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the musical migration: czech musicians in sarajevo
Kapellmeisters and including Austrians and Hungarians, the most numer-
ous were the Czechs. Czech Kapellmeisters who worked in Sarajevo were:
Franz Anton Mahr (Tlestky, Češka, 1830–Prag, 1891)16, Thomas Obhlidal
(Dědice, Moravska, 1843–Vyškov, Moravska, 1908)17, Johann Novosad (Ví-
tonice, Moravska, 1839–?, 1934), František (Franz) Sommer (Újezd, Moravs-
ka, 1852–Beč, 1908)18, Franz Lehár st. (Šumvald, Moravska, 1838–Budimpeš-
ta, 1898)19, Julius Fučik (Prag, 1872–Berlin, 1916)20, Karl Hackensöllner
(Olomütz, Moravska, 1868–?, 1920), Christoph Fuchs (Doubrava, Češka,
1871–?), František (Frantz) Hošek (Kocanda, Češka, 1855–Lytomyšl, 1928)21,
Josef Chladek22.
It was the insufficient number of local musicians that was the basic rea-
son for the large-scale admission of foreign musicians in the Kingdom of
Yugoslavia military bands after World War I. Kapellmeisters were mostly
educated Czechs, while bands included both, foreign and local players. The
military band, so-called “Czechoslovak music” (“čehoslovačka muzika”)
was active as early as since the end of the World War I and upon the estab-
lishment of military government on the entire territory of the newly formed
Yugoslav state when the orchestra of Bosnian Division District of King-
dom of Yugoslavia army (Orkestar Bosanske divizijske oblasti vojske Kral-
jevine Jugoslavije) started its activity. This band consisted of Czech musi-
cians, members of former military bands of Austro-Hungary army, which
16 Český hudební slovník osob a institucí.
17 Polomik (“Uloga vojnih orkestara u razvoju bosansko-hercegovačke muzičke kulture
u razdoblju austrougarske uprave,” 59) stated only the surname of Kapellmeister
Oblidal. In Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 Online-Edition
and Český hudební slovník osob a institucí, there is a name of Kapellmeister Thomas
Obhlidal. Accessed on July 20, 2016, http://www.ceskyhudebnislovnik.cz/slovnik/.
18 Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 Online-Edition. Accessed on
July 20, 2016, http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/.
19 The military Kapellmeister Franz Lehár is a father of well-known operetta compos-
er Franz Lehár (1870–1948) Lamb, “Lehár, Franz,” Grove Music Online. Oxford Mu-
sic Online. Oxford University Press. Accessed on July 20, 2016, http://www.oxford-
musiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/16318.
20 Lamb, “Fučik, Julius.”
21 Český hudební slovník osob a institucí.
22 There are three musicians cited under the name Josef/Jozef Chládek in Český hudební
slovník osob a institucí . One of them is Josef Chládek (Koburk, Czech Republic, 1875–
Řevnice, 1960), the Kapellmeister and conductor who worked in Mostar, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, in 1912 and 1916. However, it does not state that he acted in Sarajevo. It
is very probable that it is the same Kapellmeister, but the biographical data does not
confirm it with certainty.
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Kapellmeisters and including Austrians and Hungarians, the most numer-
ous were the Czechs. Czech Kapellmeisters who worked in Sarajevo were:
Franz Anton Mahr (Tlestky, Češka, 1830–Prag, 1891)16, Thomas Obhlidal
(Dědice, Moravska, 1843–Vyškov, Moravska, 1908)17, Johann Novosad (Ví-
tonice, Moravska, 1839–?, 1934), František (Franz) Sommer (Újezd, Moravs-
ka, 1852–Beč, 1908)18, Franz Lehár st. (Šumvald, Moravska, 1838–Budimpeš-
ta, 1898)19, Julius Fučik (Prag, 1872–Berlin, 1916)20, Karl Hackensöllner
(Olomütz, Moravska, 1868–?, 1920), Christoph Fuchs (Doubrava, Češka,
1871–?), František (Frantz) Hošek (Kocanda, Češka, 1855–Lytomyšl, 1928)21,
Josef Chladek22.
It was the insufficient number of local musicians that was the basic rea-
son for the large-scale admission of foreign musicians in the Kingdom of
Yugoslavia military bands after World War I. Kapellmeisters were mostly
educated Czechs, while bands included both, foreign and local players. The
military band, so-called “Czechoslovak music” (“čehoslovačka muzika”)
was active as early as since the end of the World War I and upon the estab-
lishment of military government on the entire territory of the newly formed
Yugoslav state when the orchestra of Bosnian Division District of King-
dom of Yugoslavia army (Orkestar Bosanske divizijske oblasti vojske Kral-
jevine Jugoslavije) started its activity. This band consisted of Czech musi-
cians, members of former military bands of Austro-Hungary army, which
16 Český hudební slovník osob a institucí.
17 Polomik (“Uloga vojnih orkestara u razvoju bosansko-hercegovačke muzičke kulture
u razdoblju austrougarske uprave,” 59) stated only the surname of Kapellmeister
Oblidal. In Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 Online-Edition
and Český hudební slovník osob a institucí, there is a name of Kapellmeister Thomas
Obhlidal. Accessed on July 20, 2016, http://www.ceskyhudebnislovnik.cz/slovnik/.
18 Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 Online-Edition. Accessed on
July 20, 2016, http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/.
19 The military Kapellmeister Franz Lehár is a father of well-known operetta compos-
er Franz Lehár (1870–1948) Lamb, “Lehár, Franz,” Grove Music Online. Oxford Mu-
sic Online. Oxford University Press. Accessed on July 20, 2016, http://www.oxford-
musiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/16318.
20 Lamb, “Fučik, Julius.”
21 Český hudební slovník osob a institucí.
22 There are three musicians cited under the name Josef/Jozef Chládek in Český hudební
slovník osob a institucí . One of them is Josef Chládek (Koburk, Czech Republic, 1875–
Řevnice, 1960), the Kapellmeister and conductor who worked in Mostar, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, in 1912 and 1916. However, it does not state that he acted in Sarajevo. It
is very probable that it is the same Kapellmeister, but the biographical data does not
confirm it with certainty.
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