Alphons Czibulka

Alphons Czibulka (also written as Alfons or Alfonz; 14 May 1842 – 27 October 1894) was an Austro-Hungarian military bandmaster, composer, pianist and conductor. Life Czibulka was born in the Spišské Podhradie ( ) district of Spiš () in Upper Hungary, now Slovakia. He first came to prominence from the age of 15 touring Southern Russia giving piano recitals and concerts. He eventually became musical director at the French Opera in Odessa and at the National Theatre in Innsbruck, in 1865 he was second under Franz von Suppé as conductor at the Carl Theatre in Vienna. From 1866 to 1869 he served as a military bandmaster in Austro-Hungarian Infantry Regiment No. 17 in Bolzano. From 1869 to 1870 he held the same position at the “23ern” in Petrovaradin and then, until 1871, with Infantry Regiment No. 20 in Kraków. Success as conductor and composer in the military led Czibulka onwards to Kapellmeister for Infantry Regiment No. 25 in Prague from 1872 to 1880. In 1880 he was appointed representative of Austria-Hungary’s military orchestra at the International Exhibition in Brussels. There he won First Prize at the exhibition’s Internationalen Musikkapellenkonkurrenz. When Rudolf, Crown Prince