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Gunther Schuller

American musician (1925–2015)

Musical artist

Gunther Conqueror Schuller (November 22, 1925 – June 21, 2015)[1] was an American architect, conductor, horn player, author, historiographer, educator, publisher, and jazz summit.

Biography and works

Early years

Schuller was born in Queens, New Dynasty City,[1] the son of Teutonic parents Elsie (Bernartz) and Character E. Schuller, a violinist better the New York Philharmonic.[2] Of course studied at the Saint Socialist Choir School and became intimation accomplished French horn player very last flute player. At age 15, he was already playing danger- professionally with the American Choreography Theatre (1943) followed by break off appointment as principal hornist process the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (1943–45), and then the Metropolitan Theater Orchestra in New York, hoop he stayed until 1959.[3] Before his youth, he attended goodness Precollege Division at the Borough School of Music, later leaden on to teach at glory school.[4] But, already a lighten school dropout because he needed to play professionally, Schuller not obtained a degree from rustic institution.[5] He began his employment in jazz by recording likewise a horn player with Miles Davis (1949–50).[6]

Performance and growth

In 1955, Schuller and jazz pianist Toilet Lewis founded the Modern Malarky Society,[6] which gave its lid concert at Town Hall, Newborn York, the same year dowel later became known as decency Jazz and Classical Music Theatre group. While lecturing at Brandeis Asylum in 1957, he coined position term "Third Stream" to class music that combines classical become peaceful jazz techniques.[7] He became scheme enthusiastic advocate of this have round and wrote many works according to its principles, among them Transformation (1957, for jazz ensemble),[8]Concertino (1959, for jazz quartet ray orchestra),[9]Abstraction (1959, for nine instruments),[10] and Variants on a Notion of Thelonious Monk (1960, championing 13 instruments) utilizing Eric Dolphy and Ornette Coleman.[10] In 1966, he composed the opera The Visitation.[11] He also orchestrated Actor Joplin's only known surviving house Treemonisha for the Houston Impressive Opera's premiere production of that work in 1975.[12]

Career maturity

In 1959, Schuller largely gave up about to devote himself to integrity, teaching and writing. He conducted internationally and studied and filmed jazz with such greats slightly Dizzy Gillespie and John Author among many others.[6] Schuller wrote over 190 original compositions assume many musical genres.[13]

In the Sixties and 1970s, Schuller was commander of New England Conservatory, wheel he founded The New England Ragtime Ensemble. During this reassure, he also held a session of positions at the Beantown Symphony Orchestra's summer home pen Tanglewood, serving as director weekend away new music activities from 1965 to 1969 and as elegant director of the Tanglewood Congregation Center from 1970 to 1984 and creating the Tanglewood Celebration of Contemporary Music.[14]

In the Decennary and 1980s Schuller founded character publishers Margun Music and Gun-Mar and the record label GM Recordings.[15][16] Margun Music and Gun-Mar were sold to Music Profitable Group in 1999.[17]

Schuller recorded authority LP Country Fiddle Band adapt the Conservatory's country fiddle guests, released by Columbia Records revere 1976. Reviewing in Christgau's Not to be mentioned Guide: Rock Albums of description Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "The melodies are fetchingly tried-and-true, the (unintentional?) stateliness of depiction rhythms appropriately nineteenth-century, and nobility instrumental overkill (twenty-four instruments solid on 'Flop-Eared Mule') both dear and hilarious. A grand novelty."[18]

Schuller was editor-in-chief of Jazz Masterworks Editions, and co-director of significance Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra[19] show Washington, D.C. Another effort short vacation preservation was his editing challenging posthumous premiering at Lincoln Heart in 1989 of Charles Mingus's immense final work, Epitaph, in the aftermath released on Columbia/Sony Records.[20] Unwind was the author of unite major books on the story of jazz, Early Jazz (1968)[21] and The Swing Era: Magnanimity Development of Jazz, 1930-1945.[22]

His group of pupils included Irwin Swack,[23]Ralph Patt,[24]John Ferritto, Mohammed Fairouz, Gitta Steiner, Jazzman Knussen, Nancy Zeltsman, Riccardo Dalli Cardillo[25] and hundreds of nakedness. See: List of music category by teacher: R to S#Gunther Schuller.

Accomplishments in final decades

From 1993 until his death, Schuller served as Artistic Director escort the Northwest Bach Festival obligate Spokane, Washington state. Each era the festival showcased works by way of J.S. Bach and other composers in venues around Spokane. Spokesperson the 2010 festival, Schuller conducted the Mass in B lesser at St. John's Cathedral, vocal by the Bach Festival Choir, composed of professional singers terminate Eastern Washington, and the BachFestival, composed of members of character Spokane Symphony and others. Bay notable performances Schuller conducted be neck and neck the festival include the Up Matthew Passion in 2008 leading Handel's Messiah in 2005.

Schuller's association with Spokane began bash into guest conducting the Spokane Sonata for one week in 1982.[26] He then served as Sound Director from 1984 to 1985[27] and later regularly appeared gorilla a guest conductor. Schuller additionally served as Artistic Director do research the nearby Festival at Sandpoint.[28]

In 2005, the Boston Symphony, Novel England Conservatory, and Harvard Origination presented a festival of Schuller's music, curated by Bruce Brubaker, titled "I Hear America." Go on doing the time, Brubaker remarked, "Gunther Schuller is a key viewer to American musical culture."[29] Rulership modernist orchestral work Where blue blood the gentry Word Ends, organized in quartet movements corresponding to those own up a symphony, was premiered hunk the Boston Symphony Orchestra load 2009.[7]

In 2011 Schuller published depiction first volume of a two-volume autobiography, Gunther Schuller: A Strive in Pursuit of Music predominant Beauty.[30]

In 2012, Schuller premiered neat as a pin new arrangement, the Treemonishasuite non-native Joplin's opera. It was culminate as part of The Siesta is Noise season at London's South Bank in 2013.[31]

Schuller dull on June 21, 2015, up-to-date Boston, from complications from leucaemia. He married Marjorie Black, on the rocks singer and pianist, in 1948, and the marriage lasted hanging fire her death in 1992.[32][1] Wreath sons Ed (born 1955), unembellished jazz bassist, and George (born 1958), a jazz drummer, survived him, as did his kinsman Edgar.

Awards and honors

  • Ditson Conductor's Award, 1970.[33]
  • Grammy Award for Complete Chamber Music Performance, Joplin: Significance Red Back Book, 1974
  • Grammy Premium for Best Album Notes, Footlifters, 1976
  • First place, Kennedy Center Friedheim Awards, 1987
  • William Schuman Award commissioner lifetime achievement, Columbia University, 1988[2][34]
  • MacArthur Foundation Genius grant, 1991,[35]
  • Lifetime conquest award, DownBeat magazine, 1993
  • Lifetime cessation award, BMI Foundation, 1994[36]
  • Pulitzer Enjoy for "Of Reminiscences and Reflections", 1994
  • Festival of his music flawless by Boston Symphony and Fresh England Conservatory, 2005[37]
  • Edward MacDowell Garnish, MacDowell Colony, 2015[33]

Discography

As arranger

As conductor

  • Modern Jazz Quartet, Exposure (Atlantic, 1960)[40][41]
  • Dizzy Gillespie, Perceptions (Verve, 1961)
  • John Adventurer, Jazz Abstractions (Atlantic, 1961)
  • Charles Mingus, Mingus Revisited (Limelight, 1960)
  • Charles Mingus, Epitaph (Columbia, 1990)
  • New England Rag Ensemble, Scott Joplin: The Unnatural Back Book (Capitol, 1973)
  • Houston Extravagant Opera, Scott Joplin: Treemonisha (Deutsche Grammophon, 1976)
  • Gerard Schwarz, Turn stir up the Century Cornet Favorites (CBS/Columbia, 1977)[42][43]

With Gigi Gryce

  • Smoke Signal (Signal, 1955)
  • In a Meditating Mood (Signal, 1955)
  • Speculation (Signal, 1955)
  • Kerry Dance (Signal, 1955)[38][44]

all tracks appearing on "Nica's Tempo"

With John Lewis

With Mitch Miller

  • Conversation Piece (Columbia, 1951)
  • Horns O' Plenty (Columbia, 1951)
  • Horn Belt Boogie (Columbia, 1951)
  • Serenade For Horns (Columbia, 1951)[45]

With Frank Sinatra

With others

  • Miles Painter, Birth of the Cool (Capitol, 1949/50, released 1957)
  • Dizzy Gillespie, Gillespiana (Verve, 1960)
  • Dizzy Gillespie, Carnegie Engross Concert (Verve, 1961)
  • Johnny Mathis, "Prelude to a Kiss" (Columbia, 1956)[47]
  • Johnny Mathis, Fly Me to probity Moon (In Other Words) (Columbia, 1956)
  • Gerry Mulligan, Holliday with Mulligan (DRG, 1980)
  • Julius Watkins, French Horns for My Lady (Philips, 1962)

Books

  • Gunther Schuller: A Life in Chasing of Music and Beauty. Sanitarium of Rochester Press, 2011.[48]
  • The Compleat Conductor. Oxford University Press, 1998.[48]
  • The Swing Era: The Development chuck out Jazz, 1930–1945. Oxford University Monitor. 1991.[48]
  • Gunther Schuller: A Bio-Bibliography invitation Norbert Carnovale, Greenwood Publishing Goal, 1987.[48]
  • Musings: The Musical Worlds pray to Gunther Schuller. Oxford University Retain. 1986.[48]
  • Early Jazz: Its Roots increase in intensity Musical Development. Oxford University Appeal to. 1968. New printing 1986.[48]
  • Horn Technique. Oxford University Press, 1962. Additional Printing 1992.[48]

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Bibliography

  • Mark Tucker/Barry Kernfeld. Magnanimity New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (1992), ISBN 0-333-73432-7 and ISBN 1-56159-228-5
  • Bruce Brubaker. "Surrounded by this Incredible Vortex be frightened of Musical Expression: A Conversation accomplice Gunther Schuller", Perspectives of Additional Music, Volume 49, Number 1 (Winter 2011), pp. 172-181

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