Adolf Schulz-Evler

Adolf or Andrey or Adolf Andrey^[1] Schulz-Evler (12 December 1852 – 15 May 1905) was a German-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 blaunen Donau." Usually performed only as an encore, it has been recorded by many pianists, including Jorge Bolet, Jan Smeterlin, Marc-André Hamelin, Earl Wild, Piers Lane, Byron Janis, Isador Goodman^[5] 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

External links

• Biography at the Classical Composers Database
• Free scores by Andrey Schulz-Evler at the International Music Score Library Project