Johann Nowotny is one those bandmasters, we know relatively little about. This probably goes back to the fact that he spent the major part of his career in Russian service and only served six years as an imperial and royal regimental bandmaster. In addition, he was active in a regiment that was stationed in the country and not in one of the major cities of Austria-Hungary. Following his studies - probably at the Prague organ school - he served, like many of his countrymen too, as bandmaster in t...