Background
Preyer, Carl Adolph was born on July 28, 1863 in Pforzheim, Germany. Son of Jean and Marie (Heinz) Preyer.
Preyer, Carl Adolph was born on July 28, 1863 in Pforzheim, Germany. Son of Jean and Marie (Heinz) Preyer.
Educated Pforzheim, Germany. Studied at Conservatory of Music, Stuttgart, and under Doctor Navratil, Vienna, and professors Urban and Barth, Berlin.
Frances. Professor piano, counterpoint and fugue, University of Kansas, since 1893, associate dean School of Fine Arts since 1915. Composer: 3 sonatas for Piano (sonata in East flat major received highest rating for piano compositions with National Federal of Music Clubs, 1939). 2 Sonatas for Piano and Violin.
Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra.
Theme and Variations. Scherzo in B flat minor.
Preludes for Piano. Concert Etude. Improvisation.
Sacred Music. The Lord’s Prayer. Festival Te Deum.
Strauss Concert Transcriptions for Piano. Thousand and One Nights Waltzes.
Morning Journal Waltzes.
Palisades (for piano). Concert Etude in F Sharp Minor (for piano). Also many Etudes and Piano Compositions.
Home: 1125 Tennessee Saint, Lawrence, Kansas
Married Grace Havens, May 2, 1887. Married second, Frances Havens, September 11, 1909. Children: Frank A., Mistress Mary McColloch, Grace.