Gunther schuler books and music
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Works
Juvenilia
0. Juvenilia (references to the following works are taken from Gunther's Autobiography followed by the page number)
Untitled piece for violin, piano, glockenspiel, and flute (p.37)
“dozens of choral anthems, offertories, ‘Te Deums’, and the like (p.51)
One-movement piece for string quartet (p.58) [Debut as composer]
Chanson triste for horn and orchestra (p.68)
Variations and Fugue on a Czech Folksong (p.68)
Night in the Pines (p.68-9)
Two movements of a symphony (p.69)
Homages to Delius and Ravel (p.88) [Later becoming Trois Hommages with Milhaud tribute]
1940s
1. Nocturne (1942)
for horn and piano
Published by AMP, Margun Music
Available for sale by Wise Music Print on Demand
2. Romantic Sonata (1943, Rev. 1983)
for clarinet, horn, and piano
Published by Shawnee Press, Margun Music
Available for sale by JW Pepper
3. Concerto No. 1 for Horn and Orchestra (1944)
Published by AMP, Margun Music
Available to hire by Wise Music
4. Six Early Songs (1944)
for soprano and orchestra
Published by AMP, Margun Music
Available to hire by Wise Music
5. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1945)
Published by AMP, Margun Music
Available to hire by Wise Musi
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Gunther Schuller
Series 1: Correspondence / Memoranda
Box 1 – Scrap book 1
Correspondence, Public, 1968
Box 1 – Autograph album 2
Correspondence, Common, 1969-1970
Box 1 – Wedding album 3
Correspondence, Prevailing, 1971
Box 1 – Stamp album 4
Correspondence, Accepted, 1972
Box 1 – Wedding album 5
Correspondence, Accepted, 1973
Box 1 – Pamphlet 6
Correspondence, Common, 1974-1975
Box 1 – Booklet 7
Correspondence, Accepted, January-March 1976
Box 1 – Folder 8
Correspondence, General, April-May 1976
Box 1 – Photo album 9
Correspondence, Popular, June-July 1976
Box 1 – Folder 10
Correspondence, General, August-October 1976
Box 1 – Pamphlet 11
Correspondence, Community, November-December 1976
Box 1 – Folder 12
Correspondence, General, January-March 1977
Box 1 – Brochure 13
Correspondence, Prevailing, April-June 1977
Box 1 – Folder 14
Correspondence, General, Decennary and undated
Box 1 – Folder 15
Correspondence, NEC Administration
Box 1 – Folder 16
Correspondence, NEC Staff
Box 1 – Folder 17
Memoranda – NEC Community
Box 1 – Sticker album 18
Friends
Box 1 – Sticker album 19
Holiday cards
Box 1 – Folder 20
Eleanor Steber
Series 2: Faculty Files
Box 1 – Folder 21
Bernard Barbeau
Box 1 – Booklet 22
Leon Barzin
Box 1 – Folder 23
Frank Battisti
Box 1 – Photo album 24
Ran Blake
Box 1 – Folder 25
Robert Brink
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Gunther Schuller
Gunther Schuller's string of commissions from soloists and ensembles around the world shows no sign of a slower pace. He composed more than twenty works during 2012-14, including From Here to There (2013) for the New England Conservatory and Four Chromatic Adventures (2014) commissioned by Contempo.
Schuller's orchestral works include some of the classics of the modern repertoire written for the major orchestras of the world. Prominent among these are several masterful examples in the "Concerto for Orchestra" genre, though not all of them take that title. The Boston Symphony Orchestra and James Levine premiered Where the Word Ends in February 2009. Semyon Bychkov and the WDR Symphony Orchestra brought Where the Word Ends to the 2010 Proms in London. More recent is Dreamscape (2012), commissioned to celebrate the Tanglewood Festival's 75th anniversary. An earlier work is Spectra (1958), alongside such works as the Concerto for Orchestra No. 1: Gala Music (1966), written for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Concerto for Orchestra No. 2 (1976) for the National Symphony Orchestra; and Farbenspiel (Concerto for Orchestra No. 3) (1985), written for the Berlin Philharmonic. The title of the latter, translatable as "play of colors," echoes the visu