5 ▁March ▁ 1 9 4 2 ) ▁was ▁an ▁Aust rian ▁composer , ▁conduct or , ▁and ▁teacher . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Z em lin sky ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Vienna ▁to ▁a ▁highly ▁diverse ▁family . ▁Z em lin sky ' s ▁grand father , ▁Anton ▁Sem lin ski , ▁em igr ated ▁from ▁Ž il ina , ▁Hung ary ▁( now ▁in ▁Slov ak ia ) ▁to ▁Austria ▁and ▁married ▁an ▁Aust rian ▁woman . ▁Both ▁were ▁from ▁sta unch ly ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁families , ▁and ▁Alexander ' s ▁father , ▁Adolf , ▁was ▁raised ▁as ▁a ▁Catholic . ▁Alexander ' s ▁mother ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Sar aje vo ▁to ▁a ▁Se ph ard ic ▁Jewish ▁father ▁and ▁a ▁Bos n ian ▁Muslim ▁mother . ▁Alexander ' s ▁entire ▁family ▁converted ▁to ▁the ▁religion ▁of ▁his ▁mat ernal ▁grand father , ▁J uda ism , ▁and ▁Z em lin sky ▁was ▁born ▁and ▁raised ▁Jewish . ▁His ▁father ▁added ▁an ▁arist ocr atic ▁" von " ▁to ▁his ▁name , ▁though ▁neither ▁he ▁nor ▁his ▁for eb ears ▁were ▁en no bled . ▁He ▁also ▁began ▁sp elling ▁his ▁surname ▁" Z em l ins z ky ". ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁fre em ason . ▁ ▁Alexander ▁studied ▁the ▁piano ▁from ▁a ▁young ▁age . ▁He ▁played ▁the ▁organ ▁in ▁his ▁syn agog ue ▁on ▁hol id ays , ▁and ▁was ▁admitted ▁to ▁the ▁Vienna ▁Conserv atory ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 4 . ▁He ▁studied ▁piano ▁with