Adolf Andrey Schulz-Evler (12 December 185215 May 1905) was a
Polish-born composer.
Born in
Radom
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,
Poland
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(at that time part of the
Russian Empire
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), 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 original pieces.
His piano transcription of
Johann Strauss II
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's ''
Blue Danube Waltz'': ''Arabesques on "An der schönen blauen Donau"'' has been recorded by many pianists, including
Jorge Bolet
Jorge Bolet (November 15, 1914October 16, 1990) was a Cuban-born American concert pianist, conductor and teacher. Among his teachers were Leopold Godowsky, and Moriz Rosenthal – the latter a renowned pupil of Franz Liszt.
Life
Bolet was born ...
,
Jan Smeterlin,
Marc-André Hamelin
Marc-André Hamelin, OC, OQ (born September 5, 1961) is a Canadian virtuoso pianist and composer who has received 11 Grammy Award nominations. He is on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music.
Biography
Born in Montreal, Quebec ...
,
Zlata Chochieva,
Earl Wild,
Leonard Pennario,
Piers Lane,
Byron Janis,
Isador Goodman,
Benjamin Grosvenor
Benjamin Grosvenor (born 8 July 1992) is a British classical pianist.
Education
Grosvenor was born and brought up in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. He is the youngest of five brothers. His father is an English and Drama teacher, a ...
and
Josef Lhévinne.
His list of works includes:
Piano Dictionary
* 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 trauss(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)][Henselt Library]
* Fantaisie (Johansen)
* Melodie No. 1 (Gutheil)
* O beaux veux bleus (Jurgenson)
* O toi toutes mes fleurs (Jurgenson)
* Poeme sans paroles (Johansen)
References
External links
Biography at the Classical Composers Database
*
Musicians from Congress Poland
Composers from the Russian Empire
1852 births
1905 deaths
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