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jan šlais’s contr ibution to ljubljana’s violin school
instruments (including violin), and music theory. These teachers included
Franz Sokol (Franciscus/Franc Sokoll; 1779–1822),3 Gašpar Mašek (Caspar/
Kaspar Maschek; 1794–1873),4 and Joseph Miksch (Josip Mikš; 1778–1866).5
One violinist that rose above the violin dilettantism of the time in Ljublja-
na was the violin virtuoso and composer Joseph Benesch (Giovanni/Josef/
Jožef Benesch/Beneš; 1795–1873),6 who later became a member of the pres-
3 Franz Sokol was born on November 27th, 1779 in Sadská to Ferdinand and Anna
Sokol. He came to Ljubljana from Klagenfurt, where he was a music teacher, com-
poser, and military music director. In 1816, he moved to Ljubljana to become the
first teacher at the Public Music School in Ljubljana, where he taught various instru-
ments, including violin. At the same time, he was an active soloist and a composer,
and performed at a few Philharmonic Society concerts. See SOA Praha, Sadská 06,
B: 1767–1784, fol. 297; Viktor Steska, “Javna glasbena šola v Ljubljani od leta 1816–
1875,” Cerkveni glasbenik 52, no. 3/4 (1929): 53; Dragotin Cvetko, Zgodovina glasbe-
ne umetnosti na Slovenskem, vol. 2 (Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, 1959), 125.
4 Gašpar Mašek was born on January 6th, 1794 in Prague. He was taught music by his
father Vincent Mašek, who was a piano virtuoso and a pedagogue. Mašek studied vi-
oloncello at the Prague Conservatory between 1811 and 1815. From 1812 until 1815,
he was a military music director and his father’s assistant at the Church of St. Nicolas
in Prague. In 1819, he was the music director of the Estates Theater in Graz, and one
year later he moved to Ljubljana, where he became the music director of the Estates
Theater there. As a music teacher, he was active in the Public Music School and the
Philharmonic Society Music School in Ljubljana. He wrote numerous compositions
(also for violin) that are preserved in the National and University Library in Ljublja-
na. He died on May 13th, 1873 in Ljubljana. See Haupt [...] der Schüler des Conserva-
torium in Prag von 1811 bis 1880, fol. 3; Josip Mantuani, “Mašek, Gašpar,” Slovenska
biografija (Ljubljana: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, Znanstvenorazis-
kovalni center SAZU, 2013), https://www.slovenska-biografija.si/oseba/sbi352611/.
5 Miksch was born on November 14th, 1778 in Nové Město. He served as the private
teacher of Baron Hallerstein, and then four years an assistant in Langenau. Between
1806 and 1814, he was an organist in Kranj, in 1814 a music teacher in Ljubljana,
and from 1817 school principal in Koper. He spent his retirement in Ljubljana. He
was a skilled pianist and organist, and he also played violin, clarinet, and bassoon.
He wrote several compositions, some of which were performed on the concert stage
of the Philharmonic Society. See Stanko Premrl, “Mikš, Josip,” Slovenska biografi-
ja (Ljubljana: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, Znanstvenoraziskovalni
center SAZU, 2013), https://www.slovenska-biografija.si/oseba/sbi367927/.
6 Ferdinand Luib, “Biographische Skizzen hier lebender Kompositeure, Virtuosen
und Musikalischer Schriftsteller Joseph Benesch,” Wiener allgemeine Musik-Zeitung
8, no. 58 (1848): 229–230; Bohumir Štědroň, “Beneš, Josef,” in Česko slovenský hudeb-
ní slovník osob a institucí, vol. 1, ed. Gracián Černušák, Bohumír Štědroň, and Zden-
ko Nováček (Prague: Státní hudební vydavatelství, 1963): 81–82; Vladimír Helfert,
“Beneš, Josef,” in Pazdírkův hudební slovník naučný, vol. 2, ed. Gracián Černušák
(Brno: Nakladatelství Ol. Pazdírek, 1937): 65; Eman Meliš, “Beneš, Josef,” in Slovník
naučný, vol. 1 (Prague: Nakladatelství Kober a Markgraf, 1860): 613; Anon., “Slown-
ik powèstných jmen [Josef Beneš],” Kwěty. Národni zábawnik pro Čechy, Morawany
a Slowáky, September 24th, 1835, 387.
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instruments (including violin), and music theory. These teachers included
Franz Sokol (Franciscus/Franc Sokoll; 1779–1822),3 Gašpar Mašek (Caspar/
Kaspar Maschek; 1794–1873),4 and Joseph Miksch (Josip Mikš; 1778–1866).5
One violinist that rose above the violin dilettantism of the time in Ljublja-
na was the violin virtuoso and composer Joseph Benesch (Giovanni/Josef/
Jožef Benesch/Beneš; 1795–1873),6 who later became a member of the pres-
3 Franz Sokol was born on November 27th, 1779 in Sadská to Ferdinand and Anna
Sokol. He came to Ljubljana from Klagenfurt, where he was a music teacher, com-
poser, and military music director. In 1816, he moved to Ljubljana to become the
first teacher at the Public Music School in Ljubljana, where he taught various instru-
ments, including violin. At the same time, he was an active soloist and a composer,
and performed at a few Philharmonic Society concerts. See SOA Praha, Sadská 06,
B: 1767–1784, fol. 297; Viktor Steska, “Javna glasbena šola v Ljubljani od leta 1816–
1875,” Cerkveni glasbenik 52, no. 3/4 (1929): 53; Dragotin Cvetko, Zgodovina glasbe-
ne umetnosti na Slovenskem, vol. 2 (Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, 1959), 125.
4 Gašpar Mašek was born on January 6th, 1794 in Prague. He was taught music by his
father Vincent Mašek, who was a piano virtuoso and a pedagogue. Mašek studied vi-
oloncello at the Prague Conservatory between 1811 and 1815. From 1812 until 1815,
he was a military music director and his father’s assistant at the Church of St. Nicolas
in Prague. In 1819, he was the music director of the Estates Theater in Graz, and one
year later he moved to Ljubljana, where he became the music director of the Estates
Theater there. As a music teacher, he was active in the Public Music School and the
Philharmonic Society Music School in Ljubljana. He wrote numerous compositions
(also for violin) that are preserved in the National and University Library in Ljublja-
na. He died on May 13th, 1873 in Ljubljana. See Haupt [...] der Schüler des Conserva-
torium in Prag von 1811 bis 1880, fol. 3; Josip Mantuani, “Mašek, Gašpar,” Slovenska
biografija (Ljubljana: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, Znanstvenorazis-
kovalni center SAZU, 2013), https://www.slovenska-biografija.si/oseba/sbi352611/.
5 Miksch was born on November 14th, 1778 in Nové Město. He served as the private
teacher of Baron Hallerstein, and then four years an assistant in Langenau. Between
1806 and 1814, he was an organist in Kranj, in 1814 a music teacher in Ljubljana,
and from 1817 school principal in Koper. He spent his retirement in Ljubljana. He
was a skilled pianist and organist, and he also played violin, clarinet, and bassoon.
He wrote several compositions, some of which were performed on the concert stage
of the Philharmonic Society. See Stanko Premrl, “Mikš, Josip,” Slovenska biografi-
ja (Ljubljana: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, Znanstvenoraziskovalni
center SAZU, 2013), https://www.slovenska-biografija.si/oseba/sbi367927/.
6 Ferdinand Luib, “Biographische Skizzen hier lebender Kompositeure, Virtuosen
und Musikalischer Schriftsteller Joseph Benesch,” Wiener allgemeine Musik-Zeitung
8, no. 58 (1848): 229–230; Bohumir Štědroň, “Beneš, Josef,” in Česko slovenský hudeb-
ní slovník osob a institucí, vol. 1, ed. Gracián Černušák, Bohumír Štědroň, and Zden-
ko Nováček (Prague: Státní hudební vydavatelství, 1963): 81–82; Vladimír Helfert,
“Beneš, Josef,” in Pazdírkův hudební slovník naučný, vol. 2, ed. Gracián Černušák
(Brno: Nakladatelství Ol. Pazdírek, 1937): 65; Eman Meliš, “Beneš, Josef,” in Slovník
naučný, vol. 1 (Prague: Nakladatelství Kober a Markgraf, 1860): 613; Anon., “Slown-
ik powèstných jmen [Josef Beneš],” Kwěty. Národni zábawnik pro Čechy, Morawany
a Slowáky, September 24th, 1835, 387.
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