• Music Institute of Celestin Müller [Humanitarian Music Society]: pupil(s) of institute

Mercy’s Anzeiger 13/3/1857 reported that ‘The Music Institute of Mr Cölestin Müller has announced the start of its [season of] musical soirées. The first takes place on 15th March at 5pm.’No further details were given by this source. A similar report, noting only in addition the address of Müller’s Institute as Rittergasse Nr.408-I, appeared in Tagesbote aus Böhmen 15/3/1857.

Tagesbote aus Böhmen 4/4/1857 published a resumé of the recent series of events given by Müller’s Institute: ‘This year too Mr Müller arranged a number of productions in the premises of his Institute at the close of the winter season, and a review of these offers a very satisfactory impression and the best conviction of the methods and consistency of the Director of this Institute. His programme encompassed many pieces in the Classical taste arranged for four or more pianos, notably overtures by Spontini, Tomaschek, Riess, the Prize-Symphony by Schubert [‘die Preis-Symfonie von Schubert’], Concert pieces by Weber and Hummel, Mendelssohn’s March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream and others, in very precise ensemble performances. The individual performances demonstrated a significant number of prettier, well-schooled talents, some of which, like the ladies Bož. Swoboda, Louise Beyer, Giřikowsky, Urban, and the gentlemen Hořejschek, Riedl, were of a significant artistic height and performed the greatest tasks satisfactorily.’

Summary details of works performed during this series of three events, taken from the Tagesbote aus Böhmen 4/4/1857 report, are noted in the database programme record of the third event taking place on 29/3/1857.