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The Military Conductors of the

Austrian Army 1955-1994

Compiled by professor Wolfgang Suppan

Reprinted with permission of Band International issue JULY 1995

There are nine military bands in the Austrian Army, one for each district The head of the Austrian military bands, the 'Heeresmusikchef a Colonel in the Ministry of Defence in Vienna.

Heeresmusicchef

1957-1971 Friedrich Hodick Professor, PhD

1972-1975 Leo Erti. Professor

1976-1979 Rudolf Zemann, Professor

1979-1994 Anton Sollfener, Colonel Professor MA

1995 Josef Spirk, Lieutenant-Colonel

Conductors of the 'Garde' in Vienna

1956-1960 Gustav Gaigg

1960-1971 Friedrich Rodiek, Professor, PhD

1965-1968 Anton O Solfelner [2nd Conductor)

1968 Rudolf Bodinabauer (2nd Conductor)

1969-1975 Rudolf Bara

1975 Johann Schadenbauer, Colonel, professor. MA

1990-1995 Hannes Lackner Captain, MA 2nd Conductor

Conductors of the Military Band of the

Burgenland' District ia the City of Eisenstadt

1958 1971 Josef Kotay

1971-1975 Johann Schadenbauer

1978 Rudolf Schrumpf, Lieutenant-Colonel

Conductors of the Military Band of the

Carinthia District in the City of Klagenfurt

1956-1960 Theodor Haslinger

1960-1967 Karl Mantsch

1968-1980 Anton O Solfelner

1980 Sigismund Seidl. Lieutenant-Colonel

Conductors' of the Military Band of

Lower Austria-District in the City of Polten

1957-1964 Friedrich Gorrlich

1965-1970 Josef Kohsich

1971-1972 Johann Eibl

1972-1974 Herbert Plank

1974-1978 Rudolf Schrumpf

1978-1980 Sigismund Seidl

  1. Anton Pistotnig, Lieutenant-Colonel

Conductors of the Military Band of the Upper Austria District in Linz

1957-1979 Rudolf Zermann

1979-1988 Eduard Stallinger

1990- Franz Bauer, Captain

Conductors of the Military Band of the

Salzberg-District in the City of Salzberg

1956-1975 Leo Ertl Professor

1976- 1994 Josef Spirk Lieutenant-Colonel

1995 Hannes Apfolter, Lieutenant

Conductors of the Military Band of Styria in the City of Graz

1956-1957 Alfred Janauschek

1957-1968 Alois Krall

1969-1995 Rudolph Bodinbauer ,Lt Col,Professor,MA

  1. Hannes Lackner, Captain MA

Conductors of the Military band of the Tyrolia in the City of Innusbruck

1958-1971 Siegfried Somma, Professor

1972 Hans Eibl Professor

1994-1995 Hannes Apfolterer Lieutenant(2nd Conductor)

Conductors of the Military band of the Vorarlberg-District in the City of Bergenz

1959-1963 Franz Reiter

1976-1979 Eduard Stallinger

1979- Erich Hendl, Lt Colonel.

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