Victor Ewald
Victor Vladímirovich Ewald (or Ėval′d) (; 27 November 1860 – 16 April 1935), was a Russian engineer, architect, and composer of music, mainly for conical brass instruments. Biography Victor Ewald was born in Saint Petersburg and died in Leningrad. Ewald was a professor of Civil Engineering in St. Petersburg, and was also the cellist with the Beliaeff Quartet for sixteen years. This quartet was the most influential ensemble in St. Petersburg in the late 19th century, introducing much of the standard quartet literature to Russian concertgoers. He also collected and published Russian folk songs much like other composers of his time. Ewald’s professional life, like that of many of his musical contemporaries, was in an entirely different field; that of a civil engineer. He excelled in this field, being appointed in 1900 as professor and manager of the Faculty of Construction Materials at the St. Petersburg Institute of Civil Engineers. From 1910 to 1924, Ewald served as editor of the architectural journal Zodchii. From 1922 to 1932, he chaired the Petrograd Society of Architects. An obituary signed by his fellow professors of the I.C.E. makes mention of a profound heritage in the development of materials production for construction resulting from