Adolf Schulz-Evler

Adolf or Andrey or Adolf Andrey[1] Schulz-Evler (12 December 1852 – 15 May 1905) was a Polish-born composer.

Born in Radom, Poland (at that time part of the Russian Empire), he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory, then under Carl Tausig in Berlin.[2] From 1884 to 1904 he taught at the Kharkiv Music School.[3][4]

He wrote about 52 pieces, most of which are now forgotten. He is best known for his piano transcription of Johann Strauss II's Blue Danube Waltz: Arabesques on "An der schönen blauen Donau." This has been recorded by many pianists, including Jorge Bolet, Jan Smeterlin, Marc-André Hamelin, Earl Wild, Leonard Pennario, Piers Lane, Byron Janis, Isador Goodman,[5] Benjamin Grosvenor and—perhaps most famously—Josef Lhévinne.

His list of works includes:[6]

References

  1. ↑ He appears in references as either Adolf Schulz-Evler or Andrei Schulz-Evler or Adolf Andrei Schulz-Evler, the Andrey also spelled Andrei or Andrej
  2. ↑ Eric Blom, Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th edition
  3. ↑ The Virtuoso Johann Strauss: Thomas Labé, piano Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ San Francisco Classical Voice Archived June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Classics Online
  6. ↑ Piano Dictionary Archived September 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  7. 1 2 Henselt Library Archived June 24, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.


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