Leo Schulz Explained

Leo Schulz (March 28, 1865 – August 12, 1944^[1]) was a Kingdom of Prussia-born American cellist.

Biography

Schulz was born in Poznań, the then Kingdom of Prussia, currently Poland. As a child he toured Germany as a pianist along with his sister, a violinist. At 13 attended the Royal Academic High School of Music in Berlin, where he studied under Robert Hausmann, Richard Barth, Woldermar Bargiel, Friedrich Kiel, and Joseph Joachim.^[2] He was a principal cellist in Berlin as well as in the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig from 1886 to 1889.

In 1889 Schulz moved to Boston to take the post of principal cellist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.^[3] He was professor of the New England Conservatory.

In 1898 he moved to New York, taking the post of principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic Society, a position he held until his retirement in 1929.^[4] He was succeeded by Alfred Wallenstein.^[5] While in New York, he was also president of the New York Tonkünstler, played in the Mannes String Quartet and the Margulies Trio.^{[6] [7]} He taught at the National Conservatory of Music of America in New York^[8] and at Yale University.^[9] In 1906 he started his own Leo Schulz Quartet.^[10] In the 1920s, with Mikhail Press, he founded the Old Masters Trio.^[11]

He was a professor at Yale University for a time.

Publications

Schulz was a prolific editor, arranger, and transcriber for the cello.

• Cello Album, Vol. 1
• Cello Album, Vol. 2
• Cello Classics, Vol. 1
• Cello Classics, Vol. 2
• Cello Compositions, Vol. 1
• Cello Compositions, Vol. 2

He also wrote many cello compositions, songs, orchestral overtures, and cantatas, including:

• Souvenir de Posen for cello and piano.^[12]

Personal life

On April 12, 1885, he married Ida Bartsch in Berlin.

References

• Schulz, Leo. 1920.
• Web site: Archive 2008 10 03. Aula de cordas. April 24, 2011.
• Web site: Miscellaneous Editors and Arrangers of Cello Music. April 24, 2011. cello.org.
• Web site: Schulz, Leo (1865-1944) - Composer. hyperion-records.co.uk. April 24, 2011.
• Encyclopedia: Who's Who in New York. Schulz, Leo. 1154. 1909. John William Leonard . Lewis Randolph Hamersly . Frank R. Holmes .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Category:Schulz, Leo - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music. imslp.org. en. January 20, 2018.
2. News: TO HONOR LEO SCHULZ . en . The New York Times . 2023-06-05.
3. News: MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC; Features of the First of Leo Schulz's Series of Concerts. ASSISTED BY TWO SOLOISTS Promising Career Which the Recital of the Young Pianist, Mark Hambourg, Revealed. . en . The New York Times . 2023-06-05.
4. News: TO HONOR LEO SCHULZ . en . The New York Times . 2023-06-05.
5. News: A NEW FIRST 'CELLIST.; Wallenstein of Chicago Succeeds Leo Schulz of Philharmonic. . en . The New York Times . 2023-06-05.
6. News: NOTES OF THE WEEK. . en . The New York Times . 2023-06-05.
7. News: THE MARGULIES TRIO.; Their First Concert of the Season in Mendelssohn Hall. . en . The New York Times . 2023-06-05.
8. News: September 7, 1905 . Advertisement - The National Conservatory of Music of America . 48 . . 2022-10-28.
9. Web site: The Yale Daily News 21 March 1907 — Yale Daily News Historical Archive . 2023-06-05 . ydnhistorical.library.yale.edu.
10. News: THE LEO SCHULZ QUARTET.; Second Concert of Its Season In Knabe Hall. . en . The New York Times . 2023-06-05.
11. Web site: 2010-02-13 . All Things Strings: Cello-Repertoire Editors, Part Two . 2023-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100213092203/http://www.stringsmagazine.com/issues/strings98/inprint.html . February 13, 2010 .
12. Book: Schulz, Leo . Souvenir de Posen . Boston Music Co. . 1927 . Boston, MA . 51809451.