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Clare (Ewing) Grundman (May 11, in Cleveland, Ohio – June 15, in South Salem, New York) was an American composer and arranger..
Biography.
Clare Grundman
American composer and arranger
Clare (Ewing) Grundman (May 11, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio – June 15, 1996 in South Salem, New York) was an American composer and arranger.[1]
Biography
He was born in Cleveland and graduated from Shaw High School in East Cleveland in 1930.[2] He then attended Ohio State University, where he received a bachelor's degree in Music Education in 1934.
For a few years, he taught instrumental music in Ohio and Kentucky public schools, but returned to Ohio State in 1937, where he taught orchestration, applied lessons in woodwind instruments, and conducted the band. He received his MA degree in 1940.[1]
After finishing his degree he moved to New York.
He then studied composition with Paul Hindemith at the Berkshire Music Center, and served as a military musician in the United States Coast Guard from 1942 to 1945.[3]
Among his many awards were an Honorary Membership in the Women Band Director