(Jewish Telegraphic Agency Mail Service)
The death has taken place here today at the age of 94 of Prof. Julius Epstein, the famous musician.
Born at Agram in Croatia in 1832, he soon became one of the most popular pianists and teachers of music in Vienna. For 34 years, from 1867 to 1901, he was at the Vienna Conservatoire of Music, one of his pupils being the famous composer, Gustave Mahler.
Prof. Epstein edited works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Schubert.
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