Carl Adolph Preyer (né Karl; 28 July 1863, Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg – 16 November 1947, Lawrence, Kansas[1]) was a German-American pianist, composer, and music instructor.
[2] He became interested in learning the piano that encouraged himself to pursue further into studying music.
Before he settled in the US in 1893,[3] his music instructors were Karel Navrátil, Heinrich Urban, and Heinrich Barth.
The Crafton-Preyer Theatre[6] in the University of Kansas was named after Carl Adolph Preyer when he joined the university as a professor of piano and composition in 1893, the same year he settled in the US, and later became the associate dean of the School of Fine Arts in 1915.
[7] Preyer was the piano instructor for the American pianist, Allen Rogers (8 July 1925 – 23 May 2003).