American composer and arts administrator (1910-1992)
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William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910–February 15, 1992) was an American composer and music administrator. Born in the Bronx in New York City to Samuel and Rachel Schuman, Schuman was named after the twenty-seventh U.S. president, William Howard Taft (although his family preferred to call him Bill). Schuman played the violin and banjo as a child, but his overwhelming passion was baseball. While still in high school, he formed a dance band, "Billy Schuman and his Alamo Society Orchestra" <a hre
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· 1996 · cited 61,587x
· 1976 · cited 43,924x
· 1983 · cited 38,975x
· 2010 · cited 30,735x
· 1958 · cited 28,531x
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