Gunther Schuller
Gunther Schuller is a noted contributor to Encyclopaedia Britannica online. Read Britannica's biography of Gunther Schuller
Jazz historian, composer, and musicologist. Author of The Compleat Conductor, The Swing Era, The History of Jazz, and others. Composer of Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, The Black Warrior oratorio, and others. He won a Grammy Award in 1973 and a Pulitzer Prize in 1994.
photograph: William E. Sauro—The New York Times/Redux
Primary Contributions (1)
Jazz, musical form, often improvisational, developed by African Americans and influenced by both European harmonic structure and African rhythms. It was developed partially from ragtime and blues and is often characterized by syncopated rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, varying degrees of…
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Publications (3)
The Compleat Conductor
a World-renowned Conductor And Composer Who Has Lead Most Of The Major Orchestras In North America And Europe, A Talented Musician Who Has Played Under The Batons Of Such Luminaries As Toscanini And Walter, And An Esteemed Arranger, Scholar, Author, And Educator, Gunther Schuller Is Without Doubt A Major Figure In The Music World. Now, In the Compleat Conductor, Schuller Has Penned A Highly Provocative Critique Of Modern Conducting, One That Is Certain To Stir Controversy. Indeed, In...
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Musings: The Musical Worlds Of Gunther Schuller
musings Gathers Together The Essays, Speeches, Liner Notes, Dictionary Entries, And Magazine Articles Of Gunther Schuller, One Of The Most Important Musical Figures Of The Century. The Writings In Th
Gunther Schuller: A Life in Pursuit of Music and Beauty
Childhood -- Boyhood -- Youth -- Interlude -- Discovering Jazz -- First Years At The Metropolitan Opera -- Plumbing The Depths Of New York's Cultural Scene -- Collecting More Friends And Mentors -- Final Years At The Met -- The Third Stream -- Reencountering Europe. Gunther Schuller ; With An Introduction By Joan Shelley Rubin. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
