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Sep 15, 2016 · Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and celebrated critic Virgil Thomson, photographed in 1972. The Library of America has brought out a second volume of his writings on music.
The highly anticipated new PBS documentary, Virgil Thomson: Creating the American Sound is close to wrapping up for an expected debut next season.The project, started in 2009 by James Arnst and John Paulson, has gone through a long creation process full of ups and downs, from lack of funding to the new discoveries in the Harvard archives.
Jul 1, 1997 · 5 Extended excerpts from The State of Music are included in A Virgil Thomson Reader, a 1981 anthology edited by John Rockwell which also contains a representative selection of Thomson’s reviews and essays for the Herald Tribune. 6 The Mother of Us All has been recorded by Raymond Leppard and the Santa Fe Opera (New World NEW 288/289-2, two CD ...
May 21, 2018 · Virgil Thomson. American composer, critic, and conductor Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) combined literary and musical erudition with simplicity, wit, and skill. Virgil Thomson was born in Kansas City, MO, on Nov. 25, 1896. He studied music theory, piano, and organ, and at the age of 12 he officiated as organist of the local Baptist church.
Virgil Thomson. : Music Chronicles 1940–1954. The Musical Scene | The Art of Judging Music | Music Right and Left | Music Reviewed | other writings. Edited by Tim Page. “The composer Virgil Thomson was just about the most lively and astute music critic America produced in the 20th century.”—Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times. ———.
Sep 4, 2015 · Virgil Thomson defined the sound of American classical music for generations. With a film score, a ballet, and a symphony, we can hear the land split open, giving us a music that could be called, with pride and without doubt, “American.”. On Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday, September 5th, 5 to 6 pm - If you’re looking ...
print. Pulitzer Prize–winning composer and music critic Virgil Thomson was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 25, 1896. His roots in America go back to the early period of colonization. The forefathers of his father, Quincy Alfred Thomson, came to America in 1717.
