Julien Blitz - Photo courtesy of UT Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio, 074-1267. Loaned by San Antonio Symphony Association.
Julien Paul Blitz
BLITZ, JULIEN PAUL (1885–1951). Julien Paul Blitz, cellist, professor, and conductor, was born in Ghent, Belgium, on May 21, 1885, the son of Edouard E. and Mattie Louise (Miller) Blitz. His father was a renowned violinist, music teacher, and conductor, and his mother, from Ohio, was an acclaimed pianist. Blitz arrived in the United States when he was two years old and studied piano and violin as a child...
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