Schulz-Evler, Adolf

International Music Score Library Project [IMSLP] entry: Adolf Schulz-Evler

Adolf [or Anton or Andrey] Schulz-Evler (1852-1905) was born in Poland, then part of the Russian Empire, studied in Berlin under Tausig, and then taught in Ukraine. Now mostly forgotten, apart from one piece, given here.

Piece	MP3	Midi	Genre
Arabesques on the Blue Danube of Johann Strauss		MIDI	piano virtuoso CD2
	The Blue Danube as you may not have heard it! Schulz-Evler's Op 12 weaves patterns around a reasonably accurate rendering of the most famous of Strauss's waltzes. This is the Everest of piano rolls! There are 1314 notes just up to the end of the introductory 6/8 section [about 70 seconds], and 11997 notes in total. You very rarely hear all 11m57s in performance; in particular, many repeats and some whole sections are almost always omitted. Inevitably, there are various opinions as to the musical worth of this piece. But there are some interesting ideas, including aural illusions. I have a record of the famous player-piano version created by the great Josef Lhevinne.

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