Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Gunther Schuller (1925-2015)
Bio
Gunther Schuller was born in Queens, New York. His father was a violinist in the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Gunther was an apt musician as well and played French Horn in the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He collaborated with jazz icons such as Miles Davis and John Lewis, was a founding member of the Modern Jazz Society, and identified the Third Stream musical style - a combination of classical and jazz composing techniques.
Music
Symphony for Brass and Percussion
Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee
Concerto No. 1 for Orchestra
String Quartet
Spectra
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