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Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 - September 30, 1989) was an American composer from Missouri, whose rural background gave a feel of place inside his compositions. He exposed sustaining Nadia Boulanger, and late established himself inside New York City, as a peer of Aaron Copland and was also the music critic for the New York Herald-Tribune from 194Across 1954. In the Thirties, he worked as a theatre & film composer. His 1st film commission was The Plow That Broke the Plains, sponsored by the United States Resettlement Administration. He won a Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1949 with his film score for Louisiana Story. He worked sustaining Gertrude Stein on the operas Four Saints in Three Acts and The Mother of Us All.
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Virgil Thomson Biography, key works, articles, review. Virgil Thomson: Vignettes of His Life and Times Biographical and analytical essay by Paul Wittke. Virgil Thomson Essay for the Lesbian and Gay Knitting Circle of South Bank (UK) University. Includes biography, works, film works, writings, and a bibliography. Virgil Thomson Biography and musical analysis from Classical Net's Basic Repertoire List includes links to related composers. Virgil Thomson Biographical text accompanying the Alice Neel painting of the composer at the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery. Virgil Thomson Entry at US Opera lists his three operas and one libretto and includes details of his final operatic work, Lord Byron. IHAS: Virgil Garnett Thomson Companion material from the PBS series I Hear America Singing notes his life and his work as composer and music critic. Thomson, Virgil Garnett Entry from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music at WQXR radio summarizes his life and lists major works. Includes comments on his years as a music critic. Virgil Garnett Thomson and the Musical Portrait Brief biography, key works, suggested reading, timeline, recommended recordings, quotes, and historical and societal context from Humanities Web. Virgil Thomson Filmography at IMDb lists movies and television programs using his music. Includes biography and comments on his music criticsm and his Pulitzer Prize winning film score. |
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