Eusebius Mandyczewski

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Eusebius Mandyczewski (August 18, 1857 - August 13, 1929) was a Romanian musicologist and composer. He was known as a man of considerable scholarship and learning, though he published relatively little.

[edit] Family and friends

Eusebius Mandyczewski was born in Cernăuţi, Romania on August 18, 1857. He was the son of a Greek Orthodox priest. He studied at the Vienna Conservatory with Gustav Nottebohm and Robert Fuchs. Beginning in 1879, he became a close friend of Johannes Brahms and a prominent member of the 'Brahms circle' (who aided Brahms in teaching Gustav Jenner).

[edit] Career

Mandyczewski was the conductor of the Vienna Singakademie. Beginning in 1887, he was the archivist of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. Later, in 1897, he began teaching at the Vienna Conservatory as Professor of Music History and Musical Instruments. In 1916 he was made a Privy Councillor.

Mandyczewski edited the complete edition of Franz Schubert's works, began a complete edition of Joseph Haydn's and, together with his pupil Hans Gál, edited Brahms's complete works.

He died on August 13, 1929 in Vienna.