47er Regimentsmarsch
MVSR2347
The band of the 47th regiment was regarded “one of the finest of the Austrian army” (Domañski). Frequent deployments of his regiments to distant locations in Austria-Hungary on the one hand and the attractiveness of Vienna, the capital, made Wagner ...
76er Regimentsmarsch
MVSR2467
Anton Rosenkranz (1827-1888) served as regimental bandmaster in the Hungarian Infantry Regiment No. 76 from 1878 to 1888. In 1876 Lieutenant General, later General Albert Baronet Knebel von Treuenschwert became the regiment’s Inhaber. To honor him, ...
84er Regimentsmarsch
MVSR0398
Karl Komzák (Sohn) wurde am 8. November 1850 in Prag als Sohn des gleichnamigen bekannten Militärkapellmeisters Karl Komzák geboren. Er studierte am Konservatorium seiner Geburtsstadt in den Fächern Violine, Musiktheorie und Dirigieren. Aus seinem ...
92er Regimentsmarsch
MVSR2492
Johann Nowotny is one those bandmasters, we know relatively little about. This probably goes back to the fact that he spent the major part of his career in Russian service and only served six years as an imperial and royal regimental bandmaster. ...
94er Regimentsmarsch
MVSR2407
Already as a young boy, Josef Matýs was musically educated and later became an instrument maker. In 1871 he was drafted into Infantry Regiment (IR) No. 18, where he served a tour of three years to complete his national service. Following that ...
99er Regimentsmarsch
MVSR2499
Apart from his thrilling “99th Regimental March”, Richard Hunyaczek left no other traces in the history of Austro-Hungarian military music. He only had been a military bandmaster for nine years, and he also died during World War I. In 1908 Richard ...
Admiral-Stosch-Marsch
MVSR2597
On October 10, 1871, Emperor Wilhelm I decreed the establishment of a permanent navy band in Wilhelmshaven. Stabshoboist (Bandmaster) Latann became the first leader of this band of the 2nd Naval Battalion. When it was decided in 1878 to reduce the ...
Alte Kameraden
MVSR2390M
It is the greatest tragedy in the life of a young composer if he happens to write his most successful piece at the beginning of his musical career. This holds true for Carl Teike, as the unsurpassed success at the beginning of his musical life was ...
Alt-Starhemberg
MVSR2378
Hermann Josef Schneider never had been a military bandmaster. Consequently he is one of the few civilian conductors of his time who secured for themselves one of the coveted positions in the Austro-Hungarian “band heaven”. Schneider spent most of ...
Andreas-Hofer-Marsch
MVSR2598M
From May 01, 1896 until his tragic early death, Karl Komzák was exclusively active as director of the spa orchestra in Baden. Only a few invitations to foreign countries interrupted this period. The ambitious cultural, musical and social life in ...
Andulka Marsch
MVSR2995
The gymnastics organization “Sokol” fostered Czech national ideas in an especial way. The majority of the Czech population then lived in Central Bohemia where Kolin is located. There these new ideas fell on particularly fertile ground. In this ...
Barataria
MVSR2504
Karl Komzák (1850-1905) is rightly considered to have been one of the supporting pillars of Viennese music very much like his colleague Carl Michael Ziehrer. His unfortunate death during an accident set an abrupt and tragic end to a promising career. ...
Bayerischer Defiliermarsch
MVSR0121
Um das Jahr 1850 wurde der "Bayerische Defiliermarsch" von Adolf Scherzer, einem bayerischen Militärmusiker, in Ingolstadt komponiert. Ursprünglich war der Marsch einem Ingolstädter Regiment gewidmet und trug daher den Titel "Ingolstädter Parademarsch". ...
Bei der Mühle
MVSR2899
The gymnastics organization “Sokol” fostered Czech national ideas in an especial way. The majority of the Czech population then lived in Central Bohemia where Kolin is located. There these new ideas fell on particularly fertile ground. In this ...
Bruckerlager-Marsch
MVSR2451
Johann Nepomuk Král was born in Mainz as son of a musician who served with Infantry Regiment (IR) No. 35. Král’s father later became city music director in Mainz and he was also responsible for the thorough musical education of his son. After ...