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Gunther Schuller

1925 - 2015

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Gunther Alexander Schuller (November 22, 1925 – June 21, 2015) was an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, educator, publisher, and jazz musician. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gunther Schuller is the 1,192nd most popular composer (down from 1,152nd in 2019), the 7,562nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,637th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Gunther Schuller ranks 1,192 out of 1,451. Before him are Peter Arnold Heise, Charles Avison, Vano Muradeli, Alphons Czibulka, Yasuharu Takanashi, and Halfdan Kjerulf. After him are Stevan Hristić, Paul Whiteman, Klaus Badelt, Fred Frith, Fartein Valen, and Alan Hovhaness.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Gunther Schuller ranks 366. Before him are Borislav Stanković, Pyotr Todorovsky, Asunción Balaguer, Mahmoud Fayad, Albert Eschenmoser, and Jimmy Reed. After him are Ritwik Ghatak, Tomisaku Kawasaki, Bernard Morel, Phillip V. Tobias, Irina Arkhipova, and Miklós Szilvási. Among people deceased in 2015, Gunther Schuller ranks 325. Before him are Loris Campana, Willi Fuggerer, Ángel Atienza, Mária Gulácsy, Marília Pêra, and Keith Michell. After him are Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Henry Carr, Csaba Fenyvesi, Eric Arturo Delvalle, Zhanna Yorkina, and Lia van Leer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gunther Schuller ranks 7,564 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Foss (1895), Edie McClurg (1951), Phyllis Diller (1917), Diane Warren (1956), Thad Jones (1923), and Jeanette MacDonald (1903). After him are Darlene Hard (1936), Jack Finney (1911), Mary J. Blige (1971), Bobby Vee (1943), Kyle Gass (1960), and Mae Murray (1885).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Gunther Schuller ranks 72. Before him are Alf Clausen (1941), John Corigliano (1938), Leonard Rosenman (1924), Carter Burwell (1954), Michael Giacchino (1967), and Morton Gould (1913). After him are Paul Whiteman (1890), Alan Hovhaness (1911), William Bolcom (1938), Brad Fiedel (1951), Elliot Goldenthal (1954), and Glenn Branca (1948).

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