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Nicholas B. Gunther is a graduate student at Harvard studying Mathematics...
...discovered his vocation. After getting his B.A. from Princeton and studying international relations at Harvard, he became a Congressman's aide, then political editor of Washington's Congressional Quarterly. There he was struck by the dearth of information on state and local problems. He decided that John Gunther's Inside U.S.A. (1947) should be updated, asked Gunther if he might help him do the job and instead received the author's blessing to take on the project alone. The result: seven books on regions of the U.S., beginning with The Megastates in 1972. An eighth volume...
...musical thought. But along with his musical integrity and insight, he is remembered by his colleagues and proteges at his alma mater for his sense of humor and good feeling toward his work and students. Numbered among these students who later became prominent figures in music are Leonard Bernstein, Gunther Schuller, and Elliot Carter...
Festival of Contemporary Music--8:30 pm--Jordan Hall, Boston--New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra under Gunther Schuller. Info...
Performers will include the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa, the New England Conservatory Orchestra under Gunther Schuller, the University of Iowa Orchestra under James Dixon, and an orchestra of Boston musicians under Richard Pittman. Many chamber ensembles, including Boston Musica Viva, Collage, the Celveland String Quartet, the Pro Arte String Quartet, and the Societe de Musique contemporaine du Quebec, will also be appearing. Most of the concerts will be in the Conservatory's venerable Jordan Hall, which should help with acclimatization to even the most unfamiliar sounds...