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Max Zach

Lemberg, Ukraine, 1864 - 1921, St. Louis, Missouri

BiographyZach, Max (31 August 1864–03 February 1921), conductor and violist, was born Max Wilhelm Zach in Lemberg, Galicia (now L’vov, Ukraine), the son of Heinrich Zach and Julia Deim. His early education was in the lower and middle schools of Lemberg and Vienna. His first musical instruction was with Czerwinski in piano and Bruckmann in violin. He studied at the Vienna Conservatory from 1880 to 1883: piano with Joseph Edler, violin with Siegmund Bachrich and Jacob Grün, harmony with Robert Fuchs, and counterpoint and composition with Franz Krenn. His compulsory military service was satisfied from 1883 to 1886 by playing violin for three years in the band of the thirty-first Regiment of the Austrian Army, in which he attained the rank of sergeant. He was solo violinist with the regimental orchestra and acted as conductor on various occasions...

https://doi.org/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1801277 I.S. 11/1/2018

http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2084110 I.S. 11/1/2018

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