Gunther Schuller

Composer, conductor, writer, and teacher -- via the New York Times. A gifted musician who moved into composing and conducting. He was adept in both classical and jazz, and advocated a Third Stream movement that combined the best of both. This wound up happening primarily inside his own compositions, but he was a catalyst for the cross-pollination that enriches cultures. He ran Tanglewood for a while; his GM Recordings put a lot of good music out that might never have been heard otherwise.