Background
Gutchë, Gene was born on July 3, 1907 in Berlin. Son of Maximillian and Flora (von Zerbst) Gutchë. came to the United States, 1925.
Gutchë, Gene was born on July 3, 1907 in Berlin. Son of Maximillian and Flora (von Zerbst) Gutchë. came to the United States, 1925.
Gutchë earned degrees in business and economics but also studied piano with Ferruccio Busoni. 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.
In 1925 he moved to the United States, working in both fields. 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 (1968) and Come Prima (1970).
Married Marion Frances Buchan, December, 1935.