Adolf Schulz-Evler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Polish composer
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Place of Birth: Radom, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
About Adolf Schulz-Evler
- Adolf or Andrey or Adolf Andrey 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.
- From 1884 to 1904 he taught at the Kharkiv Music School.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, Benjamin Grosvenor and—perhaps most famously—Josef Lhévinne. His list of works includes: 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) 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) Fantaisie (Johansen) Melodie No.
- 1 (Gutheil) O beaux veux bleus (Jurgenson) O toi toutes mes fleurs (Jurgenson) Poeme sans paroles (Johansen)
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