Eugen Krantz

Georg Eugen Krantz (13 September 1844 – 26 May 1898) was a German pianist and music educator.

He studied at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden.

[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.

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