Hausner Gábor szerk.: A Hadtörténeti Múzeum Értesítője = Acta Musei Militaris in Hungaria. 9. (Budapest, 2007)

ÉRTEKEZÉSEK, TANULMÁNYOK - GALVÁN KÁROLY: Egy európai hírű karmester: Philipp Fahrbach junior a budapesti helyőrségben

A CONDUCTOR OF EUROPEAN FAME: PHILIPP FAHRBACH JUNIOR IN THE BUDAPEST GARRISON Fahrbach Junior came from a family of musicians. His father and his three uncles were all outstanding musicians. He was born in Vienna in 1843. He started his musical studies at an early age. From 1860, his father employed him in his own military band. Until 1865, he lived the eventful life of the army, and then he played in his father's band. He also started to work as a composer rather early. In 1870, he was invited to conduct his own works in Madrid. After his return from Madrid, he felt out of place and therefore, in the autumn of 1870, he accepted a conductor's post in the Imperial-Royal 23rd „Airoldi" Infantry Regiment in Petervarad. By that time, he had already been advised that the regiment would soon be transferred to Budapest, which happened in 1871. As an experienced composer, while in Petervarad, he established a connection with the publishers Taborszky and Parsch in Budapest. Concerning Fahrbach's activity in Budapest, the author of the study found pieces of information in the three most important daily papers of the period. Broken down by years, the author also introduces the excellent conductor's activity. In 1877, the regiment was relocated to Karlovac. The study deals with Fahrbach's activity as a composer, too, as there are quite a few works that have survived as piano scores. During the period of nearly six years that he spent in Budapest, more than fifty of his compositions were published, some of them issued with beautiful covers illustrated by colour lithographs.