Gunther Schuller (born November 22, 1925) is an American composer and horn player. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance He is regarded as one of the key figures in contemporary classical music. Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to a period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism.
He studied at the Saint Thomas Choir School and became an accomplished horn player; at the age of seventeen he was principal hornist with the Cincinnati Symphony, and two years later took up a similar position with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Saint Thomas Choir School is a church-affiliated boarding choir school in Manhattan, New York. The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880 is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. In 1959 he gave up performance to devote himself to composition. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He has conducted internationally and studied and recorded jazz with such greats as Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and John Lewis. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( October 21 1917 &ndash January 6 1993) was an American Jazz Trumpeter Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. John Aaron Lewis ( 3 May 1920 – 29 March 2001) was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer best known He coined the term "Third Stream" to describe music that combines classical and jazz techniques. Third stream is a term coined in 1957 by composer Gunther Schuller to describe a Musical genre which is a Synthesis of classical music Schuller has written over 160 original compositions. In the 1960s, Schuller was president of New England Conservatory. He created the jazz program at NEC, which today is one of the strongest jazz centers in the world.
Schuller is editor-in-chief of Jazz Masterworks Editions, and co-director of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra in Washington, D.C. Another recent effort of preservation was his editing and posthumous premiering at Lincoln Center in 1989 of Charles Mingus' immense final work, Epitaph, subsequently released on Columbia/Sony Records. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Charles Mingus ( 22 April 1922 &ndash 5 January 1979) was an American Jazz Bassist, Composer, Epitaph is a composition by Jazz Musician Charles Mingus. It takes more than two hours to perform and was only completely discovered during
His notable students include Irwin Swack. Irwin Swack (b Ohio, November 8, 1916; d January 2, 2006) was an American composer of Contemporary classical music [1]
Gunther is the father of jazz percussionist George Schuller and bassist Ed Schuller. George Schuller (b Dec 29 1958 is an American Jazz drummer He is the son of composer Gunther Schuller. Edwin G Schuller (b Jan 11 1955 is an American Jazz bassist and composer
Awards and recognition
Schuller has been the recipient of many awards, including the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for his composition written for the Louisville Symphony Of Reminiscences and Reflections, the MacArthur Foundation "genius" award (1991), the William Schuman Award (1988), given by Columbia University for "lifetime achievement in American music composition", and ten honorary degrees. The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, The John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation is a major private grant -making Private foundation based in Chicago that has awarded more than US$4 billion Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. He received the Ditson Conductor's Award in 1970. The Ditson Conductor's Award, established in 1945 is the oldest award honoring conductors for their commitment to the performance of American music. In 1993, Down Beat magazine honored him with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to jazz. Down Beat is an American Magazine devoted to "jazz blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively
Grammy Award for Best Album Notes - Classical:
- Gunther Schuller (notes writer) for Footlifters performed by Gunther Schuller (1976)
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance:
- Gunther Schuller (conductor) & the New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble for Joplin: The Red Back Book (1974)
External links
- Pro Arte biography of Gunther Schuller
- GM Recordings Gunther Schuller's recording label
- Art of the States: Gunther Schuller Phantasmata (1989)
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