Gunther Schuller

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gunther Schuller
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Nov 22, 1925(1925-11-22)
Age	99
Date Of Death	2015-06-21
Birthplace	Queens
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Scorpio

Gunther Schuller Biography

Gunther Schuller is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on November 22, 1925 in Queens, New York, United States. Pulitzer Prize-winning conductor, composer writer journalist, historian also horn player. He along with Jazz pianist John Lewis were the founders of the Modern Jazz Society in 1955. He invented the term Third Stream for music that combined jazz and classical techniques.

He worked together with He collaborated with Dizzy Gillespie on Perceptions, Gillespie’s album from 1961. for Perceptions Gillespie’s album from 1961.

He was the father of a violinist for the New York Philharmonic.

Gunther Schuller Net Worth

Gunther Schuller is one of the richest Composer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gunther Schuller 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He performed professionally as a hornist in the American Ballet Theatre when he was just 15 years old. The most well-known of his work are “Transformation” from 1957, “Concertino” from 1959, “Abstraction” from 1959, and “The Visitation” from 1966.

He was awarded his Pulitzer Prize for Music for “Of Reminiscences and Reflections” in 1994.

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Facts & Trivia

Gunther Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Gunther Schuller celebrates birthday on November 22 of every year.

What was Gunther Schuller known for?

Schuller composed over 180 works, spanning all musical genres including solo works, orchestral works, chamber music, opera, and jazz. Among Schuller’s orchestral works are Symphony (1965), Seven Studies of Paul Klee (1959), An Arc Ascending (1996), Four Soundscapes, and Shapes and Designs.

What term did Gunther Schuller coin?

By 1957 he had coined the term third stream to describe the confluence of jazz and classical techniques.

Is Gunther Schuller a jazz rock fusion artist?

There was a time when the fusion of two musical fields was a bold adventure. In the 1950s, Gunther Schuller did it with jazz and atonal music ; the ’60s gave us Miles Davis and jazz-rock; Philip Glass did it in the ’70s with rock and Minimalism.

What style of jazz is Miles Davis?

Miles Davis was an innovator in jazz music, helping to define jazz fusion, and develop modal jazz. Most notably, Davis used his trumpet as a way to emulate the sound of the human voice by cutting out vibrato, turning his jazz into a smoother and more emotional form of music.

Was a bebop soloist who became a leader of cool jazz?

This musician was a bebop soloist who became a leader of cool jazz: Miles Davis.