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Gene Gutchë (born Romeo Maximilian Eugene Ludwig Gutschë; 3 July 1907,
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– 15 November 2000, White Bear Lake,
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) was a German
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active primarily in the
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. Gutchë earned degrees in business and economics but also studied piano with
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. In 1925 he moved to the U.S., working in both fields. In the 1950s he attended graduate school in music at the
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and the
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, studying under Philip Greeley Clapp and settling in
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. He withdrew his early compositions at this time. While much of his work is neo- Romantic, he also experimented with
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,
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, and microtones. Gutchë also published two books, ''Music of the People'' (1968) and ''Come Prima'' (1970).


Selected works

;Orchestra * Symphony No.1 * Symphony No.2 for chorus and orchestra, Op.14 (1951) * Symphony No.3, Op.19 * ''Rondo Capriccioso'', Op.21 * ''Dance Suite'', Op.26 No.2 * ''Rhapsody'', Op.26 No.3 * ''Holofernes Overture'', Op.27 No.1 (1958) * ''Judith Prologue'', Op.27 No.2 * ''Concertino'', Op.28 (1956) * Symphony No.4 in one movement, Op.30 (1960) * Symphony No.5 for string orchestra, Op.34 (1962) * ''Bongo Divertimento'', Op.35 (1965, revised 1993) * ''Genghis Khan'' for winds and double basses, Op.37 (1963) * ''Raquel'', Op.38 (1967) * ''Rites in Tenochtitlan'', Op.39 No.1 * ''Hsiang Fei'', Op.40 (1965) * ''Gemini'', Op.41 (1965) * ''Aesop Fabler Suite'', Op.43 (1967) * ''Classic Concerto'', Op.44 (1967) * Symphony No.6, Op.45 (1970) * ''Epimetheus USA'', Op.46 (1969) * ''Cybernetics XX'', Op.47 (1972) * ''Icarus'', Op.48 (1975) * ''Bi-Centurion'', Op.49 (1975) * ''Perseus and Andromeda XX'', Op.50 (1977) * ''Helios Kinetic'', Op.52 (1978) ;Concertante * Concerto for piano and orchestra, Op.24 * ''Timpani Concertante'', Op.31 (1963) * ''Cantilena'' for horn and string orchestra (1950) * Concerto for violin and orchestra, Op.36 (1962) ;Chamber music * String Quartet No.1 in E minor (1949) * String Quartet in C minor, Op.12 No.1 (1950) * String Quartet No.3, Op.12 No.3 (1951) * ''Interlude'' for viola and piano, Op.25 (1956) * String Quartet No.4, Op.29 No.1 (1960, revised 1982) * String Quartet, Op.29 No.4 * ''Etude for Unaccompanied Cello'', Op.42 (1966) ;Piano * ''Two Part Invention'' (1947) * ''Fugue'' in C minor, Op.3 (1948) * ''Theme and Variations'', Op.6 No.2 (1949) * Sonata, Op.6 No.3 (1963) * ''Utilitarian Fugue'', Op.9 * Sonata, Op.32 No.1 (1963) * Sonata, Op.32 No.2 (1963) ;Vocal * ''Benediction'' for soprano and organ (1961) * ''Lullaby'' for soprano and piano (1963) ;Choral * ''No Greater Love Has Man Than Mighty God Above'', Hymn * ''Alleluia'', Op.33 (1961) * ''Akhenaten (Eidetic Images)'' for tenor solo, chorus and orchestra, Op.51 No.2 (1978) * ''Tibi Seris Tibi Metis'', Op. 53 (1988–1989)


References

* Don Randel. ''The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music''. Harvard, 1996, p. 341.


External links


Gene Gutchë website


June 11, 1986 {{DEFAULTSORT:Gutche, Gene 1907 births 2000 deaths University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni 20th-century German classical composers German male classical composers 20th-century German male musicians