About
Gunther Alexander Schuller (November 22, 1925 – June 21, 2015) was an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, educator, publisher, and jazz musician.
Member of
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra French horn
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Metropolitan Opera Orchestra French horn
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The Miles Davis Nonet French horn
Discography
Albums
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Music for Brass
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Modern Jazz Concert
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The Red Back Book
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Harbison: Piano Concerto / Stock: Inner Space
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Piano Concerto
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Jumpin’ in the Future
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The Red Back Book / Elite Syncopations
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Serenade no. 10 in B-flat major, K. 361 / A Musical Joke, K. 522
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Music for Brass
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Mass in D
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American Contemporaries
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Gershwin, Copland, Schuller, Bloch
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Carter: Variations for Orchestra / Schuller: Spectra / Babbitt: Correspondences / Cage: Atlas Eclipticalis
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Of Reminiscences and Reflections
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Turn of the Century Cornet Favorites
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Journey Into Jazz
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American Music for Percussion • 1
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Stravinsky: Agon / Schuller: Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee
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St. Peter: an oratorio
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Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 / Brahms: Symphony no. 1
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Rozsa: Sonata & Sonatina for Solo Clarinet / Rochberg: Trio for Clarinet, Horn, and Piano / Schuller: Romantic Sonata for Clarinet, Horn, and Piano
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Concerts
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Also known as
Gunther Alexander Schuller
Tags
- composer
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- d27e05e6-ddd1-4d84-bf9f-60596bee20c1
- ISNI
- 0000000109192166
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 8 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.