Musings

The Musical Worlds of Gunther Schuller

By: Gunther Schuller, Milton Babbitt (Foreword by)

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Paperback | 19 June 1989

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This collection of writings by Gunther Schuller--the first composer to be awarded the Elise L. Stoeger Composer's Chair of the Chamber Society of Lincoln Center--provides a marvelous introduction to the man and his extraordinary range of musical experience, taste, and learning. In Part I, "Jazz and the Third Stream," Schuller offers his reflections on jazz, insightful pieces on such figures as Duke Ellington, Cecil Taylor, and Sonny Rollins, and several essays on "the third stream," the genre where jazz and classical music intersect. Part II, "Music Performance and Contemporary Music," includes articles on the art of conducting, the future of opera, the question of a new classicism, and Schuller's own thoughts on his controversial opera The Visitation. The final section, "Music Aesthetics and Education," presents Schuller's reflections on such matters as form, structure, and symbol in music; the need for broadening the audience for quality music; and his vision of the
ideal conservatory and the total musician.

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'This book is an excellent source for the eclectic observer of the American musical scene, past and present.' Critique of America 'Like Apollo's lyre, Gunther Schuller has many strings and he brings a number of them to play in this fascinating collection of his thought.' Opera Journal

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Jazz and the Third Stream
Jazz	p. 3
The Future of Form in Jazz	p. 18
What Makes Jazz Jazz?	p. 26
James Reese Europe	p. 37
The Orchestrator's Challenge	p. 42
Happy Feet: A Tribute to Paul Whiteman	p. 44
Ellington in the Pantheon	p. 47
Ellington vis-a-vis the Swing Era	p. 51
The Case for Ellington's Music as Living Repertory	p. 60
Cecil Taylor: Two Early Recordings	p. 65
Ornette Coleman	p. 76
Ornette Coleman's Compositions	p. 80
Sonny Rollins and the Challenge of Thematic Improvisation	p. 86
Lee Konitz	p. 98
The Divine Sarah	p. 102
Gil Evans	p. 109
Alec Wilder	p. 111
Third Stream	p. 114
Third Stream Revisited	p. 119
The Avant-Garde and Third Stream	p. 121
Music Performance and Contemporary Music
Composing for Orchestra	p. 137
American Performance and New Music	p. 154
Conducting Revisited	p. 162
The Future of Opera	p. 168
Toward a New Classicism?	p. 174
The State of American Orchestras	p. 184
Program Notes--Various	p. 194
Still More Program Notes--on Others	p. 201
Concerning My Opera The Visitation	p. 229
Music Aesthetics and Education
The Compleat Musician in the Complete Conservatory	p. 237
Qualitative Evaluation in the Arts	p. 247
The State of Our Art	p. 258
Form, Content, and Symbol	p. 272
Form and Aesthetics in Twentieth-Century Music	p. 287
Index	p. 305
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