Gunther

[guhn-ther, goon-ter]

noun

1. John, 1901–1970, U.S. journalist and author.

2. (in theNibelungenlied ) a king of Burgundy and the husband of Brunhild, beheaded by Kriemhild in her revenge for the murder of Siegfried.

3. a male given name.

Gunther

/ ˈɡʊntə /

noun

1. (in the Nibelungenlied ) a king of Burgundy, allied with Siegfried, who won for him his wife Brunhild. He corresponds to Gunnar in Norse mythology

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And he shows how Music Inn incubated a “Third Stream” hybrid of jazz and classical music through the work of the composer Gunther Schuller and others at the Lenox School of Jazz.

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They are believed to have been written down in 1705 by one of Bach's pupils, Salomon Günther John.

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Gunther Sanabria, an immigration lawyer who has represented clients inside "Alligator Alcatraz", said it has become commonplace for people detained by ICE not to show up in the official locator system.

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In Kenya's Samburu National Park, Marina Cano witnessed young cheetahs practising a hunt on a Günther's dik‑dik, with their mother watching close by.

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Rob Gunther: Can you tell me how the National Park Service came about?

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