# Eugen Krantz

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German pianist and music teacher

Georg Eugen Krantz around 1880

**Georg Eugen Krantz** (13 September 1844 – 26 May 1898) was a German pianist and [music educator](/source/Music_educator). He was the maternal grandfather of [Reinhard Heydrich](/source/Reinhard_Heydrich) and [Heinz Heydrich](/source/Heinz_Heydrich).

## Life

Born in [Dresden](/source/Dresden), Krantz was the son of the painter [Moritz Krantz](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moritz_Krantz&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moritz_Krantz)] and Amalia Krantz *née* Schmidt. He studied at the [Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber](/source/Hochschule_f%C3%BCr_Musik_Carl_Maria_von_Weber) in Dresden. In 1865, he took a teaching post in [Pomerania](/source/Pomerania), and from 1869 he taught at the Dresden Conservatory.[1]

In the same year, on 17 November 1869, Krantz married the Catholic Marie Antonie Mautsch. Krantz, initially a Protestant, had to convert to the Catholic denomination in order to obtain Marie's father's consent to the marriage.[2]

From 1869 to 1884, he directed the choir of the [Semper Opera](/source/Semper_Opera) in Dresden. In 1882, Krantz was appointed a professor.[3]

In 1890, Krantz bought the Dresden conservatory from [Heinrich Pudor](/source/Heinrich_Pudor). From 1896 until his death in 1898 at the age of 53, he simultaneously directed the Dresden Singakademie. His grave is located at the [Trinitatisfriedhof](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trinitatisfriedhof&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinitatisfriedhof_(Dresden))].

His daughter Elisabeth (1871-1946) was married to the opera singer, composer and director of the conservatory in Halle, [Richard Bruno Heydrich](/source/Richard_Bruno_Heydrich); their son was [Reinhard Heydrich](/source/Reinhard_Heydrich).[4]

## Further reading

- Ernst Paul: *Eugen Krantz als Klavierpädaoge*. In *Der Klavierlehrer* 27, 1904, S. [295-298](https://archive.org/stream/musikpdagogisch11unkngoog#page/n310/mode/2up/search/Krantz). [322-325](http://www.archive.org/stream/musikpdagogisch11unkngoog#page/n338/mode/2up).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Eugen Kranz](https://www.geni.com/people/Eugen-Krantz/6000000044131116513) on GENI

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Georg Eugen Krantz](https://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I706891&tree=1) genealogy

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Eugen Krantz](https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz44864.html) on *[Deutsche Biographie](/source/Deutsche_Biographie)*

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Wolfgang Scheffler (1972). ["Heydrich, Reinhard"](https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0001/bsb00016326/images/index.html?seite=87). *[Neue Deutsche Biographie](/source/Neue_Deutsche_Biographie)* (in German). Vol. 9. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 73–74. ([full text online](https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/ppn118550640.html)).

## External links

- [Literature by and about Eugen Krantz](https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&cqlMode=true&query=idn%3D116380551) in the [German National Library](/source/German_National_Library) catalogue

[Portals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals):
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