Clare (Ewing) Grundman (May 11, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio – June 15, 1996 in South Salem, New York) was an American composer and arranger.
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.
[3] Among his many awards were an Honorary Membership in the Women Band Directors International (1974),[4] the AWAPA award of the National Band Association (1982),[5] 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).
[6] Grundman composed scores for films, radio, and television, as well as orchestrations for Broadway musicals.
They are often played by American high school bands, especially An Irish Rhapsody, but he also used melodies from England, Finland, Japan, Norway, and Scotland.