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, Piers Lane, Byron Janis, Isador Goodman,[5] Benjamin Grosvenor and—perhaps most famously—Josef Lhévinne.
His list of works includes:[6]
- Op 2: Invitation a la Valse (Jurgenson)
- Op 4: Variations in G major (Jurgenson)
- Op 5: Melodie (Jurgenson)
- Op 6: Nocturne in F major (Jurgenson)
- Op 8: Revelation I in B major (Jurgenson)
- Op 9: Revelation II in E♭ major (Jurgenson)
- Op 10: Revelation III in F major (Jurgenson)
- Op 11: Serenade (Jurgenson)
- Op 12: “Arabesques” Variations on the Blue Danube Waltz [Strauss] (Jurgenson)
- Op 14: Rhapsodie Russe for Piano & Orchestra (Jurgenson)
- Op 17: Etude pour les octaves (Jurgenson)[7]
- Op 19: “Narzan” Valse (Jurgenson)
- Op 40: Pezzetino amichevole (Jurgenson)
- Donau Walzer (Selbstverlag)
- Echo de la Partita de J S Bach - Paraphrase de Concert (Johansen)[7]
- Fantaisie (Johansen)
- Melodie No. 1 (Gutheil)
- O beaux veux bleus (Jurgenson)
- O toi toutes mes fleurs (Jurgenson)
- Poeme sans paroles (Johansen)
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Eric Blom, Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th edition
- ↑ The Virtuoso Johann Strauss: Thomas Labé, piano
- ↑ San Francisco Classical Voice
- ↑ Classics Online
- ↑ Piano Dictionary
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Henselt Library
External links
- Biography at the Classical Composers Database
- Free scores by Andrey Schulz-Evler at the International Music Score Library Project
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