in Lviv (1884/1890), lived briefly in Berlin, and finally in Vienna
(from 1890) until his death.” Another quotation mentions a longer period:
“His several years in Germany were very fruitful [...].”82 He probably moved
to Berlin in the summer of 1900, i. e. after the handover of the management
of the ÖMTZ to the aforementioned Anna Cador.
Vienna (1904–1910)
There is very little biographical information about the Berlin period and the
last ten years of Lvovský’s life in general. So far, we can only rely on reports
of performances of his works. From the end of 1904 until his death in the
80 Anon., “Mittheilungen und Notizen. Redactionelle Mittheilungen,” ÖMTZ 11, no.
15 (1 April 1899): 10.
81 B. Lvovsky, “Alphonse Maurice und seine Lieder,” Dresdner mehrmonatlicher Ferial
aufenthalt 26, no. 13–14 (25 August 1899): 89–90.
82 Anon., “Hudební skladatel,” Dalibor 26, no. 41 (8 October 1904): 292.
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– 23 October 1898, Prostějov: A concert of the Orlice male choir.
– April 1899: An unspecified concert tour.80
– 20 January 1903, Leipzig (Palmengarten): 16. Gesellschaftskonzert
des Günther Coblenz-Orchesters.
Teaching activities
We know from sketchy reports that Lvovský taught music theory, harmo-
ny, counterpoint, music analysis and instrumentation privately. The names
of three of his students are known:
– Michele Radovani (? – after 1907) – Greek composer and publicist
– Josip Hladek/Chládek-Bohinjski (1879–1940) – Slovenian choir-
master and teacher
– Emilie Hermine Pia Stöger (pseud. Herma Friedberg, 1876–1936)
– Austrian pianist and composer
Berlin, Dresden
The summer stay in Dresden in 1899 was mentioned by Lvovský himself
in one of his articles.81 It seems that Lvovský stayed in Berlin more than
once. A newspaper report from October 1904 informs of his return to Vi-
enna after several years in Berlin, where he composed and tried to promote
the performing of his operettas and operas – he was successful in that re-
gard. “[...] in Lviv (1884/1890), lived briefly in Berlin, and finally in Vienna
(from 1890) until his death.” Another quotation mentions a longer period:
“His several years in Germany were very fruitful [...].”82 He probably moved
to Berlin in the summer of 1900, i. e. after the handover of the management
of the ÖMTZ to the aforementioned Anna Cador.
Vienna (1904–1910)
There is very little biographical information about the Berlin period and the
last ten years of Lvovský’s life in general. So far, we can only rely on reports
of performances of his works. From the end of 1904 until his death in the
80 Anon., “Mittheilungen und Notizen. Redactionelle Mittheilungen,” ÖMTZ 11, no.
15 (1 April 1899): 10.
81 B. Lvovsky, “Alphonse Maurice und seine Lieder,” Dresdner mehrmonatlicher Ferial
aufenthalt 26, no. 13–14 (25 August 1899): 89–90.
82 Anon., “Hudební skladatel,” Dalibor 26, no. 41 (8 October 1904): 292.
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