"Ned Rorem: Evidence of Things Not SeenThomson/Bowlesl/Hoiby/ Hundley/Musto/Klein: SongsSign up to our email newsletter to keep up to date with everything New World RecordsVirgil Thomson: The Mother of Us All Virgil Thomson 1896 - 1989. Thomson was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Read Full Biography. Your gift is greatly appreciated.The Courtship of the Yongly Bongly Bo(Marion Bauer, Theodore Chanler, Charles Ives, Virgil Thomson and Scott Wheeler)From "Sneden's Landing Variations"Born in Kansas City, Missouri on November 25, 1896, Virgil Garnett Thomson enjoyed the cultivated, leisurely-paced boyhood of the rural South. These discs offer the most complete recorded collection of works for voice and piano of Virgil Thomson (1896-1989), one of the most important American composers of the twentieth century. It gets inside a poem and stays there, intertwined unforgettably, never to be thought of henceforth as not a part of the whole idea. Both men whetted Thomson’s curiosity about things Francophile and helped Thomson secure a fellowship to travel to Paris in 1921, where he studied with Nadia Boulanger, sketched his first compositions, associated with the Dadaists, and made friends of the painterly circle patronized by Gertrude and Leonard Stein. His tours of Eur… Gertrude Stein / Virgil Thomson. Overview ↓ Biography ↓ Discography ↓ Compositions ↓ Credits ↓ Related ↓ Virgil Thomson. Imbued with a strong sense of place–of rootedness in heartland America and its Protestant traditions–Thomson’s early connection to music came through the church and through youthful piano lessons and stints accompanying theatricals and silent films. (Samuel Barber, George Whitefield Chadwick, Charles Ives, John Corigliano, Aaron Copland, William Bolcom, Ned Rorem, Richard Hageman, Charles Griffes, Victor Herbert, Horatio Parker, John Musto, Amy Marcy Beach, Theodore Chanler and Virgil Thomson)Song Collection: Two by Marianne MooreSong Collection: Mostly About LoveComposer and critic Virgil Thomson was a real musician’s musician. (Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson)Originally published in 1952, this volume is dated but does contain a thorough biography, chronology, and catalog for many important song composers, including Charles Ives, John Alden Carpenter, Marion Bauer, William Grant Still, Virgil Thomson, Aaron Copland, Lousie Talma, Samuel Barber, William Schuman, and Leonard Bernstein.Song Collection: Five Songs From William Blake(Paul Bowles, Lee Hoiby, Richard Hundley, John Musto, Virgil Thomson and Tennessee Williams)Have you read something interesting about Song in America—in a book or magazine, or online? As a composer he created over 150 compositions that skillfully melded indigenous and cosmopolitan influences, while as a writer and lecturer he devoted himself energetically to elevating musical standards and taste, to creating a wider public for classical music, and to creating a legacy of some of the most elegant, urbane, and intelligent prose that modern music journalism has witnessed.Or perhaps have an upcoming event that you’d like us to feature? During his youth he often played the organ in Grace Church, (now Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral), as his piano teacher was the church's organist. As a child he befriended Alice Smith, great-granddaughter of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter-day Saint movement. Susie Asado, song for voice & piano. Dear friends, Thank you for helping us build a comprehensive online archive of American song.
feat: Virgil Thompson. It was in Paris, too, that he began his lifelong attachment to painter Maurice Grosser.Receive our newsletter for the latest news, events and more. Virgil Thomson - The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner: Virgil Thomson - The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner - Music For The Films The Plow That Broke The Plains, The River (Album) 2 versions : Angel Records: UK: 1976: Sell This Version After World War I, he entered Harvard University thanks to a loan from Dr. Fred M. Smith, the president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and father of Alice Smith. Composer and critic Virgil Thomson was a real musician’s musician. 01:41. There he worked as an assistant to Archibald Davison, the director of the Harvard Glee Club and choral anthologist, and he studied composition with Edward Burlingame Hill, later Leonard Bernstein’s teacher.
2. Amazon. Thomson wrote songs throughout his career and they offer a unique window into his changing musical concerns and his compositional evolution. After serving as a military pilot in World War I, he returned home to continue private piano and organ lessons, before setting his sights on Harvard, where he matriculated in 1919.