Robert Luther Gauldin, Jr. (born 1931) is an American composer. He is Professor Emeritus of Music Theory at the

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Career

Robert Gauldin was born to Robert Luther Gauldin (1905–1959) and Lula Mae Self (1905–1977). He graduated in 1949 from Vernon High School,

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. During his senior year, he was Vice President of the Honor Society and, as clarinetist, President of the Band. In the 1949 Vernon High School Yearbook, he was labeled "the BEBOP man." Gauldin, in 1952, earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Composition, with High Honors, from the

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. He went on to study at the

where, in 1956, he earned a Master of Music degree in Music Theory, and in 1959, a PhD in Music Theory. From 1959 to 1963 he served as professor of theory at

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. For the next thirty-four years – from 1963 to 1997 – he was a professor at

Compositions

*''Movement for Wind Quintet'' (©1953) *
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Publications

Gauldin is the author of ''Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music'' and has authored many articles in publications that including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Journal of the American Liszt Society'' and '' Sonus''. *

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Honors

* 1988 – Honorary doctorate,

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* 1988 – In connection with the honorary doctorate, Gauldin was R.T. French Company Visiting Professor at Oxford University's

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* 1952 – First Prize, Student Composition, Texas Federation of Music Clubs – Sonatina * 1952 – BMI Student Composer Award * 1964 – Winner of the 1954 Music Mountain Contest for works by American composers for string quartet – Partita in Four Movements: Intrada; Scherzo; Passecaille; and Rondo

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gauldin, Robert People from Vernon, Texas American male classical composers American classical composers 21st-century classical composers Eastman School of Music alumni University of North Texas College of Music alumni Eastman School of Music faculty 1931 births Living people American music educators Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American composers 21st-century American male musicians