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Composer, educator, administrator

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Integrated Approach to Teaching

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William Schuman had an ordinary childhood in New York City, with little to suggest that he would become a successful composer and leader in the music community. Schuman took violin lessons, albeit reluctantly, and his family often amused themselves by playing music together—a common form of domestic recreation in the early part of the century. At school, Schuman’s interests lay more in sports and the theater than in music. Looking back, he once told an interviewer, “Had I been a better catcher, I might never have been a musician.” Yet there was a powerful appeal in the growing popularity of jazz in the 1920s, and the young man was gradually drawn to musical pursuits.

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William Schuman | Composer, Symphony No. 6 | Britannica

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Attended DePaul University, where he became the first deaf player and a star on the basketball team; drafted by the Baltimore Bullets pro team after college graduation in , then for the Harlem Globetrotters on the "opposition" team for 3 years; also for the Philadelphia Spas in the old Eastern Professional League.

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William Schuman (born Aug. 4, , New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Feb. 15, , New York) was an American composer, educator, and administrator whose symphonies, ballets, and chamber music are noted for their adaptation of European models to American themes.