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Gunther Schuller
frh, alp, 1925-2015 US, Queens
Composer / Conductor of Classical and Jazz
American composer and horn player, born to German parents on November 22, 1925 in New York City, New York and died on June 21, 2015 in Massachusetts. Father of Ed Schuller and George Schuller.
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Suite for Wind Quintet: I. Prelude on Barber: Summer Music / Carter: Woodwind Quintet by Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet Suite for Wind Quintet: II. Blues on Barber: Summer Music / Carter: Woodwind Quintet by Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet Fantasy, Op. 19 on Unaccompanied Cello: Works by Kodály, Crumb, Britten and Schuller by Colin Carr Serenade, Op. 40 (arr. G. Schuller): I. Allegro moderato on Orff: Carmina Burana Suite / Bird: Serenade / Reed: La Fiesta Mexicana by Peabody Conservatory Wind Ensemble & Harlan D. Parker Suite for Wind Quintet: III. Toccata on Barber: Summer Music / Carter: Woodwind Quintet by Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet Concerto for Contrabassoon: I. Andante tranquillo - Four-Hand Piano Reduction on Schulhoff, Phillips, Schuller and Stamitz: The Bass Nightingale: Music for Contrabassoon by Susan Nigro Variants for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra on Gunther Schuller: Journey Into Jazz by Gunther Schuller, Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Gil Rose Serenade, Op. 40 (arr. G. Schuller): II. Adagio on Orff: Carmina Burana Suite / Bird: Serenade / Reed: La Fiesta Mexicana by Peabody Conservatory Wind Ensemble & Harlan D. Parker Serenade, Op. 40 (arr. G. Schuller): IV. Allegro energico on Orff: Carmina Burana Suite / Bird: Serenade / Reed: La Fiesta Mexicana by Peabody Conservatory Wind Ensemble & Harlan D. Parker Serenade, Op. 40 (arr. G. Schuller): III. Allegro assai on Orff: Carmina Burana Suite / Bird: Serenade / Reed: La Fiesta Mexicana by Peabody Conservatory Wind Ensemble & Harlan D. ParkerTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Music For Percussion • 1 | Joan Tower • Felicia Sandler • Jennifer Higdon • Robert Xavier Rodríguez • Gunther Schuller - New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble, Frank Epstein | 2011 | Album |
| Peter En De Wolf / De Notenkraker / Thomas En Zijn Trompet | Sergei Prokofiev, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Gunther Schuller, Metropole Orchestra, Hans Dagelet | 2007 | Album |
| Waking Winds | MIT Wind Ensemble, Frederick Harris, Jr., Young-Nam Kim, Peter Child, Brian Robison, Gunther Schuller, Evan Ziporyn | 2004 | Album |
| Piano Concertos Of The '20s, Vol II | Michael Rische - Erwin Schulhoff, George Antheil, George Gershwin - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Wayne Marshall, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Gunther Schuller | 2003 | Album |
| Déjà Vu | Michael Colgrass / Gunther Schuller - Kenneth Radnofsky, New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Charles Peltz | 2003 | Album |
| Der Moderne Kontrabaß | Jean Françaix / Julien François Zbinden / Gunther Schuller / Paul Hindemith | 2000 | Album |
| Piano Trios | Lalo Schifrin • Gunther Schuller • Gerald M. Shapiro - Eaken Piano Trio | 2000 | Album |
| Music Of Our Time | György Ligeti, Morton Feldman, Edison Denisov, Gunther Schuller, Olivier Messiaen – The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein | 1999 | Album |
| Orchestral Works | Gunther Schuller, Rundfunkorchester Hannover | 1998 | Album |
| Three Orchestral Works | Robert DiDomenica | 1998 | Album |
| Symbiosis | Thomas Oboe Lee, Gunther Schuller, Kronos Quartet, Collage | 1997 | Album |
| Of Reminiscences And Reflections | Gunther Schuller | 1995 | Album |
| Klavierkonzert • Sinfonie Nr. 5 | Erwin Schulhoff - Michael Rische, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Gunther Schuller | 1995 | Album |
| Three Concertos | Gunther Schuller | 1994 | Album |
| Variations For Orchestra / Spectra / Correspondences / Atlas Eclipticalis | John Cage · Elliott Carter · Milton Babbitt · Gunther Schuller - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine | 1994 | Album |
| American Masters | Samuel Barber, Ned Rorem, Gunther Schuller | 1994 | Album |
| American Contemporaries | John Harbison • Richard Wernick • Gunther Schuller – Emerson String Quartet | 1993 | Album |
| American Tribute (Monumental Brassworks By American Composers) | Summit Brass, Joseph Schwantner, Gunther Schuller, Donald Erb, Dan Welcher, John Cheetham, David Sampson, John Stevens | 1991 | Album |
| 'Impromptus & Cadenzas' Octet | Gunther Schuller | 1991 | Album |
| Jumpin' In The Future | Gunther Schuller Featuring Orange Then Blue Special Guest Artist Howard Johnson | 1988 | Album |
| Seven Pollock Paintings / Drei Nebel Lieder / Fantasia Celeste | Collage New Music, Gunther Schuller - Roger Bourland / Richard Busch / Marc-Antonio Consoli | 1986 | Album |
| The Mad Frog!/Third String Quartet/Symbiosis | Thomas Oboe Lee, Gunther Schuller, Collage, Kronos Quartet | 1985 | Album |
| A Little Trombone Music | Gunther Schuller, Luciano Berio, Alun Hoddinott, Darius Milhaud, John Swallow | 1985 | Album |
| Music For Clarinets And Oboe | Stefan Wolpe, Ingolf Dahl, Gunther Schuller / Floyd Williams, Charles West, Darrel Randall | 1983 | Album |
| Chamber Music V / Capriccio / Sound Dreams | Collage New Music, Gunther Schuller And Charles Fussell - Leonard Rosenman / John Heiss / Irwin Bazelon | 1983 | Album |
| Symphony In Black (And Other Works) | Duke Ellington - The Smithsonian Jazz Repertory Ensemble, Gunther Schuller | 1981 | Album |
| Music For Oboe (La Bocca Della Verita / Diaphonic Suite No. 1 / Rhapsodie / Trio / Wave Canon / Work) | James Ostryniec - George Rochberg / Ruth Crawford Seeger / Ralph Shapey / Gunther Schuller / Joseph Julian / Lawrence Singer | 1980 | Album |
| Piano Concerto / Inner Space | American Composers Orchestra, Gunther Schuller, Robert Miller - John Harbison / David Stock | 1980 | Album |
| String Quartet No. 4 / String Quartet No. 2 | Andrew Imbrie, Gunther Schuller / Emerson String Quartet | 1978 | Album |
| Mass In D | John Knowles Paine | 1978 | Album |
| Gossamer Noons / Odefonia | American Composers Orchestra, Gunther Schuller With Bethany Beardslee - Robert Helps / Marc-Antonio Consoli | 1978 | Album |
| The Avant Garde Woodwind Quintet In The U.S.A. | Samuel Barber, Arthur Berger, Elliott Carter, Luciano Berio, Irving Fine, Lukas Foss, Mario Davidovsky, Jacob Druckman, Gunther Schuller & Karel Husa - Dorian Quintet | 1977 | Album |
| Turn Of The Century Cornet Favorites | Gunther Schuller / Gerard Schwarz | 1977 | Album |
| Tre Invenzioni / Il Giardino Religioso / Contours | Gunther Schuller / Bruno Maderna | 1976 | Album |
| Happy Feet (A Tribute To Paul Whiteman) | New England Conservatory Jazz Repertory Orchestra, Gunther Schuller, Joe Venuti | 1976 | Album |
| Country Fiddle Band | Gunther Schuller, New England Conservatory | 1976 | Album |
| Chamber Symphony, Op. 9 / Piano Sonata, Op. 1 / Five Movements, Op. 5 | Arnold Schoenberg / Alban Berg / Anton Webern - Gunther Schuller / Idil Biret / Quartetto Di Milano | 1975 | Album |
| Aunt Dinah Blows The Horn / The Entertainer | Gunther Schuller / Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops Orchestra | 1975 | Single |
| Footlifters (A Century Of American Marches) | Gunther Schuller, The Incredible All-Star Band | 1975 | Album |
| Homage To Ellington In Concert | Gunther Schuller - New England Conservatory Jazz Repertory Orchestra | 1974 | Album |
| Zeitgenössische Musik Für Kontrabaß | Jean Françaix / Julien François Zbinden / Gunther Schuller | 1974 | Album |
| The Red Back Book | Scott Joplin - The New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble Conducted By Gunther Schuller | 1973 | Album |
| W.W. Naumburg Foundation American Composition Awards (First Recordings) | Arthur Berger, Gunther Schuller, Richard Donovan | 1967 | Album |
| W.W. Naumburg Foundation American Composition Awards (First Recordings) | Arthur Berger, Gunther Schuller, Richard Donovan | 1967 | Album |
| Bernstein Conducts Music Of Our Time Vol.2 | Leonard Bernstein, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra - Lukas Foss / Gunther Schuller / Edison Denisov | 1967 | Album |
| A Conversation With Gunther Schuller | Gunther Schuller | 1966 | Album |
| Dedicated To Dolphy | Harold Farberman, Gunther Schuller | 1966 | Album |
| Seven Studies On Themes Of Paul Klee / Contrasts For Orchestra | Gunther Schuller / Paul Fetler, Antal Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra | 1961 | Album |
| Modern Jazz Concert | Gunther Schuller, George Russell | 1958 | Album |
| Serenade For Horns / Horn Belt Boogie | Mitch Miller, Stan Freeman, John Barrows, Jim Buffington, Ray Alonge, Gunther Schuller | 1952 | Album |
| Musical Varieties For Dance Volume 3 | Robert Skilling, J. Williams, J. Sinclair, Gunther Schuller, H. Davis, D. Fletcher, W. D. Parks, Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields | Album | |
| Sonata For Oboe And Piano / Quartet For Oboe And Strings | Gunther Schuller / William Sydeman | Album | |
| Tabuh-Tabuhan / Sinfonia Breve / Seven Studies On Themes Of Paul Klee | Colin McPhee / Ernest Bloch / Gunther Schuller, Howard Hanson / Antal Dorati | Compil. | |
| Symphony / Quartet For Doublebasses | Gunther Schuller - Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Donald Johanos | Album | |
| Music For Brass Quintet / Fantasy Quartet For Four Celli / Chamber Symphony For Fourteen Wind Instruments | Gunther Schuller / Easley Blackwood | Album | |
| Hornithology | NFB Horn Quartet, Gunther Schuller, Sir Michael Tippett, Jay Wadenpfuhl | Album | |
| Vol. 5 - Ein Heldenleben (Opus 40) | New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Gunther Schuller | Album | |
| Piano Concerto | Russell Sherman, Gunther Schuller / Orchestra Of St. Luke's, George Gershwin | Album |
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