Gene Gutchë


Gene Gutchë was a German composer active primarily in the United States.
Gutchë earned degrees in business and economics but also studied piano with Ferruccio Busoni. In 1925 he moved to the U.S., working in both fields. In the 1950s he attended graduate school in music at the University of Minnesota and the University of Iowa, studying under Philip Greeley Clapp and settling in Minneapolis. He withdrew his early compositions at this time. While much of his work is neo-Romantic, he also experimented with polytonality, serialism, and microtones.
Gutchë also published two books, Music of the People and Come Prima.

Selected works

;Orchestra
  • Symphony No.1
  • Symphony No.2 for chorus and orchestra, Op.14
  • Symphony No.3, Op.19Rondo Capriccioso, Op.21Dance Suite, Op.26 No.2Rhapsody, Op.26 No.3Holofernes Overture, Op.27 No.1 Judith Prologue, Op.27 No.2Concertino, Op.28
  • Symphony No.4 in one movement, Op.30
  • Symphony No.5 for string orchestra, Op.34 Bongo Divertimento, Op.35 Genghis Khan for winds and double basses, Op.37 Raquel, Op.38 Rites in Tenochtitlan, Op.39 No.1Hsiang Fei, Op.40 Gemini, Op.41 Aesop Fabler Suite, Op.43 Classic Concerto, Op.44
  • Symphony No.6, Op.45 Epimetheus USA, Op.46 Cybernetics XX, Op.47 Icarus, Op.48 Bi-Centurion, Op.49 Perseus and Andromeda XX, Op.50 Helios Kinetic, Op.52
;Concertante
;Chamber music
  • String Quartet No.1 in E minor
  • String Quartet in C minor, Op.12 No.1
  • String Quartet No.3, Op.12 No.3 Interlude for viola and piano, Op.25
  • String Quartet No.4, Op.29 No.1
  • String Quartet, Op.29 No.4Etude for Unaccompanied Cello, Op.42
;PianoTwo Part Invention Fugue in C minor, Op.3 Theme and Variations, Op.6 No.2
  • Sonata, Op.6 No.3 Utilitarian Fugue, Op.9
  • Sonata, Op.32 No.1
  • Sonata, Op.32 No.2
;VocalBenediction for soprano and organ Lullaby for soprano and piano
;ChoralNo Greater Love Has Man Than Mighty God Above, HymnAlleluia, Op.33 Akhenaten for tenor solo, chorus and orchestra, Op.51 No.2 Tibi Seris Tibi Metis, Op. 53