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William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910 – February 15, 1992) was an American composer and arts administrator. Life. Schuman was born into a Jewish family in Manhattan, New York City, son of Samuel and Rachel Schuman. He was named after the 27th U.S. president, William Howard Taft, though his family preferred to call him Bill.
William Schuman (born Aug. 4, 1910, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Feb. 15, 1992, New York) was an American composer, educator, and administrator whose symphonies, ballets, and chamber music are noted for their adaptation of European models to American themes.
Apr 1, 2010 · A music column on Thursday about William Schuman, the composer who also served as president of the Juilliard School and Lincoln Center, misidentified the borough of New York City in which he was...
Explore the life of one of America's greatest composers. William Schuman was one of the most popular and famous professors of Sarah Lawrence College, possibly the greatest things that ever happened to Juilliard, and changed the direction of Lincoln Center.
Welcome to the home page of the companion website for the book, Orpheus in Manhattan William Schuman and the Shaping of America's Musical Life. Explore the music and life of William Schuman, the composer.
Feb 17, 1992 · William Schuman, composer, educator, administrator and founding president of Lincoln Center, has died in New York City. Spokesmen for his family said the former president of the Juilliard School...
As one of the leading and most recognized American composers for more than a half century, William Howard Schuman juggled a tripartite musical life in which he made equally lasting imprints in the fields of music education and arts administration.
William Schuman (composer/teacher, born August 4, 1910, New York, New York; died February 15, 1992) Leonard Bernstein extols the "human qualities" of composer William Schuman's work: "compassion, fidelity, insight, and total honesty."
Jan 1, 2009 · William Schuman was one of New York's foremost musical citizens during the 1940s and 1950s, during which time he was president of the Julliard School and Lincoln Center, and won the first Pulitzer Prize ever awarded for musical composition.
William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910 – February 15, 1992) was an American composer and arts administrator.
