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Rezek (1884–?),20 Karel Kučera (1888–?),21 and Edvard Bílek. When Václav
Talich left Ljubljana in 1912, the orchestra was taken over by the Prague
violinist and military music director Petr Teplý (1871–1964)22 and anoth-
er Czech, the opera conductor Cyril Metoděj Hrazdira. The members and
concertmasters of the orchestras continued to be mainly pupils of Czech vi-
olin teachers for quite some time.
For over one hundred years, Bohemian violinists in Ljubljana trained
several generations of violinists and other musicians, performed the con-
temporary music repertoire, took a leading role in the development of
chamber music, and were a key factor in orchestral development. They
markedly shaped the development of violin playing in Ljubljana, where Jan
Šlais trained the first generation of Slovenian violinists, who went on to
continue his violin tradition in ways that are still felt today.23
Jan Šlais – life and studies
Jan Šlais was born on January 23rd, 1893 in Radlice, a district of Prague, to
Jan Šlais and Anna Havlová. His father was a brickmaker, later an innkeep-
er, who took over profession of brickmaker from his father, also named
20 Rezek was born on February 2nd, 1884 in Prague. He studied violin with Štěpán
Suchý at the Prague Conservatory between 1898 and 1904. In 1908, he moved to
Ljubljana, where he became a violin teacher at the Music Society. In 1909, he per-
formed Paganini’s Violin Concerto in Ljubljana. See Matrik 1879, fol. 49, SOA Pra-
ha; Stanko Premrl, “Koncerti Glasbene Matice,” Dom in svet 22, no. 1 (1909): 47,
http://www.dlib.si/?URN=URN:NBN:SI:DOC-JEU6Y0IO; Budkovič, Razvoj glas-
benega šolstva na Slovenskem, 277, 315.
21 Kučera was born on March 1st, 1888 in Čelakovice (CZ). He studied violin with Jan
Mařák at the Prague Conservatory between 1902 and 1906. See Matrik 1879, fol. 56,
SOA Praha.
22 Petr Teplý was born on February 19th, 1871 in Prague. He studied violin with Benne-
witz at the Prague Conservatory between 1882 and 1888. After his studies, he was a
music teacher and military music director in different cities. Between 1896 and 1899,
he was a violinist of the German Theater in Prague. Between 1913 and 1914, he was
a teacher at the Slovenian Music Society in Trieste, and a conductor of the Slovenian
Philharmonic Orchestra between 1914 and 1915. After he returned to Prague, he was
a military music director and violinist in the German Theater Orchestra until the
end of the First World War. Later, he was the director of the Military Music School
in Prague. He died on May 25th, 1964 in Prague. See Matrik 1879, fol. 13, SOA Pra-
ha; Robert Šálek, “Teplý, Petr,” in Česko slovenský hudební slovník osob a institucí,
vol. 2, ed. Gracián Černušák, Bohumír Štědroň, and Zdenko Nováček (Prague: Stát-
ní hudební vydavatelství, 1965), 763.
23 Summarized from: Maruša Zupančič, “Influx of Bohemian violinists to Slovenia and
Croatia up to the 1920s,” Arti musices 50, no. 1–2 (2019), forthcoming.
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Rezek (1884–?),20 Karel Kučera (1888–?),21 and Edvard Bílek. When Václav
Talich left Ljubljana in 1912, the orchestra was taken over by the Prague
violinist and military music director Petr Teplý (1871–1964)22 and anoth-
er Czech, the opera conductor Cyril Metoděj Hrazdira. The members and
concertmasters of the orchestras continued to be mainly pupils of Czech vi-
olin teachers for quite some time.
For over one hundred years, Bohemian violinists in Ljubljana trained
several generations of violinists and other musicians, performed the con-
temporary music repertoire, took a leading role in the development of
chamber music, and were a key factor in orchestral development. They
markedly shaped the development of violin playing in Ljubljana, where Jan
Šlais trained the first generation of Slovenian violinists, who went on to
continue his violin tradition in ways that are still felt today.23
Jan Šlais – life and studies
Jan Šlais was born on January 23rd, 1893 in Radlice, a district of Prague, to
Jan Šlais and Anna Havlová. His father was a brickmaker, later an innkeep-
er, who took over profession of brickmaker from his father, also named
20 Rezek was born on February 2nd, 1884 in Prague. He studied violin with Štěpán
Suchý at the Prague Conservatory between 1898 and 1904. In 1908, he moved to
Ljubljana, where he became a violin teacher at the Music Society. In 1909, he per-
formed Paganini’s Violin Concerto in Ljubljana. See Matrik 1879, fol. 49, SOA Pra-
ha; Stanko Premrl, “Koncerti Glasbene Matice,” Dom in svet 22, no. 1 (1909): 47,
http://www.dlib.si/?URN=URN:NBN:SI:DOC-JEU6Y0IO; Budkovič, Razvoj glas-
benega šolstva na Slovenskem, 277, 315.
21 Kučera was born on March 1st, 1888 in Čelakovice (CZ). He studied violin with Jan
Mařák at the Prague Conservatory between 1902 and 1906. See Matrik 1879, fol. 56,
SOA Praha.
22 Petr Teplý was born on February 19th, 1871 in Prague. He studied violin with Benne-
witz at the Prague Conservatory between 1882 and 1888. After his studies, he was a
music teacher and military music director in different cities. Between 1896 and 1899,
he was a violinist of the German Theater in Prague. Between 1913 and 1914, he was
a teacher at the Slovenian Music Society in Trieste, and a conductor of the Slovenian
Philharmonic Orchestra between 1914 and 1915. After he returned to Prague, he was
a military music director and violinist in the German Theater Orchestra until the
end of the First World War. Later, he was the director of the Military Music School
in Prague. He died on May 25th, 1964 in Prague. See Matrik 1879, fol. 13, SOA Pra-
ha; Robert Šálek, “Teplý, Petr,” in Česko slovenský hudební slovník osob a institucí,
vol. 2, ed. Gracián Černušák, Bohumír Štědroň, and Zdenko Nováček (Prague: Stát-
ní hudební vydavatelství, 1965), 763.
23 Summarized from: Maruša Zupančič, “Influx of Bohemian violinists to Slovenia and
Croatia up to the 1920s,” Arti musices 50, no. 1–2 (2019), forthcoming.
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