- Composer, conductor, author, and jazz musician.
- Author of the controversial book "The Compleat Conductor", in which he discusses the requirements of a conductor, examines the way he believes noted pieces of music should be conductor, and takes several well-known conductors such as Leonard Bernstein severely to task for not conducting "in the right way" (i.e., "distorting" the music).
- (1992) Composition: "Of Reminiscences and Reflections," in memory of his wife Marjorie. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1994
- (1968) Book: " Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development". New York: Oxford University Press ISBN 0195040430
- (1945) Composition "Horn Concerto" soloist at the premiere with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
- (2011) Book: "Gunther Schuller: A Life in Pursuit of Music and Beauty." Rochester: University of Rochester Press ISBN-13: 978-1580463423, autobiography
- (1992) Book: "Horn Technique". New York: Oxford University Press ISBN-10: 0198162774
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