Clare Grundman

Clare (Ewing) Grundman (May 11, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio – June 15, 1996 in South Salem, New York) was an American composer and arranger.

He was born in Cleveland and graduated from Shaw High School in East Cleveland in 1930. He then attended The 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.

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.

Among his many awards were an Honorary Membership in the Women Band Directors International (1974), the AWAPA award of the National Band Association (1982), the American Bandmasters Association’s Edwin Franko Goldman Memorial Citation (1983), the Sudler Order of Merit of the John Philip Sousa Foundation (1990), and the American School Band Directors Association’s Goldman Award (1992).

In addition to his musical accomplishments he co-authored the 1974 New York Times Crossword Puzzle Dictionary.

Grundman was gay and in a long-term relationship. After his death in 1996, Grundman's partner survived him for another sixteen years. His papers and manuscripts are located in the Music and Dance Library at Ohio State.

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