When Julius Fucík was nominated bandmaster of Infantry Regiment (IR) No. 86, important periods of his lifetime had already elapsed: his education in school, his studies at the Prague Conservatory of Music, his national service in IR 49 (1891-94) under bandmasters Schlögel and J.F. Wagner, from which he was discharged as a sergeant and finally the “Croatian interlude” in Sissak. Fucík appreciated life in Sarajevo. First compositions were written there, which made him become one of the leading rep...