Julius Epstein (7 August 1832 – 3 March 1926) was a

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ish Kroatologija; Tamara Jurkić Sviben; ''Motivi i poticaji hrvatskih glazbenika židovskoga podrijetla u hrvatskoj kulturi i hrvatskoj glazbenoj baštini''; stranica 119, svibanj, 2010. pianist.

Biography

Epstein was born in

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, Croatia. He was married to Amalija (née Mautner) Epstein with whom he had a son

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, a notable Zagreb pianist and music pedagogue. Epstein was a pupil at Agram of the choir-director

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, and in Vienna of

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(composition) and Anton Halm (pianoforte). He made his début in 1852, and soon became one of the most popular pianists and teachers in Vienna. From 1867 to 1901, Epstein was a professor of piano at the Vienna Conservatory, where

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, Mathilde Kralik,

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and

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were among his pupils. Epstein edited

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's "Sämmtliche Klavierwerke" and

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's "Kritisch Durchgesehene Gesammtausgabe", among others. He died, aged 93, in Vienna. His two daughters Rudolfine Epstein (cellist) and Eugénie Epstein (violinist) went on a very successful concert tour through Germany and Austria during the 1876–1877 season. His son Richard Epstein was also a professor of piano at the Vienna Conservatorium. Epstein was a good friend of

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and mentor of Gustav Mahler. In 1846 Epstein founded, together with his brothers Jakov (Jacques) and Vatroslav (Ignaz), the benefactor society "Društvo čovječnosti" Zagreb (''Humanity society'') which aided the poor and needy across the

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and the

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. In 1902, Epstein received the Knight's Cross of the

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to commemorate his seventieth birthday.

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* 1832 births 1926 deaths Musicians from Zagreb Austrian pianists Croatian pianists Austrian classical pianists Male classical pianists Croatian classical pianists Austrian Jews Croatian Jews Austro-Hungarian Jews Croatian Austro-Hungarians Academics of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna 19th-century classical pianists 19th-century male musicians {{classical-pianist-stub Knights of the Order of Franz Joseph