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Joseph, Wenceslas and Ladislao Zavertal
The Library holds material deriving from three different members of the Czech Zavertal family: brothers Joseph (1819-1893) and Wenceslas (1821-1899), and Ladislao (1849-1942), son of Wenceslas. The brothers studied music at the Prague Conservatorium while Ladislao studied mainly in Italy.
The association with Glasgow came in 1872 when Ladislao was, for a short time, Special Instructor to the Glasgow-based Band of the North Devon Regiment (11th Foot). He was involved in various musical activities in the city for a number of years before becoming Master of the Royal Artillery Band in 1881, a position he held until retirement in 1906. Henry Farmer (1882-1965), a Royal Artillery bandsman for some time during Zavertal’s mastership, kept in touch with Ladislao and initiated negotiations which led to the deposit of these manuscripts, plus a few published works, in the University of Glasgow Library in 1928.
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