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tigious Vienna Imperial Music Chapel (Wiener Hofmusikkapelle) and as-
sistant orchestra director of the Hofburg Theater. He first visited Ljubljana
during a tour in 1820. From September 1822, he taught violin privately and
played violin in the Philharmonic Society Orchestra in Ljubljana. Between
1823 and 1828, he was the director of the same orchestra, and for a short pe-
riod also of the Estates Theater Orchestra. From 1826, he was a violin teach-
er at the Philharmonic Society Music School in Ljubljana, where he wrote
a few virtuoso violin compositions. The next group of Bohemian violinists
reappeared in Ljubljana only thirty years later. However, Anton Nedved
(Antonín Nedvěd; 1828–1896),7 who moved to Ljubljana in 1856, was a well-
trained violinist, and he contributed to Ljubljana musical life mainly as a
choral music promoter. Another Bohemian musician and violin teacher
that remained in Ljubljana for more than forty years was Gustav Silvestr
Moravec (1837–1916).8
The most important group of Bohemian violinists in Ljubljana were
the Prague Violinists (violin alumni of the Prague Conservatory), who ap-
peared in Ljubljana in the 1870s. The most important of these during the
late nineteenth century was undoubtedly Hans Gerstner (1851–1939). His
arrival in Ljubljana in 1871 was a key turning point in the development of
violin playing in the city.9 He was the orchestra director of the Provincial
Theater and spent almost fifty years serving as a violin teacher at the Phil-
harmonic Society. In his long career as a violin pedagogue at the Philhar-
monic Society, he taught numerous brilliant violinists that later worked
in Slovenia and abroad. These included Leo Funtek (Leon Funtek; 1885–
7 Nedved was born on August 19th, 1828 in Hořovice. He was a violin pupil of An-
tonín Slavík (1782–1853), father of a famous Czech violinist Josef Slavík (1806–1833),
and later a private pupil of Moritz Mildner, a violin professor at the Prague Conser-
vatory. For a short period, Nedved was active in the Opera Orchestra in Brno. In
1856, he moved to Ljubljana, where he was active as a music teacher and compos-
er, but he mostly focused on vocal music. He died on June 16th, 1896 in Ljubljana.
See SOA Praha, Hořovice 06, B: 1814–1850, Fol. 96; Pavel Kozina, “Nedved, Anton,”
Slovenska biografija (Ljubljana: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, Znan-
stvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, 2013), https://www.slovenska-biografija.si/oseba/
sbi386526/.
8 Moravec was born on December 31st, 1837 in Hlinsko (CZ). He came to Ljubljana
in 1866, where he stayed active until 1914. He taught violin, piano, and singing, and
performed at numerous Philharmonic Society concerts as a violinist and violist in
chamber ensembles. He died in 1916 in Vienna. See SOA ZAMRSK, Chrudím 223, B:
1836–1852, fol. 21; Cvetko Budkovič: Razvoj glasbenega šolstva na Slovenskem, vol. 1
(Ljubljana: Znanstveni inštitut Filozofske fakultete, 1992), 67–68, 71.
9 More about Gerstner in his diary. See Jernej Weiss, Hans Gerstner: Življenje za
glasbo (Ljubljana: Litera, 2010).
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tigious Vienna Imperial Music Chapel (Wiener Hofmusikkapelle) and as-
sistant orchestra director of the Hofburg Theater. He first visited Ljubljana
during a tour in 1820. From September 1822, he taught violin privately and
played violin in the Philharmonic Society Orchestra in Ljubljana. Between
1823 and 1828, he was the director of the same orchestra, and for a short pe-
riod also of the Estates Theater Orchestra. From 1826, he was a violin teach-
er at the Philharmonic Society Music School in Ljubljana, where he wrote
a few virtuoso violin compositions. The next group of Bohemian violinists
reappeared in Ljubljana only thirty years later. However, Anton Nedved
(Antonín Nedvěd; 1828–1896),7 who moved to Ljubljana in 1856, was a well-
trained violinist, and he contributed to Ljubljana musical life mainly as a
choral music promoter. Another Bohemian musician and violin teacher
that remained in Ljubljana for more than forty years was Gustav Silvestr
Moravec (1837–1916).8
The most important group of Bohemian violinists in Ljubljana were
the Prague Violinists (violin alumni of the Prague Conservatory), who ap-
peared in Ljubljana in the 1870s. The most important of these during the
late nineteenth century was undoubtedly Hans Gerstner (1851–1939). His
arrival in Ljubljana in 1871 was a key turning point in the development of
violin playing in the city.9 He was the orchestra director of the Provincial
Theater and spent almost fifty years serving as a violin teacher at the Phil-
harmonic Society. In his long career as a violin pedagogue at the Philhar-
monic Society, he taught numerous brilliant violinists that later worked
in Slovenia and abroad. These included Leo Funtek (Leon Funtek; 1885–
7 Nedved was born on August 19th, 1828 in Hořovice. He was a violin pupil of An-
tonín Slavík (1782–1853), father of a famous Czech violinist Josef Slavík (1806–1833),
and later a private pupil of Moritz Mildner, a violin professor at the Prague Conser-
vatory. For a short period, Nedved was active in the Opera Orchestra in Brno. In
1856, he moved to Ljubljana, where he was active as a music teacher and compos-
er, but he mostly focused on vocal music. He died on June 16th, 1896 in Ljubljana.
See SOA Praha, Hořovice 06, B: 1814–1850, Fol. 96; Pavel Kozina, “Nedved, Anton,”
Slovenska biografija (Ljubljana: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, Znan-
stvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, 2013), https://www.slovenska-biografija.si/oseba/
sbi386526/.
8 Moravec was born on December 31st, 1837 in Hlinsko (CZ). He came to Ljubljana
in 1866, where he stayed active until 1914. He taught violin, piano, and singing, and
performed at numerous Philharmonic Society concerts as a violinist and violist in
chamber ensembles. He died in 1916 in Vienna. See SOA ZAMRSK, Chrudím 223, B:
1836–1852, fol. 21; Cvetko Budkovič: Razvoj glasbenega šolstva na Slovenskem, vol. 1
(Ljubljana: Znanstveni inštitut Filozofske fakultete, 1992), 67–68, 71.
9 More about Gerstner in his diary. See Jernej Weiss, Hans Gerstner: Življenje za
glasbo (Ljubljana: Litera, 2010).
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