USA: Gunther Schuller, Pulitzer-winning jazz and classical musician, dies aged 89

Schuller’s major orchestral works include Symphony (1965), Seven Studies of Paul Klee (1959) and An Arc Ascending (1996). He composed two operas: The Visitation (1966), based on a Franz Kafka story; and the children’s opera The Fisherman and his Wife with text by John Updike, derived from the Grimm fairytale.
His noted Third Stream-style compositions include Transformation for Jazz Ensemble (1957), Concerto for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra (1959) and Variants on a Theme of Thelonious Monk (1960).
In 2008, Schuller was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts, the nation’s highest jazz honor. Earlier this year, the MacDowell Colony, a prestigious artists’ residence program, awarded him its lifetime achievement award “for setting an example of discovery and experimentation” as a composer and teacher.
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