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Gunther Schuller
Person · male · United States · New York City · born 1925 · died 2015 · recording since 1957
American composer and conductor (1925–2015)
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Also known as Gunther Alexander Schuller · 岡瑟‧舒勒
Timeline
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1920s
1950s
· Debut release
Debut release: Music for Brass
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
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Album: Serenade no. 10 in B-flat major, K. 361 / A Musical Joke, K. 522
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Album: Carter: Variations for Orchestra / Schuller: Spectra / Babbitt: Correspondences / Cage: Atlas Eclipticalis
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2000s
2010s
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Album: Stravinsky: Agon / Schuller: Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee
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Biography
English biography1,284 words · 9 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1378456103
Biography
Gunther Alexander Schuller (November 22, 1925 – June 21, 2015) was an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, educator, publisher, and jazz musician.
Early years
Schuller was born in Queens, New York City, the son of German parents Elsie (Bernartz) and Arthur E. Schuller, a violinist with the New York Philharmonic.
He studied at the Saint Thomas Choir School and became an accomplished French horn player and flute player.
At age 15, he was already playing horn professionally with the American Ballet Theatre (1943) followed by an appointment as principal hornist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (1943–45), and then the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York, where he stayed until 1959.
During his youth, he attended the Precollege Division at the Manhattan School of Music, later going on to teach at the school. But, already a high school dropout because he wanted to play professionally, Schuller never obtained a degree from any institution. He began his career in jazz by recording as a horn player with Miles Davis (1949–50).
Performance and growth
In 1955, Schuller and jazz pianist John Lewis founded the Modern Jazz Society, which gave its first concert at Town Hall, New York, the same year and later became known as the Jazz and Classical Music Society. While lecturing at Brandeis University in 1957, he coined the term "Third Stream" to describe music that combines classical and jazz elements. He became an enthusiastic advocate of this style and wrote many works according to its principles, among them Transformation (1957, for jazz ensemble), Concertino (1959, for jazz quartet and orchestra), Abstraction (1959, for nine instruments), and Variants on a Theme of Thelonious Monk (1960, for 13 instruments) utilizing Eric Dolphy and Ornette Coleman. In 1966, he composed the opera The Visitation.
He also orchestrated Scott Joplin's only known surviving opera Treemonisha for the Houston Grand Opera's premiere production of this work in 1975.
Career maturity
In 1959, Schuller largely gave up performance to devote himself to composition, teaching and writing. He conducted internationally and studied and recorded jazz with such greats as Dizzy Gillespie and John Lewis among many others. Schuller wrote over 190 original compositions in many musical genres.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Schuller was president of New England Conservatory, where he founded The New England Ragtime Ensemble. During this period, he also held a variety of positions at the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer home in Tanglewood, serving as director of new music activities from 1965 to 1969 and as artistic director of the Tanglewood Music Center from 1970 to 1984 and creating the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music.
In the 1970s and 1980s Schuller founded the publishers Margun Music and Gun-Mar and the record label GM Recordings. Margun Music and Gun-Mar were sold to Music Sales Group in 1999.
Schuller recorded the LP Country Fiddle Band with the Conservatory's country fiddle band, released by Columbia Records in 1976. Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "The melodies are fetchingly tried-and-true, the (unintentional?) stateliness of the rhythms appropriately nineteenth-century, and the instrumental overkill (twenty-four instruments massed on 'Flop-Eared Mule') both gorgeous and hilarious. A grand novelty."
Schuller was editor-in-chief of Jazz Masterworks Editions, and co-director of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra in Washington, D.C. Another effort of preservation was his editing and posthumous premiering at Lincoln Center in 1989 of Charles Mingus's immense final work, Epitaph, subsequently released on Columbia/Sony Records. He was the author of two major books on the history of jazz, Early Jazz (1968) and The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945.
His students included Irwin Swack, Ralph Patt, John Ferritto, Mohammed Fairouz, Gitta Steiner, Oliver Knussen, Nancy Zeltsman, Riccardo Dalli Cardillo and hundreds of others. See: List of music students by teacher: R to S#Gunther Schuller.
Accomplishments in final decades
From 1993 until his death, Schuller served as artistic director for the Northwest Bach Festival in Spokane, Washington state. Each year the festival showcased works by J.S. Bach and other composers in venues around Spokane. At the 2010 festival, Schuller conducted the Mass in B minor at St. John's Cathedral, sung by the Bach Festival Chorus, composed of professional singers in Eastern Washington, and the BachFestival, composed of members of the Spokane Symphony and others. Other notable performances Schuller conducted at the festival include the St Matthew Passion in 2008 and Handel's Messiah in 2005.
Schuller's association with Spokane began with guest conducting the Spokane Symphony for one week in 1982. He then served as Music Director from 1984 to 1985 and later regularly appeared as a guest conductor. Schuller also served as artistic director to the nearby Festival at Sandpoint.
In 2005, the Boston Symphony, New England Conservatory, and Harvard University presented a festival of Schuller's music, curated by Bruce Brubaker, titled "I Hear America." At the time, Brubaker remarked, "Gunther Schuller is a key witness to American musical culture." His modernist orchestral work Where the Word Ends, organized in four movements corresponding to those of a symphony, was premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2009.
In 2011 Schuller published the first volume of a two-volume autobiography, Gunther Schuller: A Life in Pursuit of Music and Beauty.
In 2012, Schuller premiered a new arrangement, the Treemonisha suite from Joplin's opera. It was performed as part of The Rest is Noise season at London's South Bank in 2013.
Schuller died on June 21, 2015, in Boston, from complications from leukemia. He married Marjorie Black, a singer and pianist, in 1948, and the marriage lasted until her death in 1992. His sons Ed (born 1955), a jazz bassist, and George (born 1958), a jazz drummer, survived him, as did his brother Edgar.
Awards and honors
Ditson Conductor's Award, 1970.
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance, Joplin: The Red Back Book, 1974
Grammy Award for Best Album Notes, Footlifters, 1976
First place, Kennedy Center Friedheim Awards, 1987
William Schuman Award for lifetime achievement, Columbia University, 1988
MacArthur Foundation Genius grant, 1991,
Lifetime achievement award, DownBeat magazine, 1993
Lifetime achievement award, BMI Foundation, 1994
Pulitzer Prize for "Of Reminiscences and ReflectionsOf Reminiscences and ReflectionsSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1Of Reminiscences and Reflections16:282The Past Is in the Present: I. Lento4:533The Past Is in the Present: II. Adagio quasi andante, corrente e fluido3:534The Past Is in the Present: III. Allegro3:265The Past Is in the Present: IV. Adagio arioso8:216Concerto for Organ and Orchestra: I. Maestoso5:417Concerto for Organ and Orchestra: II. Meditation6:538Concerto for Organ and Orchestra: III. Scherzando3:02", 1994
Festival of his music performed by Boston Symphony and New England Conservatory, 2005
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Masters Award, 2008<NEA Jazz Masters>
Edward MacDowell Medal, MacDowell Colony, 2015
As arranger
John Lewis, The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (Norgran, 1955)
John Lewis, Django (Verve, 1955)
Joe Lovano, Rush Hour (Blue Note, 1994)
As conductor
Modern Jazz Quartet, Exposure (Atlantic, 1960)
Dizzy Gillespie, Perceptions (Verve, 1961)
John Lewis, Jazz Abstractions (Atlantic, 1961)
Charles Mingus, Mingus Revisited (Limelight, 1960)
Charles Mingus, Epitaph (Columbia, 1990)
New England Ragtime Ensemble, Scott Joplin: The Red Back Book (Capitol, 1973)
Houston Grand Opera, Scott Joplin: Treemonisha (Deutsche Grammophon, 1976)
Gerard Schwarz, Turn of the Century Cornet Favorites (CBS/Columbia, 1977)
As a sideman
With Gigi Gryce
Smoke Signal (Signal, 1955)
In a Meditating Mood (Signal, 1955)
Speculation (Signal, 1955)
Kerry Dance (Signal, 1955)
all tracks appearing on "Nica's Tempo"
With John Lewis
Odds Against Tomorrow (soundtrack) (United Artists, 1959)
The Golden Striker (Atlantic, 1960)
The Wonderful World of Jazz (Atlantic, 1960)
Essence (Atlantic, 1962)
With Mitch Miller
Conversation Piece (Columbia, 1951)
Horns O' Plenty (Columbia, 1951)
Horn Belt Boogie (Columbia, 1951)
Serenade For Horns (Columbia, 1951)
With Frank Sinatra
Come Back to Sorrento (Columbia, 1950)
April in Paris (Columbia, 1950)
I Guess I'll Have to Dream the Rest (Columbia, 1950)
Nevertheless I'm in Love with You (Columbia, 1950)
With others
Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool (Capitol, 1949/50, released 1957)
Dizzy Gillespie, Gillespiana (Verve, 1960)
Dizzy Gillespie, Carnegie Hall Concert (Verve, 1961)
Johnny Mathis, "Prelude to a Kiss" (Columbia, 1956)
Johnny Mathis, Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) (Columbia, 1956)
Gerry Mulligan, Holliday with Mulligan (DRG, 1980)
Julius Watkins, French Horns for My Lady (Philips, 1962)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 24 | 85.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 24 | 88.5th |
| Studio albums | 21 | 96.7th |
| Awards recorded | 18 | 99.4th |
| Timeline events | 25 | 95.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 57 | 96.1th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (24 release groups · 21 studio albums)
Albums · 21
1957 · studio album
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A1Symphony for Brass and Percussion, op. 1617:22B1Jazz Suite For Brass9:59B2Three Little Feelings10:44B3Pharaoh4:261958 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 54:03
1All About Rosie10:452On Green Mountain10:213Suspensions6:024Revelations (First Movement)12:055All Set8:546Transformation5:561973 · studio album
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A1The Cascades3:27A2Sun Flower Slow Drag3:07A3The Chrysanthemum3:44A4The Entertainer (solo piano version)3:51A5The Rag Time Dance4:00B1Sugar Cane3:20B2The Easy Winners3:56B3The Entertainer4:15B4Sun Flower Slow Drag (piano solo version)3:27B5Maple Leaf Rag3:11Harbison: Piano Concerto / Stock: Inner Space
1980 · studio album
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A1Piano Concerto: I. Moderato cantabile14:48A2Piano Concerto: II. Alla marcia – Alla canzona – Alla danza9:57BInner Space13:051986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 44:42
1Piano Concerto in F: Allegro14:122Piano Concerto in F: Adagio - Andante con moto11:103Piano Concerto in F: Allegro agitato7:164Prelude no. 11:405Prelude no. 24:076Prelude no. 31:237The Man I Love2:478Somebody Loves Me1:119Fascinating Rhythm0:561988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 43:30
1When the Saints Go Marchin’ In3:112Blue Moon5:113Night Music4:304Anthropology3:565Jumpin’ in the Future4:316Yesterdays6:237Summertime4:318Teardrop11:17The Red Back Book / Elite Syncopations
1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:00:16
1The Cascades3:282Sun Flower Slow Drag3:083The Chrysanthemum3:454The Rag Time Dance4:025Sugar Cane3:226The Easy Winners3:587The Entertainer4:178Maple Leaf Rag3:149Elite Syncopations3:2710Heliotrope Bouquet4:0711The Nonpareil3:4212The Strenuous Life3:3513Binks' Waltz4:3614The Sycamore3:1815Eugenia4:4316Something Doing3:34Serenade no. 10 in B-flat major, K. 361 / A Musical Joke, K. 522
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:09:59
1Serenade no. 10 in B-flat major, K. 361 "Gran Partita": Largo. Allegro molto.9:412Serenade no. 10 in B-flat major, K. 361 "Gran Partita": Menuetto.8:473Serenade no. 10 in B-flat major, K. 361 "Gran Partita": Adagio6:114Serenade no. 10 in B-flat major, K. 361 "Gran Partita": Menuetto. Allegretto5:165Serenade no. 10 in B-flat major, K. 361 "Gran Partita": Romanze. Adagio-Allegretto-Adagio.6:266Serenade no. 10 in B-flat major, K. 361 "Gran Partita": Tema con Variazioni9:397Serenade no. 10 in B-flat major, K. 361 "Gran Partita": Allegro molto.3:238A Musical Joke, K. 522: Allegro3:599A Musical Joke, K. 522: Menuetto. Maestoso6:3410A Musical Joke, K. 522: Adagio cantabile5:2311A Musical Joke, K. 522: Presto.4:401991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 42:43
1Symphony for Brass and Percussion, op. 1617:282Jazz Suite For Brass10:013Three Little Feelings10:444Pharaoh4:301992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:41:15
Disc 11Mass in D major, op. 10: Kyrie7:162Mass in D major, op. 10: Gloria5:503Mass in D major, op. 10: Qui tollis8:104Mass in D major, op. 10: Quoniam7:405Mass in D major, op. 10: Cum sancto spiritu8:116Mass in D major, op. 10: Credo5:597Mass in D major, op. 10: Et incarnatus4:128Mass in D major, op. 10: Crucifixus7:33Disc 21Mass in D major, op. 10: Et resurrexit3:562Mass in D major, op. 10: Et in spiritum sanctum3:543Mass in D major, op. 10: Confiteor2:584Mass in D major, op. 10: Et vitam venturi5:015Mass in D major, op. 10: Sanctus3:326Mass in D major, op. 10: Pleni sunt1:357Mass in D major, op. 10: Osanna3:558Mass in D major, op. 10: Benedictus10:379Mass in D major, op. 10: Agnus Dei5:4510Mass in D major, op. 10: Dona nobis5:111993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:08:00
1String Quartet no. 2: I. Fantasia: Poco largo5:072String Quartet no. 2: II. Concerto: Allegro, leggiero2:463String Quartet no. 2: III. Aria and Recitative: Andante cantabile8:544String Quartet no. 2: IV. Sonata: Allegro moderato4:365String Quartet no. 2: V. Chorale Fantasia: Vivo3:536String Quartet no. 4: I. Introduction and Allegro7:127String Quartet no. 4: II. Scherzo I (Homage to A.D.) - Arioso I - Scherzo II - Arioso II - Scherzo I - Epilogue13:218String Quartet no. 3: I. Maestoso, with great intensity6:509String Quartet no. 3: II. Canzona: Adagio9:1410String Quartet no. 3: III. Allegro vivace - Andante - Adagio - Andante - Tempo I - Presto6:07Gershwin, Copland, Schuller, Bloch
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:15:29
1An American in Paris16:182Rodeo: I. Buckaroo Holiday8:033Rodeo: II. Corral Nocturne3:264Rodeo: III. Saturday Night Waltz4:055Rodeo: IV. Hoedown3:336Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee, No. 1: Antique Harmonies2:237Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee, No. 2: Abstract Trio1:478Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee, No. 3: Little Blue Devil3:229Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee, No. 4: The Twittering-machine2:0510Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee, No. 5: Arab Village6:2911Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee, No. 6: An Eerie Moment2:0612Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee, No. 7: Pastorale3:0213Sinfonia Breve: I. Moderato5:2014Sinfonia Breve: II. Andante4:5515Sinfonia Breve: III. Allegro molto4:0416Sinfonia Breve: IV. Allegro deciso4:311994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 1:08:01
1Variations for Orchestra: Introduction: Allegro / Theme: Andante / Variation I: Vivace / Variation II: Pesante / Variation III: Moderato / Variation IV: Ritardando molto / Variation V: Allegro misterioso / Variation VI: Accelerando molto / Variation VII: Andante / Variation VIII: Allegro giocoso / Variation IX: Andante / Finale: Allegro molto23:072Spectra20:293Correspondences10:064Atlas Eclipticalis14:19Of Reminiscences and Reflections
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 52:37
1Of Reminiscences and Reflections16:282The Past Is in the Present: I. Lento4:533The Past Is in the Present: II. Adagio quasi andante, corrente e fluido3:534The Past Is in the Present: III. Allegro3:265The Past Is in the Present: IV. Adagio arioso8:216Concerto for Organ and Orchestra: I. Maestoso5:417Concerto for Organ and Orchestra: II. Meditation6:538Concerto for Organ and Orchestra: III. Scherzando3:02Turn of the Century Cornet Favorites
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:06:37
1Stars in a Velvety Sky4:082Interlude (woodwinds, horns & solo cello)0:173Three Kings5:124Interlude (featuring a tuba cadenza)1:515Méphisto masqué2:576Lullaby3:407Violin Interlude0:258Variations on a Theme from Bellini's "Norma"7:379Neptune's Court4:5610Modulation (trumpet imitating a banjo)0:3011Side Partners4:0812Three Aces6:3113Modulatory Interlude0:2114Pleasant Moments3:2815Interlude0:2416Lake of Bays (Concert Polka)2:5717Josephine5:4818Southern Cross4:5719Hungarian Melodies6:302008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 58:16
1Variants for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra: Introduction3:022Variants for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra: Variant I2:083Variants for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra: Variant II2:194Variants for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra: Variant III2:125Variants for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra: Variant IV2:356Variants for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra: Variant V1:467Variants for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra: Finale4:368Journey Into Jazz20:339Concertino for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra: I. Slow6:3510Concertino for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra: II. Passacaglia6:5111Concertino for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra: III.5:39American Music for Percussion • 1
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:07:10
1DNA9:582Pulling Radishes7:213Splendid Wood11:354El día de los muertos12:535Grand Concerto for Percussion and Keyboards: I. Slow Accelerating to Fast4:046Grand Concerto for Percussion and Keyboards: II. Slow5:517Grand Concerto for Percussion and Keyboards: III. Fast, a Scherzo6:428Grand Concerto for Percussion and Keyboards: IV. Introduction (Cadenza-Like) – Allegro (Perpetuum mobile)8:46Stravinsky: Agon / Schuller: Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee
2014 · studio album
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1Agon2Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee: 1. Antique Harmonies3Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee: 2. Abstract Trio4Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee: 3. Little Blue Devil5Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee: 4. The Twittering Machine6Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee: 5. Arab Village7Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee: 6. An Eerie Moment8Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee: 7. Pastorale— · studio album
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Disc 11Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 1, Introduction / no. 1. Chorus. The time is fulfilled6:312Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 1, no. 2. Recitative. Now, as Jesus walked1:063Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 1, no. 3. Air. The spirit of the Lord is upon me4:094Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 1, Recitative. And he called his twelve disciples / no. 4. Twelve Male Voices and Chorus. We g5:165Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 1, no. 5. Choral. How lovely shines the Morning1:276Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 1, no. 6. Tenor Solo and Twelve Male Voices. And he asked his disciples2:307Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 1, no. 7. Air. My heart is glad3:278Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 1, no. 8. Chorus. The Church is built3:479Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 1, no. 9. Recitative. And when Jesus and his disciples / Arioso. All ye shall be offended3:1110Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 1, no. 10. Air. Let not your heart be troubled4:1311Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 1, no. 11. Quartet and Chorus. Sanctify us through thy truth5:0712Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 1, no. 12. Recitative. And lo! Judas came1:0513Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 1, no. 13. Chorus. We hid our faces from him2:5814Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 1, no. 14. Recitative and Chorus. But Peter followed him / Chorus. Surely thou art one of them1:5915Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 1, Recitative. I know not this man / no. 15. Lament4:1116Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 1, no. 16. Air. O God, my God forsake me not4:0117Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 1, no. 17. Chorus of Angels. Remember from whence thou art fallen / And he that overcometh3:1718Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 1, no. 18. Air. The Lord is faithful4:4819Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 1, no. 19. Chorus. Awake, thou that sleepest4:22Disc 21Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 2, no. 20. Chorus. The Son of Man / And on the third day he rose again3:102Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 2, no. 21. Choral. Jesus, my Redeemer, lives1:453Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 2, no. 22. Recitative and Solo. After that he was risen / Arioso. Go ye and teach all nations4:454Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 2, no. 23. Recitative. And he lifted up his hands0:295Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 2, no. 24. Chorus. If ye, then, be risen2:516Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 2, Recitative. And Peter, with the Eleven / no. 25. Air. O man of God, be strong3:037Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 2, no. 26. Quartet. Feed the flock of God5:208Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 2, no. 27. Recitative. And when the day of Pentecost1:399Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 2, no. 28. Chorus. The voice of the Lord divideth the flames3:3610Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 2, Recitative. Now when this was noised abroad / no. 29. Chorus. Behold, are not all these1:4111Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 2, Recitative. But Peter, standing up / no. 30. Air. Ye men of Judea4:5112Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 2, no. 31. Air. As for man3:3213Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 2, no. 32. Recitative. Ye men of Israel1:2314Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 2, Recitative. Now, when they heard this / no. 33. Chorus. Men and brethren1:1715Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 2, no. 34. Recitative and Twelve Male Voices. Repent, and be baptized2:0516Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 2, Recitative. While Peter yet spake0:3717Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 2, no. 35. Chorus. This is the witness of God3:1818Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 2, no. 36. Choral. Praise to the Father1:0619Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 2, Recitative. And Peter said / no. 37. Bass Solo, Twelve Male Voices and Chorus. Now as ye we4:0220Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 2, Recitative. Then they glorified God / no. 38. Duet. Sing unto God3:0421Saint Peter, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, op. 20: Part 2, no. 39. Chorus. Great and marvellous4:15Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 / Brahms: Symphony no. 1
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1Symphony no. 5, op. 67: I. Allegro con brio6:212Symphony no. 5, op. 67: II. Andante con moto8:363Symphony no. 5, op. 67: III. Scherzo. Allegro4:354Symphony no. 5, op. 67: IV. Allegro10:165Symphony no. 1, op. 68: I. Un poco sostenuto -12:096Symphony no. 1, op. 68: II. Andante sostenuto8:247Symphony no. 1, op. 68: III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso4:268Symphony no. 1, op. 68: IV. Adagio - Più andante - Allegro non troppo16:52— · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 55:08
1Sonata for Clarinet Solo: Allegro con spirito5:162Sonata for Clarinet Solo: Andante semplice5:443Sonata for Clarinet Solo: Allegro capriccioso4:264Trio for Clarinet, Horn, and Piano: Liberamente e molto espressivo; allegro con moto5:335Trio for Clarinet, Horn, and Piano: Adagio7:026Trio for Clarinet, Horn, and Piano: Allegro; Allegro giocosamente6:587Romantic Sonata for Clarinet, Horn, and Piano: Adagietto5:168Romantic Sonata for Clarinet, Horn, and Piano: Adagio3:159Romantic Sonata for Clarinet, Horn, and Piano: Vivace2:1510Sonatina for Clarinet Solo: Theme and Variations6:1411Sonatina for Clarinet Solo: Vivo e giocoso3:09
Single · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Aunt Dinah Blows the Horn / The EntertainerSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksAAunt Dinah Has Blowed the Horn/We Will Rest Awhile from Tremonisha BThe Entertainer | 1975 |
Album · 2
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Music of Our TimeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 1:18:361Atmosphères6:52 2Out of "Last Pieces"10:36 3Four Improvisations by the orchestra: First improvisation0:57 4Four Improvisations by the orchestra: Second improvisation1:53 5Four Improvisations by the orchestra: Third improvisation1:35 6Four Improvisations by the orchestra: Fourth improvisation2:23 7Crescendo e diminuendo6:10 8Triplum: Part one5:52 9Triplum: Part two5:25 10Triplum: Part three5:38 11Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine: I. Antienne de la conversation intérieure: Dieu présent en nous10:01 12Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine: II. Séquence du verbe, cantique divin: Dieu présent en lui-même5:44 13Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine: III. Psalmodie de l'ubiquité par amour: Dieu présent en toutes choses15:30 | Compilation | 1999 | |
| 2005 | Footlifters: A Century of American MarchesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 1:05:211The Footlifter2:54 2The Gallant Seventh3:08 3Sercond Connecticut Regiment March2:32 4March Intercollegiate3:48 5Semper Fidelis2:30 6Them Basses2:35 7The Liberty Bell3:22 8Combination March2:32 9The Thunderer2:35 10Purple Carnival3:31 11El Capitan2:06 12Symphonia2:20 13Omega Lambda Chi2:43 14The Stars And Stripes Forever3:09 15The Gold Bug2:34 16President Garfield's Inauguration March5:41 17The Battle Of Trenton9:56 18Norwich Cadets4:17 19Major General U.S. Grant's Grand March3:08 | Compilation | 2005 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Gunther Schuller head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 24 | 85.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 24 | 88.5th |
| Studio albums | 21 | 96.7th |
| Awards recorded | 18 | 99.4th |
| Timeline events | 25 | 95.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 57 | 96.1th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Arts and Letters Award in Music | won | |
| 1960 | Arts and Letters Award in Music | won | |
| 1976 | Laurel Leaf Award | won | |
| 1976 | Laurel Leaf Award | won | |
| 1987 | Stoeger Prize | won | |
| 1987 | Stoeger Prize | won | |
| 1994 | Pulitzer Prize for Music | won | |
| 1994 | Pulitzer Prize for Music | won | |
| — | Ditson Conductor's Award | won | |
| — | Ditson Conductor's Award | won | |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | won | |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | won | |
| — | Library of Congress Living Legend | won | |
| — | Library of Congress Living Legend | won | |
| — | MacArthur Fellows Program | won | |
| — | MacArthur Fellows Program | won | |
| — | NEA Jazz Masters | won | |
| — | NEA Jazz Masters | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Opera Orchestra(band) | — | 1959 | French horn |
| The Miles Davis Nonet(band) | — | present | French horn |
| Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra(band) | 1943 | 1945 | French horn |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gunther_Schuller_%282008%29.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d27e05e6-ddd1-4d84-bf9f-60596bee20c1discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d27e05e6-ddd1-4d84-bf9f-60596bee20c1core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q704154genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q704154seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunther_Schullerbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunther_Schuller
Why this artist is in the database
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Tier rule: genre canon: jazz
Image: The original uploader was Nrswanson at English Wikipedia . · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q704154 · MusicBrainz: d27e05e6-ddd1-4d84-bf9f-60596bee20c1
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