Leo Schulz

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

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.

[6][7] He taught at the National Conservatory of Music of America in New York[8] and at Yale University.

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

He also wrote many cello compositions, songs, orchestral overtures, and cantatas, including: On April 12, 1885, he married Ida Bartsch in Berlin.

Leo Schulz during his time as principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra posing for the 1917 publication Instruments of the Modern Symphony Orchestra