That was more or less coincidental in the sense that my parents wanted me to come back to New York because that's the center of musical activity still to this day, more or less, and so I auditioned for the Metropolitan Opera.
-- Gunther Schuller
   
Gunther Schuller   Name:
Gunther Schuller
Type:
Composer
Nationality:
American
Birth:
November 22, 1925
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