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100 for Gunther’s 100th

Celebrating Gunther Schuller’s Centennial 2025

100 performances worldwide in calendar years 2025 and 2026, promoted via The Gunther Schuller Society. Once a performance is scheduled, provide details to join our list, and help us reach our goal!

100 pieces recommended for programming by conservatories/universities and professionals. See below.

100th birthday  Click the Centennial dropdown in our menu for details about this celebration, and more about Gunther Schuller – born November 22, 1925.
Solo Instrumental
Small Chamber Ensembles

Solo Instrumental

Episodes (1964)
for solo clarinet
AMP | Available for sale


Fantasy (1969) | 14:00
for solo harp
AMP | Available for sale


Fantasy Suite (1994)
for solo guitar
AMP | Available for sale


Fantasy for Violoncello Solo, Op. 19 (1951)
Rongwen Music, EdP | Available for sale


❖ Marimbology (1993) | 12:30 | Listen
for solo marimba
AMP | Available for sale


Orgelwalzer (1986)
for solo organ
AMP | Available for sale


Sonata-Fantasia (1992) | 12:00 | Listen: I.
for solo piano
AMP | Available for sale


❖ Three Small Adventures (2009) | 4:00 | Listen
for solo marimba
EdP | Available for sale (in Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba, Volume 1)

Small Chamber Ensembles (2-4 Players)

 

A Trio Setting (1990)  |  17:00  |  Video with commentary by GS  

for clarinet, violin, and piano

AMP  |  Available for sale

 

Aphorisms (1967)  |  14:30  |  Listen & view score  

for Flute and String Trio 

AMP  |  Available for sale

 

❖ Concerto for Alto Saxophone (1983)  |  19:00 

for solo alto saxophone and orchestra (piano reduction by Joe Bozich) 

AMP  |  Available via Ken Radnofsky*  |  see also Full Orchestra (including concerti & more)

 

Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra [Eine Kleine Fagottmusik] (1985)

for solo bassoon and orchestra (piano reduction)

AMP  |  Available for sale  |  see also Full Orchestra (including concerti & more)

Concerto for Flute (Piccolo) and Orchestra (1988)  |  16:00 

for solo flute/piccolo and orchestra (piano reduction)

AMP  |  Available for sale  |  see also Full Orchestra (including concerti & more)

 

Concerto for Trumpet (1979)

for solo trumpet and orchestra (piano reduction)

AMP  |  Available for sale  |  see also Full Orchestra (including concerti & more)

 

❖ Duo Concertante (1946)

A World Wide Concurrent Premieres commission (2022)

for cello and piano

AMP  |  Available via Ken Radnovsky*; may become Wise Music Print on Demand

 

Duologue  

for Violin and Piano 

AMP  |  Available for sale

 

Duo Sonata

for Clarinet and Bass Clarinet  

AMP  |  Available for sale

 

Eine Kleine Posaunenmusik  

for Trombone and Orchestra (piano reduction)  |  see also Full Orchestra (including concerti & more)

AMP  |  Available for sale   

 

Fantasia Concertante (1946)

for three oboes and piano

AMP  |  Available for sale

 

Meditation (1964)

for medium voice and piano

Text by Gertrude Stein

EB Marks  |  Available for sale  |  also listed under Vocal / Choral

 

Music for Young People [Five Characteristic Pieces] (1991)
for flute, violin, cello, and piano

AMP  |  Available for sale

 

On Light Wings (1984)  |  20:00  |  Listen: 1. (Spotify)

for piano quartet [vn, va, vc, pf]

AMP  |  Available for sale

 

❖ Quartet for Double Basses (1947)  |  16:00  |  Listen & view score
AMP, Bèrben  |  Available for sale

 

Paradigm Exchanges

for flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello

AMP  |  Available for sale

 

Pavane (Hommage à Maurice Ravel)

for cornet/trumpet and piano

Margun Music  |  Available for sale

 

❖ Phantasmata (1989)  |  13:30  |  Listen 

for violin and marimba

Margun Music   |  Available for sale   

 

Piano Trio (1984)

AMP  |  Available for sale

 

Romantic Sonata (1943, Rev. 1983)  |  10:15  |  Videos I., II., III.
for Clarinet, Horn, and Piano

Shawnee Press, Margun Music  |  Available for sale

 

Sonata (1948-51)  |  19:30  |  Listen: I.; II., III.

for Oboe and Piano

McGinnis & Marx Music Publishers  |  Available for sale

 

❖ Sonata for Alto Saxophone (1999)  |  12:30  |  Video
for alto saxophone and piano 

A World Wide Concurrent Premieres commission 

[“…both parts equivalent in all respects” – GS]

RCEditions  |  Available for sale  

 

Sonata for Two Pianos, Four Hands (2010)  |  13:00

AMP  |  Available for sale

 

Sonata Serenata (1978)  |  21:00  |  Video (conducted by GS)                       

for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano

AMP  |  Available for sale 

 

String Quartet No. 1 (1957)

Universal Edition  |  Available for sale 

 

String Quartet No. 2 (1965)  |  19:30  |  Listen

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

String Quartet No. 3 (1986)  |   22:30  |  Listen: I., II., III.
Shawnee Press  |  Available for sale

 

Symbiosis (1957)  |  22:30  |  Listen: I & 2; 3 & 4

for violin, piano, percussion and dancer

AMP  |  Available for sale

 

❖ Trois Hommages (1942-6)  |  11:15   | Listen: I., II., III.

for horn and piano
Shawnee Press  |  Available for sale

Mid-size Contemporary Ensemble (5-8 players)

A Bouquet for Collage (1988)
for Pierrot Ensemble with percussion

AMP  |  Available for sale

❖ Five Pieces for Five Horns (1952)  | 12:00  |  Listen: I. 

Berben Edizioni Musicali  |  Available for sale

 

Impromptus and Cadenzas (1990)  |  20:00  |  Listen: I.
for oboe(ca), clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, and cello

AMP  |  Available for sale

 

Music for Brass Quintet (1961)  |  12:00  |  Listen: I.

AMP  |  Available for sale

 

Music for Young People [Five Characteristic Pieces] (1991)  |  9:00

for flute, violin, cello, and piano

AMP  |  Available for sale

 

Octet (1979)  |  34:00  |  Listen
for clarinet, bassoon, horn and string quintet
AMP  |  Available for sale 

 

Poems of Time and Eternity (1972)  |  13:00  

for chorus and chamber ensemble (fl/pic, cl, bn, hn, vn, va, vc, pf)

Margun Music  |  Available to hire by Wise Music  |  also listed under Vocal / Choral

     

Quintet for Horn and Strings (2009)  |  18:00

for horn and string quartet

AMP  |  Available for sale

 

❖ Suite for Woodwind Quintet (1945)  |  6:30  |  Listen (Spotify)

EdP  |  Available for sale

 

❖ Woodwind Quintet (1958) |  14:00  |  Video

Schott/AMP  |  Available for sale

Larger Mixed Ensembles (9-16 players)

Abstraction, for 9 instruments (1960)  |  4:30  |  Listen  |  Video

for a.sax, 2 vln, vla, vcl. gtr. 2 db, drum set

MJQ Music  |  Score available from Blumenthal Family Library at NEC 

 

Chimeric Images (1988)
for large chamber ensemble [fl, cl, bn, tpt, hn, hp, pf(cel), vn, va, vc, db]
Margun Music  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

Double Quintet for Wind and Brass Quintets (1961)  |  12:00  

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

❖ Games  |  10:00  |  peruse score      

for sinfonietta [1-1-1/1-0-0-0/str(1-1-1-1-1)]

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

❖ Grand Concerto for Percussion and Keyboards  |  Listen  

for 8 percussionists, harp, celeste, and piano

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

Lines and Contrasts (1960)  |  10:00

for 16 horns

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

❖ Transformation (1956)  |  6:00  |  Listen  |  Video

for large chamber ensemble (fl, cl, tsx, bn, hn, tbn, vib, hp, pf, db, perc, dm)
Margun Music  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

❖ Sandpoint Rag (1986)  |  4:00  |  Listen

for ragtime ensemble (12 players; also for brass sextet)

Margun Music  |  Available for sale

Jazz Ensemble

Jumpin’ in the Future  (1947)  |  4:30  |  Listen
for fl, ob, ssx, asx, tsx, 2 hn, tpt, tbn, tba, pf, db, dm

Margun Music  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

❖ Headin’ Out, Movin’ In (1994)  |  12:00  |  Listen    

for jazz saxophone and jazz ensemble (winds, bass, drums)

Margun Music  |  Available to hire by Wise Music  |  see also Wind Ensemble

 

❖ Lament for M (1994)  |  6:00  |  Listen
for jazz tenor saxophone with flute, harp, drums, and strings [4-4-3-3-2]
Margun Music  |  Available to hire by Wise Music  |  also listed under Full Orchestra (inc. concerti …)

 

Night Music (1961)  |  4:30  |  Listen

for jazz band (feat. b.cl)

MJQ/Hal Leonard  |  Contact George Schuller*

 

Teardrop (1966)  |  12:00  |  Listen
for chamber jazz ensemble [fl, cl (a.sax, b.sax), hn, tpt, tbn, tba, gtr, db, dm]
Margun Music  |  Available to hire by Wise Music



Contact George Schuller*
(Gunther’s son) regarding Gunther’s arrangements for jazz ensembles by various composers. These include charts heard on the albums Jumpin’ In the Future, and Rush Hour On 23rd Street, and more.

Ragtime Arrangements

Scott Joplin, Arranged by Schuller

for ragtime ensemble [fl/pic, cl, tpt, tbn, tba, dms, pf, 2vn, va, vc, db]

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music:

The Cascades

The Chrysanthemum, An Afro-American Intermezzo  |  Available for sale

The Easy Winners, A Ragtime Two-Step

Maple Leaf Rag

Ragtime Dance

Sugar Cane, A Ragtime Two Step

Sun Flower Slow Drag 


 

Kenneth Laufer and Gunther Schuller  |  Listen

The Twelve-Note Rag (1977)

1111/1111/dm/gtr[or banjo?].pf/str (1.1.1.1.1)

GunMar Music  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

Wind Ensemble

❖ Blue Dawn into White Heat (1997)  |  7:00  |  Listen

for concert band [a ‘jazz oriented’ piece for a full wind ensemble with rhythm section]

Margun Music  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

❖ Headin’ Out, Movin’ In (1994)  |  12:00  |  Listen   

for jazz saxophone and jazz ensemble (winds, bass, drum set)

Margun Music  |  Available to hire by Wise Music  |  see also Jazz Ensemble

 

Meditation for Concert Band (1963)  |  6:00  

for concert band  (Level 4-5)

AMP  |  Available for sale

 

Nature’s Way (2006)  |  6:30  |  Listen & view score  

for concert band  (Grade 4.5)

American Composers Forum  |  Available for sale

 

On Winged Flight: A Divertimento for Band (1989)  |  12:00  

for concert band and three celli

AMP  |  Available for sale

 

❖ Symphony for Brass and Percussion, Op. 16 (1950)  |  18:00
for brass band [4.6.3+bar.2/timp.2perc]

Malcolm Music  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

Symphony No. 3 “In Praise of Winds” (1981)  |  25:00  |  Listen: IV. Finale - Rondo

(Symphony for Large Wind Orchestra)

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

❖ Tre invenzioni for Chamber Ensembles (1972)  |  18:00    

for 25 players divided into five groups, without strings

Premiered at Tanglewood for the 20th Anniversary of the Fromm Music Foundation

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

Full Orchestra (including concerti & more)

American Triptych [A Study in Textures] (1965)  |  14:00

for orchestra

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music  |  Score available for sale


And They All Played Ragtime (1992)  |  20:00

for orchestra

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

Bagatelle: With Swing (2010)  |  3:30   

for orchestra

AMP |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

Concertino da camera (1971)  |  16:00 

for orchestra

AMP  |  Available to hire from Wise Music

 

Concertino for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra (1959)  |  19:30  |  Listen: III.

MJQ Music  |  Possible availability for hire by Hal Leonard

 

Concerto Festivo for Brass Quintet and Orchestra (1984)

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

❖ Concerto for Alto Saxophone (1983)  |  19:00 

for solo alto saxophone and orchestra 

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra [Eine Kleine Fagottmusik] (1985)  |  22:00  |  Listen: I.

for solo bassoon and orchestra

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music  |  see also Small Chamber Ensembles (2-4 players)

 

Concerto for Contrabassoon (1978)  |  23:00  |  Listen: II. Scherzo   

for solo contrabassoon and orchestra

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music  |  piano-4 hands reduction created by GS

 

Concerto for Flute (Piccolo) and Orchestra (1988)  |  16:00  |  Listen

for solo flute/piccolo and orchestra 

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music  |  see also Small Chamber Ensembles (2-4 players)

 

Concerto for Piano No. 1 (1962)  |  22:00  |  Listen: I.   

for solo piano and orchestra

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music  

Concerto Quaternio for Four Solo Instruments and Four Orchestral Groups (1984)
for solo violin, flute, oboe, and trumpet and orchestra (divided into groups)

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

Concerto for Trumpet (1979)

for solo trumpet and orchestra

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music  |  see also Small Chamber Ensembles (2-4 players)

 

Concerto for Viola (1985)

for solo viola and orchestra

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

Dreamscape (2012)  |  12:00
for orchestra

Commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center for Tanglewood’s 75th anniversary celebration

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

Eine Kleine Posaunenmusik (1980)  |  16:00  |  Listen  

for solo trombone and orchestra  |  see also Small Chamber Ensembles (2-4 players)

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music  |  Score available for sale  


Farbenspiel [Concerto for Orchestra No. 3] (1985)  |  25:00

for large orchestra

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music Score available for sale


Five Bagatelles (1964)  |  14:00

for large orchestra

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

Four Soundscapes [Hudson Valley Reminiscences] (1975)  |  15:00  |  Listen: I. A Day on the River

for large orchestra

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

❖ Journey into Jazz (1962)  |  18:00  |  Listen

for narrator, jazz quintet, and chamber orchestra

Text by Net Hentoff
AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

Jubilee Music (1984)  |  24:00

for large orchestra

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

❖ Lament for M (1994)  |  6:00  |  Listen
for jazz tenor saxophone with flute, harp, drums, and strings [4-4-3-3-2]
Margun Music  |  Available to hire by Wise Music  |  see also Jazz Ensemble

 

❖ Of Reminiscences and Reflections (1993)  |  20:00  |  Listen
for large orchestra

Winner of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize in Music

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music  |  Score available for sale

The Past is in the Present (1994)  |  25:00 
for large orchestra

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

Ritmica-Melodica-Armonia (1993)  |  15:00
for large orchestra

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music


❖ Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee (1959)  |  23:30  |  Listen

for orchestra

Available to hire by Universal Edition  |  Art and Music article

 

Six Renaissance Lyrics (1962)  |  15:00  

for Lyric Tenor and Chamber Orchestra

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music  |  Score available for sale

 

Symphonic Images (2012)  |  16:00  |  peruse score Listen

for orchestra

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

❖ Symphony (1965)  |  22:00  |  

for large orchestra

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

Variants (1960)  |  18:00  |  Listen: Variant I
for jazz quartet (vib, pf, db, dm) and orchestra
Margun Music  |  Available to hire by Wise Music   

 

Vertige d’Eros (1945)  |  15:30  |  Listen
for large orchestra

Margun Music  |  Available to hire by Wise Music 

 

❖ Where the Word Ends (2007)  |  25:30  |  Listen
for large orchestra 

Premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Levine, Feb. 2009

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

Other Orchestral

Souvenir de Villingen (1974)  |  4:00  |  Listen 

by Stephane Grappelli  |  Arranged by Gunther Schuller

for violin (partly improvised) and orchestra  

Margun Music  |  Available to hire by Wise Music


 

Yale-Princeton Football Game (1898)

by Charles Ives  |  Edited by Gunther Schuller

for large orchestra

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

Vocal / Choral

❖ The Black Warrior (1998)  |  25:00

for narrator, chorus and orchestra

(Schuller's oratorio is a tribute to civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., featuring text from Dr. King's Letter From Birmingham City Jail [1963].)

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

Meditation (1964)

for medium voice and piano

Text by Gertrude Stein

EB Marks  |  Available for sale

 

Music for a Celebration (1980)  |  6:00
for chorus, audience, orchestra and offstage brass ensemble

(includes American national themes and tunes inc. The Star-Spangled Banner)

Available to hire by Wise Music  |  Score available for sale


Poems of Time and Eternity (1972)  |  13:00

for chorus and chamber ensemble (fl/pic, cl, bn, hn, vn, va, vc, pf)

Margun Music  |  Available to hire by Wise Music        

 

Six Early Songs (1944)  |  18:00
for soprano and orchestra  

Text by Li-Tai-Pe / paraphrases by Klabund  |  Language: German

Margun Music  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

Opera

The Fisherman and His Wife (1970)  |  60:00  |  video preview

Libretto by John Updike after the Grimm fairytale  |  Language: English

A family friendly opera with a moral: a small gain is worth more than a large promise

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

 

The Visitation (1966)  |  synopsis

Libretto by the composer after a motive by Franz Kafka  |  Language: English

A story about the experience of a young black American, Carter Jones, with American racism

AMP  |  Available to hire by Wise Music

* Contacts:

 

Ken Radnovsky, ken.radnofsky@necmusic.edu


George Schuller, gschulldog@gmail.com

Mid-size
Lager Mixed Ensemble
Jazz Ensemble
Ragtime Ensemble
Full Orchestra
Other Orchestral
Vocal/Choral
Opera
Contacts
Wind Ensemble
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