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William Schuman
12+ albums
contemporary classicalcomposerClassicalamericanmodern classical
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William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910–February 15, 1992) was an American composer and music administrator. Born in the Bronx in New York City to Samuel and Rachel Schuman, Schuman was named after the twenty-seventh U.S. president, William Howard Taft (although his family preferred to call him Bill). Schuman played the violin and banjo as a child, but his overwhelming passion was baseball. While still in high school, he formed a dance band, "Billy Schuman and his Alamo Society Orchestra", that played local weddings and bar mitzvahs (Schuman played string bass in the band). In 1928 he entered New York University's School of Commerce to pursue a business degree, at the same time working for an advertising agency. He also wrote popular songs with E. B. Marks, Jr., a friend he had met long before at summer camp. About then Schuman met lyricist Frank Loesser and wrote some forty songs with him. (Indeed, Loesser's first published song, "In Love with a Memory of You", credits the music to William H. Schuman.) On April 13, 1930, Schuman went with his older sister, Audrey, to a Carnegie Hall concert of the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Arturo Toscanini. The program included works by Wagner, Kodály, and Schumann. Of this experience, Schuman later said, "I was astounded at seeing the sea of stringed instruments, and everybody bowing together. The visual thing alone was astonishing. But the sound! I was overwhelmed. I had never heard anything like it. The very next day, I decide
top songs
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New England Triptych: III. Chester
8432Chester Overture
6783Schuman: Carols of Death: No. 3, To All, to Each
3984Orchestra Song
2685II. Vigoroso -
2476George Washington Bridge
2437New England Triptych: I. Be Glad Then, America
2378New England Triptych: II. When Jesus Wept
2369Concerto on Old English Rounds for Viola, Female Chorus and Orchestra: IV. Combinations - Chorus, Viola, Orchestra
22810New England Triptych (version for wind ensemble): II. When Jesus Wept (arr. by W. Schuman)
191albums
Schuman: George Washington Bridge / Prelude For A Great Occasion / New England Triptych
SCHUMAN: Violin Concerto / New England Triptych
SCHUMAN: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 9 / Circus Overture / Orchestra Song
SCHUMAN: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 10
SCHUMAN, W.: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 5 / Judith
Schuman, W.: Violin Concerto / New England Triptych
Schuman: Symphonies Nos. 3, 5 & 8
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Harris: Symphony No.3 In One Movement / Schuman, W.H.: Symphony No.3 (Live)
Symphony No. 4
Schuman: The Mighty Casey - A Question of Taste
Schuman, W.: Symphony No. 6 / Prayer in A Time of War / New England Triptych
Schuman, W.: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 9 / Circus Overture / Orchestra Song