Adolf AndreyHe appears in references as either Adolf Schulz-Evler or Andrei Schulz-Evler or Adolf Andrei Schulz-Evler, the Andrey also spelled Andrei or Andrej Schulz-Evler (12 December 185215 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.Eric Blom, Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th edition From 1884 to 1904 he taught at the Kharkiv Music School.The Virtuoso Johann Strauss: Thomas Labé, piano San Francisco Classical Voice He wrote about 52 original pieces.
His piano transcription of Johann Strauss II's Blue Danube Waltz: Arabesques on "An der schönen blauen Donau" has been recorded by many pianists, including Jorge Bolet, Jan Smeterlin, Marc-André Hamelin, Zlata Chochieva, Earl Wild, Leonard Pennario, Piers Lane, Byron Janis, Isador Goodman,Classics Online Benjamin Grosvenor 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 [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)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