Thomson, Virgil Garnett T Composers Composition
Thomson, Virgil Garnett T Composers Composition
American composer Virgil Thomson was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1896. He composed in almost every genre, won the Pulitzer Prize, and wrote film scores. He died in 1989 in New York.
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Virgil Thomson Foundation - Official site. Includes biography, vignettes of his life and times, print and online resources, and works list plus information about the foundation and its grants.
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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.
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The Kennedy Center Honors: Virgil Thomson - Biography and portrait accompanying the Center's 1983 ceremonies. Includes analysis of his musical and writing talents and of his skill as critic and composer.
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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.
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Virgil Thomson - Entry at US Opera lists his three operas and one libretto and includes details of his final operatic work, Lord Byron.
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Virgil Garnett Thomson (1896-1989) - Listing at The Lied and Art Song Texts Page with lyrics to selected vocal works in English, Spanish, German, and French.
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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.
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