Short bio Virgil Thomson
Full biography Virgil Thomson
Virgil Thomson (November 25 , 1896 – September 30, 1989) was a prolific American composer, critic and author. He is renowned for his contributions to American classical music and for his unique approach to composition, which combined classical and modernist aesthetics. Thomson was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and began piano and organ lessons at a young age. He went on to study composition at Harvard University, where he was introduced to the works of Stravinsky and other modernist composers.
Over the course of his career, Thomson composed music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, and solo instruments. He also wrote vocal music, including operas and choral works. Thomson is perhaps best known for his scores for documentaries and other films, including Robert Flaherty's Louisiana Story, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1949. His other notable works include Four Saints in Three Acts and The Mother of Us All , both of which were collaborations with writer Gertrude Stein.
In addition to his work as a composer, Thomson was a respected music critic and journalist. He wrote for the New York Herald Tribune and the New York Post, and later became the chief music critic for the New York Herald Tribune. Thomson's music criticism was known for its wit and erudition, and he became a prominent voice in American music criticism during the mid-20th century.
Overall, Virgil Thomson was an important figure in American classical music, renowned for his distinctive compositions and his contributions to music journalism. His work continues to be performed and studied today, and he remains a major influence on contemporary composers.
Compositions featuring Virgil Thomson
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northeastern Suite, portraits (5) for flute, oboe, bassoon, violin, cello & piano (arr. by Scott Wheeler) | 5:34 min | Chamber Music | 1989 |
| 2 | A Lullaby for Margaret Wheeler, for voice & piano | 1:16 min | Vocal Music | 1987 |
| 3 | A Lullaby for Margaret Wheeler, for voice & piano | 1:16 min | Vocal Music | 1987 |
| 4 | Acadian Songs and Dances, for piano (from the film "Louisiana Story") | 10:48 min | Keyboard | 1987 |
| 5 | A Portrait of Two: Joell Amar & Dr. Benjamin Zifkin, for oboe, bassoon & piano | 5:34 min | Chamber Music | 1984 |
| 6 | Tony Tommasini: A Study in Chords, portrait for piano | 1:42 min | Keyboard | 1984 |
| 7 | Bennett Lerner, Senza espressione, portrait for piano (17 Portraits, No. 14) | 1:20 min | Keyboard | 1983 |
| 8 | Lili Hastings, portrait for violin & piano | 1:35 min | Chamber Music | 1983 |
| 9 | Louis Rispoli: In a Boat, portrait for piano (17 Portraits, No. 11) | 1:19 min | Keyboard | 1983 |
| 10 | Phillip Ramey: Thinking Hard, portrait for piano (17 Portraits, No. 15) | 0:50 min | Keyboard | 1983 |
| 11 | A Joyful Fugue, for band (arranged by Charles Fussell) | 4:57 min | Band Music | 1982 |
| 12 | Cantantes eamus, for male chorus & bass ensemble | 1:01 min | Choral | 1982 |
| 13 | Dr. Marcel Roche: Making a Decision, portrait for piano (17 Portraits, No. 5) | 1:15 min | Keyboard | 1982 |
| 14 | Molly Davies: Terminations, portrait for piano (17 Portraits, No. 1) | 0:52 min | Keyboard | 1982 |
| 15 | Paul Sanfançon: On the Ice, portrait for piano (19 Portraits, No. 19) | 0:54 min | Keyboard | 1982 |
| 16 | Seventeen Portraits for Piano | 19:51 min | Keyboard | 1982 |
| 17 | Gending Chelsea, for Javanese gamelan slendro & speaker (arranged by Jody Diamond & Lou Harrison) | 11:08 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1981 |
| 18 | Scott Wheeler: Free-Wheeling, portrait for piano (19 Portraits, No. 4) | 0:51 min | Keyboard | 1981 |
| 19 | When I Survey the Bright Celestial Sphere, for unison chorus, 2 trumpets, 2 horns & trombone (arranged by Scott Wheeler) | 4:52 min | Choral | 1981 |
| 20 | The Cat, song for soprano, baritone & piano | 3:22 min | Vocal Music | 1980 |
| 21 | Fanfare for Peace, for chorus & piano ("The Peace Place") | 1:31 min | Choral | 1979 |
| 22 | Go to Sleep, for voice (text by Liebowitz) | 0:53 min | Vocal Music | 1979 |
| 23 | What Is It?, song for voice & piano | 2:31 min | Vocal Music | 1979 |
| 24 | Parson Weems and the Cherry Tree, ballet | 22:10 min | Ballet | 1975 |
| 25 | Parson Weems and the Cherry Tree, ballet score arranged for piano | 20:33 min | Keyboard | 1975 |
| 26 | Family Portrait, portraits (5) for horn, 2 trumpets & 2 trombones | 3:46 min | Chamber Music | 1974 |
| 27 | Courtship of the Yongly-Bongly-Bo, song for voice and piano (from "Cantata on Poems of Edward Lear") | 6:57 min | Vocal Music | 1973 |
| 28 | From "Sneden's Landing Variations," song for voice & piano | 1:57 min | Vocal Music | 1972 |
| 29 | Man of Iron: A Portrait of Willy Eisenhart, for piano | 2:13 min | Keyboard | 1972 |
| 30 | Symphony No. 3 | 12:14 min | Symphony | 1972 |
| 31 | Edges: A Portrait of Robert Indiana, for band | 2:23 min | Band Music | 1969 |
| 32 | Study Piece: Portrait of a Lady, for band | 2:41 min | Band Music | 1969 |
| 33 | From Byron's Don Juan, for tenor & orchestra | Vocal Music | 1967 | |
| 34 | Edges: A Portrait of Robert Indiana, for piano | 1:25 min | Keyboard | 1966 |
| 35 | Etude for Cello and Piano: A Portrait of Frederic James | 2:02 min | Chamber Music | 1966 |
| 36 | Autumn, concertino for harp, strings & percussion | 4:33 min | Concerto | 1964 |
| 37 | Pilgrims and Pioneers, for orchestra (arrangement of the film score "Journey to America") | 9:42 min | Orchestral | 1964 |
| 38 | The Feast of Love, song for baritone & orchestra (or piano) | 8:17 min | Vocal Music | 1964 |
| 39 | English Usage, song for voice & piano (Two by Marianne Moore, No. 1) | 2:22 min | Vocal Music | 1963 |
| 40 | Praises and Prayers, song cycle for voice & piano | 8:35 min | Vocal Music | 1963 |
| 41 | The Holly and the Ivy, a Carol of the Nativity and Lent, for chorus & piano | 4:13 min | Choral | 1963 |
| 42 | Two by Marianne Moore, songs for voice & piano | 4:31 min | Vocal Music | 1963 |
| 43 | A Joyful Fugue, for orchestra | 4:49 min | Orchestral | 1962 |
| 44 | A Solemn Music, for orchestra | 6:54 min | Orchestral | 1961 |
| 45 | Lord Byron, opera | 90:46 min | Opera | 1961 |
| 46 | Mass, for voice & piano | 9:58 min | Vocal Music | 1960 |
| 47 | A Prayer to Saint Catherine, song for voice & piano (Mostly About Love, No. 4) | 2:56 min | Vocal Music | 1959 |
| 48 | Collected Poems, for soprano, baritone & orchestra (or piano) | 5:19 min | Vocal Music | 1959 |
| 49 | Mostly About Love, song cycle for voice & piano ("Songs for Alice Estey") | 9:47 min | Vocal Music | 1959 |
| 50 | Fugues and Cantilenas, suite for orchestra (from the film "Power Among Men") | 16:04 min | Orchestral | 1958 |
| 51 | Power Among Men, film score | 16:04 min | Film Score | 1958 |
| 52 | Shakespeare Songs (5), for voice & piano | 10:59 min | Vocal Music | 1957 |
| 53 | Sigh No More, Ladies, song for voice & piano (Shakespeare Songs, No. 5) | 2:35 min | Vocal Music | 1957 |
| 54 | Take, O Take Those Lips Away, song for voice & piano (Shakespeare Songs, No. 2) | 2:55 min | Vocal Music | 1957 |
| 55 | Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred, song for voice & piano (Shakespeare Songs, No. 3) | 1:39 min | Vocal Music | 1957 |
| 56 | Tres Estampas de Niñez, song cycle for voice & piano | 6:35 min | Vocal Music | 1957 |
| 57 | Homage to Marya Freund and to the Harp, portrait for piano (13 Portraits, No. 11) | 3:47 min | Keyboard | 1956 |
| 58 | At the Spring, song for voice & piano | 1:33 min | Vocal Music | 1955 |
| 59 | Consider, Lord, song for voice & piano | 1:34 min | Vocal Music | 1955 |
| 60 | Four Songs to Poems of Thomas Campion, for chorus & piano | 8:01 min | Choral | 1955 |
| 61 | If Thou a Reason Dost Desire to Know, song for voice & piano | 2:43 min | Vocal Music | 1955 |
| 62 | John Peel, song for baritone & piano | 3:19 min | Vocal Music | 1955 |
| 63 | Look, How the Floor of Heav'n, song for voice & piano | 1:33 min | Vocal Music | 1955 |
| 64 | Remember Adam's Fall, song for voice & piano | 2:31 min | Vocal Music | 1955 |
| 65 | Song for the Stable ("It seems that God bestowed shomehow"), for chorus | 2:04 min | Choral | 1955 |
| 66 | The Bell doth Toll, song for voice & piano | 1:37 min | Vocal Music | 1955 |
| 67 | Concerto for Flute, Strings, Harp & Percussion: A Portrait of Roger Baker | 14:29 min | Concerto | 1954 |
| 68 | Five Songs from William Blake, for baritone & orchestra | 14:30 min | Vocal Music | 1951 |
| 69 | Five Songs from William Blake, for baritone & piano | 15:47 min | Vocal Music | 1951 |
| 70 | For a Happy Occasion, for piano ("Happy Birthday Mrs. Zimbalist") | 0:19 min | Keyboard | 1951 |
| 71 | Four Songs to Poems of Thomas Campion, for mezzo-soprano & piano | 9:34 min | Vocal Music | 1951 |
| 72 | Four Songs to Poems of Thomas Campion, for mezzo-soprano, clarinet, harp & viola | 8:39 min | Vocal Music | 1951 |
| 73 | There Is a Garden in Her Face, song for mezzo-soprano & piano (Poems of Thomas Campion, No. 2) | 1:42 min | Vocal Music | 1951 |
| 74 | Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra | 23:09 min | Concerto | 1950 |
| 75 | A Solemn Music, for band | 5:53 min | Band Music | 1949 |
| 76 | At the Beach, concert waltz for trumpet & band (arr. from "Le Bains-bar") | 5:46 min | Band Music | 1949 |
| 77 | At the Beach, concert waltz for trumpet & piano (arr. from "Le Bains-bar") | 4:53 min | Chamber Music | 1949 |
| 78 | Death, 'tis a Melancholy Day, hymn arrangement for chorus (Hymns of the Old South, No. 4) | 2:33 min | Choral | 1949 |
| 79 | Hymns from the Old South, for chorus | 10:17 min | Choral | 1949 |
| 80 | The Morning Star, hymn arrangement for chorus (or female chorus) (Hymns of the Old South, No. 2) | 1:27 min | Choral | 1949 |
| 81 | The Mother of Us All, suite from the opera for orchestra | 18:19 min | Orchestral | 1949 |
| 82 | Acadian Songs and Dances, for orchestra (from the film "Louisiana Story") | 14:39 min | Orchestral | 1948 |
| 83 | Louisiana Story, film score | Film Score | 1948 | |
| 84 | Louisiana Story, suite from the film score for orchestra | 19:59 min | Orchestral | 1948 |
| 85 | Louisiana Story, suite from the film score for piano (arranged by Andor Foldes) | 16:41 min | Keyboard | 1948 |
| 86 | The Mother of Us All, opera | 100:01 min | Opera | 1947 |
| 87 | The Seine at Night, for orchestra (3 Pictures, No. 1) | 8:55 min | Orchestral | 1947 |
| 88 | Three Pictures for Orchestra | 19:38 min | Orchestral | 1947 |
| 89 | Fugue and Chorale on Yankee Doodle, for orchestra (from the film "Tuesday in November") | 5:39 min | Orchestral | 1945 |
| 90 | Solitude: Lou Harrison, portrait for piano (Portraits, Album 1, No. 5) | 1:15 min | Keyboard | 1945 |
| 91 | Oscillating Arm: Spinning Song, etude for piano (10 Etudes, No. 7) | 1:26 min | Keyboard | 1943 |
| 92 | Ragtime Bass, etude for piano (10 Etudes, No. 10) | 1:46 min | Keyboard | 1943 |
| 93 | Sonata for Flute Alone | 9:19 min | Chamber Music | 1943 |
| 94 | Ten Etudes, for piano | Keyboard | 1943 | |
| 95 | Four Portraits, for cello & piano (arranged by Luigi Silva) | 7:47 min | Chamber Music | 1942 |
| 96 | James Patrick Cannon, Professional Revolutionary, portrait for piano (13 Portraits, No. 10) | 2:17 min | Keyboard | 1942 |
| 97 | Jane Bowles Early and As Remembered, portrait for piano | 1:38 min | Keyboard | 1942 |
| 98 | Persistently Pastorale: Aaron Copland, portrait for piano (13 Portraits, No. 13) | 3:00 min | Keyboard | 1942 |
| 99 | Peter Monro Jack: Scottish Memories, portrait for piano (13 Portraits, No. 12) | 2:07 min | Keyboard | 1942 |
| 100 | Florine Stettheimer: Parades, portrait for piano (13 Portraits, No. 8) | 2:23 min | Keyboard | 1941 |
| 101 | Welcome to the New Year, for 2-part children's chorus & piano | 0:51 min | Choral | 1941 |
| 102 | Aria: Germaine Hugnet, portrait for piano (Portraits, Album 2, No. 1) | 3:02 min | Keyboard | 1940 |
| 103 | Barcarolle: Georges Hugnet, portrait for piano (Portraits, Album 1, No. 6) | 1:52 min | Keyboard | 1940 |
| 104 | Dora Maar, or the Presence of Pablo Picasso, portrait for piano (13 Portraits, No. 6) | 1:44 min | Keyboard | 1940 |
| 105 | Eccentric Dance: Portrait of Madame Kristians Tonny, for piano | 11:33 min | Keyboard | 1940 |
| 106 | Fanfare for France: Max Kahn, portrait for brass ensemble | 2:38 min | Chamber Music | 1940 |
| 107 | Fanfare for France: Max Kahn, portrait for piano (Portraits, Album 2, No. 8) | 6:32 min | Keyboard | 1940 |
| 108 | In a Bird Cage: Lise Deharme, portrait for piano (Portraits, Album 2, No. 3) | 1:58 min | Keyboard | 1940 |
| 109 | Invention: Theodate Johnson Busy and Resting, portrait for piano (13 Portraits, No. 4) | 1:38 min | Keyboard | 1940 |
| 110 | Jamie Campbell: Stretching, portrait for piano (13 Portraits, No. 9) | 7:02 min | Keyboard | 1940 |
| 111 | Poltergeist: Hans Arp, portrait for piano (Portraits, Album 4, No. 5) | 0:50 min | Keyboard | 1940 |
| 112 | Swiss Waltz: Sophie Taüber-Arp, portrait for piano (Portraits, Album 4, No. 4) | 2:09 min | Keyboard | 1940 |
| 113 | Tango Lullaby: Mlle. [Flavie] Alvarez de Toledo, portrait for piano (Portraits, Album 1, No. 4) | 2:13 min | Keyboard | 1940 |
| 114 | Dirge, for voice & piano | 1:24 min | Vocal Music | 1939 |
| 115 | A French Boy of Ten: Louis Lange, portrait for piano (9 Portraits, No. 5) | 0:54 min | Keyboard | 1938 |
| 116 | Maurice Bavoux: Young and Alone, portrait for piano (13 Portraits, No. 5) | 1:57 min | Keyboard | 1938 |
| 117 | Portrait of Claude Biais, for piano | 1:14 min | Keyboard | 1938 |
| 118 | Filling Station, ballet | 20:21 min | Ballet | 1937 |
| 119 | Go to Sleep, for voice (text by Lorentz) | 0:41 min | Vocal Music | 1937 |
| 120 | My Shepherd Will Supply My Need, hymn arrangement for chorus (or male chorus or female chorus) (Hymns of the Old South, No. 1) | 3:49 min | Choral | 1937 |
| 121 | Scenes from the Holy Infancy According to Saint Matthew, for tenor, baritone, bass & chorus | 12:39 min | Choral | 1937 |
| 122 | The River, film score (2 versions) | 26:20 min | Film Score | 1937 |
| 123 | The River, suite from the film score for orchestra | 24:59 min | Orchestral | 1937 |
| 124 | Hamlet, incidental music | Orchestral | 1936 | |
| 125 | The Plow That Broke the Plains, film score | 26:06 min | Film Score | 1936 |
| 126 | The Plow That Broke the Plains, suite from the film score for orchestra | 14:03 min | Orchestral | 1936 |
| 127 | A Day Dream: Portrait of Herbert Whiting, for piano | 1:43 min | Keyboard | 1935 |
| 128 | A Portrait of R. Kirk Askew [Jr.], for piano (Portraits, Album 2, No. 2) | 1:19 min | Keyboard | 1935 |
| 129 | Connecticut Waltz: Harold Lewis Cook, portrait for piano (13 Portraits, No. 3) | 1:35 min | Keyboard | 1935 |
| 130 | Go to Sleep, for voice (text by Smallens) | 1:11 min | Vocal Music | 1935 |
| 131 | Hymn: Josiah Marvel, portrait for piano (Portraits, Album 4, No. 2) | 1:34 min | Keyboard | 1935 |
| 132 | Meditation: Jere Abbott, portrait for piano (Portraits, Album 2, No. 7) | 1:41 min | Keyboard | 1935 |
| 133 | Philip Claflin: Dans le temps très noceur, portrait for piano | 1:07 min | Keyboard | 1935 |
| 134 | Sea Coast: Constance Askew, portrait for piano (Portraits, Album 2, No. 6) | 0:48 min | Keyboard | 1935 |
| 135 | Souvenir: Paul Bowles, portrait for piano (Portraits, Album 3, No. 7) | 0:56 min | Keyboard | 1935 |
| 136 | The Hunt: A. Everett Austin, Jr., portrait for piano (Portraits, Album 4, No. 7) | 1:18 min | Keyboard | 1935 |
| 137 | Mass, for 2-part chorus & percussion | 9:42 min | Choral | 1934 |
| 138 | Pigeons on the Grass Alas, for baritone & piano (or orchestra) (from the opera "Four Saints in Three Acts") | 3:19 min | Vocal Music | 1934 |
| 139 | Seven Choruses from the Medea of Euripides, for female chorus & percussion ad lib | 12:26 min | Choral | 1934 |
| 140 | Chamber Music, song for voice & piano | 2:15 min | Vocal Music | 1931 |
| 141 | La Belle en dormant, song cycle for voice & piano | 5:11 min | Vocal Music | 1931 |
| 142 | Serenade, for flute & violin | 5:25 min | Chamber Music | 1931 |
| 143 | Stabat Mater, for soprano & string quartet | 6:01 min | Vocal Music | 1931 |
| 144 | String Quartet No. 1 | 18:27 min | Chamber Music | 1931 |
| 145 | String Quartet No. 2 | 22:35 min | Chamber Music | 1931 |
| 146 | Symphony No. 2 | 16:31 min | Symphony | 1931 |
| 147 | Air de Phedre (Phaedra's Farewell), song for soprano & piano | 6:09 min | Vocal Music | 1930 |
| 148 | Clair Leonard's Profile, portrait for piano (13 Portraits, No. 2) | 0:54 min | Keyboard | 1930 |
| 149 | Film: Deux soeurs qui ne sont pas soeurs (Two Sisters Who Are Not Sisters), song for voice & piano | 5:01 min | Vocal Music | 1930 |
| 150 | Five Ladies, portraits (5) for violin & piano | 8:18 min | Chamber Music | 1930 |
| 151 | Le Singe et le léopard (The Monkey and the Leopard), song for voice & piano | 3:32 min | Vocal Music | 1930 |
| 152 | Madame Dubost chez elle, portrait for piano (9 Portraits, No. 1) | 0:41 min | Keyboard | 1930 |
| 153 | Nine Portraits for Piano | 12:52 min | Keyboard | 1930 |
| 154 | Oraison funèbre de Queen Henriette-Marie de France, Reine de la Grande-Bretagne, for voice & piano | 12:55 min | Vocal Music | 1930 |
| 155 | Piano Sonata No. 3, on white keys for Gertrude Stein | 4:28 min | Keyboard | 1930 |
| 156 | Russell Hitchcock Reading, portrait for piano (9 Portraits, No. 2) | 1:09 min | Keyboard | 1930 |
| 157 | Sonata for violin & piano | 13:04 min | Chamber Music | 1930 |
| 158 | Alternations: Maurice Grosser, portrait for piano (Portraits, Album 1, No. 8) | 2:02 min | Keyboard | 1929 |
| 159 | Five Portraits for Four Clarinets | 7:46 min | Chamber Music | 1929 |
| 160 | Piano Sonata No. 2 | 7:24 min | Keyboard | 1929 |
| 161 | Portrait of F[rances] B[lood], portrait for voice & piano | 5:51 min | Vocal Music | 1929 |
| 162 | Portraits, for piano or various ensembles | Keyboard | 1929 | |
| 163 | Travelling in Spain: Alice Woodfin Branlière, portrait for piano (13 Portraits, No. 1) | 2:27 min | Keyboard | 1929 |
| 164 | A son Altesse la Princesse Antoinette Murat, song for voice & piano | 1:51 min | Vocal Music | 1928 |
| 165 | Commentaire sur Saint Jérome, song for voice & piano | 1:03 min | Vocal Music | 1928 |
| 166 | Jour de Chaleur aux bains de mer, song for voice & piano | 1:25 min | Vocal Music | 1928 |
| 167 | La Seine, song for voice & piano | 2:35 min | Vocal Music | 1928 |
| 168 | Le Berceau de Gertrude Stein, ou Le mystère de la rue de Fleurus, song for voice & piano | 3:27 min | Vocal Music | 1928 |
| 169 | Les Soirées bagnolaises, song for voice & piano | 7:06 min | Vocal Music | 1928 |
| 170 | Portraits for Violin Alone | 17:12 min | Chamber Music | 1928 |
| 171 | Capital Capitals, for 4 male voices & piano | 17:44 min | Vocal Music | 1927 |
| 172 | Four Saints in Three Acts, opera (full and abridged versions) | 79:43 min | Opera | 1927 |
| 173 | La Valse grégorienne, song cycle for voice & piano | 2:22 min | Vocal Music | 1927 |
| 174 | Preciosilla, song for voice & piano | 3:55 min | Vocal Music | 1927 |
| 175 | Five Two-Part Inventions, for piano | 5:25 min | Keyboard | 1926 |
| 176 | Shall We Gather at the River?, for organ (Variations on Sunday School Tunes, No. 4) | 3:04 min | Keyboard | 1926 |
| 177 | Sonata da chiesa, for clarinet, trumpet, horn, trombone & viola | 15:36 min | Chamber Music | 1926 |
| 178 | Susie Asado, song for voice & piano | 1:40 min | Vocal Music | 1926 |
| 179 | Symphony on a Hymn Tune ("Symphony No. 1") | 21:20 min | Symphony | 1926 |
| 180 | The Tiger, song for voice & piano | 2:05 min | Vocal Music | 1926 |
| 181 | Synthetic Waltzes for 2 pianos or piano, 4 hands | 5:41 min | Keyboard | 1925 |
| 182 | Five Phrases from the Song of Solomon, for soprano & percussionist | 7:43 min | Vocal Music | 1924 |
| 183 | Three Sentences from the Song of Solomon, for voice & piano | 3:53 min | Vocal Music | 1924 |
| 184 | Two Sentimental Tangos, for piano | 3:52 min | Keyboard | 1923 |
| 185 | Pastorale on a Christmas Plainsong, for organ | 5:34 min | Keyboard | 1922 |
| 186 | Psalm 136: O, give thanks to the Lord, for He is gracious, for 2-part chorus (Three Antiphonal Psalms, No. 3) | 2:23 min | Choral | 1922 |
| 187 | Three Antiphonal Psalms, for 2-part chorus | 5:29 min | Choral | 1922 |
| 188 | Tribulationes civitatum, for chorus | 2:38 min | Choral | 1922 |
| 189 | O My Deir Hert, carol for chorus | 2:03 min | Choral | 1921 |
| 190 | Prelude, for piano | 4:13 min | Keyboard | 1921 |
| 191 | De profundis (Psalm 30), for chorus | 2:55 min | Choral | 1920 |
| 192 | The Sunflower, song for voice & piano | 1:18 min | Vocal Music | 1920 |
| 193 | Vernal Equinox, song for voice & piano | 1:49 min | Vocal Music | 1920 |
| 194 | Green Fields, hymn arrangement for chorus (Hymns of the Old South, No. 3) | 2:40 min | Choral | - |
| 195 | Three Portraits, for violin & piano (transcribed by Samuel Dushkin) | 6:12 min | Chamber Music | - |
Albums featuring Virgil Thomson
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Rorem, Barber, Hoiby, Crumb, Thomson, Musto, Wheeler, Heggie, Bernstein, Lorna Windsor, Gian Francesco Amoroso – Songs Of Love From The American Songbook(CD, Album, Stereo) | 2021 | Da Vinci Classics |
| 2 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Freya Creech – Eight Portraits For Violin Alone(CD, Album, Limited Edition) | 2020 | Not On Label |
| 3 |  |
Paul Bowles, Lou Harrison, Virgil Thomson, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, John Cage – Composers-Critics of the New York Herald Tribune(CD, Album, Stereo) | 2017 | Other Minds |
| 4 |  |
Virgil Thomson - Manhattan School Of Music Opera Theater, Steven Osgood, Dona D. Vaughn – The Mother Of Us All(2×CD, ) | 2014 | Albany Records |
| 5 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Thomas Meglioranza, Kristen Watson, Boston Modern Orchestra Project – Three Pictures(CD, Album) | 2010 | BMOP/sound |
| 6 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Howard Hanson / Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, Leonard Slatkin – The Plow that Broke the Plains - The River - Symphony No.2 'Romantic'(CD, Album, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered) | 2008 | EMI Classics |
| 7 |  |
Perry, Schuman, Thomson, Yehuda Hanani, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland), William Eddins – Jamestown Concerto, American Music For Cello And Orchestra(CD, Album) | 2008 | Naxos |
| 8 |  |
John Corigliano - Virgil Thomson – The Red Violin Caprices(CD, Album) | 2008 | Naxos |
| 9 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Post-Classical Ensemble, Angel Gil-Ordóñez – The Plow That Broke The Plains / The River | 2007 | Naxos |
| 10 |  |
Virgil Thomson & Charles Fussell – Emmanuel Feldman • Nashville Chamber Orchestra, Paul Gambill • New England String Ensemble, Susan Davenny Wyner • Joy Cline Phinney – Rider On The Plains: Cello Concertos by Virgil Thomson And Charles Fussell(SACD, H | 2006 | Albany Records |
| 11 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Continuum (4), Cheryl Seltzer, Joel Sachs (2) – Four Songs To Poems Of Thomas Campion, Violin Sonata, Praises And Prayers(CD, Album, Reissue) | 2005 | Naxos |
| 12 |  |
Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Robert Helps, Virgil Thomson, Robert Kurka, Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller – Festival Overture, Piano Concerto No. 2, Filling Station, Symphony No. 2(SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Stereo, Album) | 2003 | Albany Records |
| 13 |  |
Chamber Works(CD, Album) | 2002 | Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) |
| 14 |  |
Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, Gloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth C. Patterson, Luretta Bybee – Sacred & Secular Choral Music(CD, Album) | 2000 | Gloriae Dei Cantores |
| 15 |  |
Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson – Modern American Vocal Works: Premiere Recordings 1950-1953(CD, Reissue, Compilation, Mono) | 1999 | Sony Classical |
| 16 |  |
Adler · Thomson · Schoenberg · Loeffler · Starer · Taylor · Near · White · Newbury · Berger · Neswick - Gloriæ Dei Cantores, Elizabeth C. Patterson, James E. Jordan Jr. – By The Rivers Of Babylon (American Psalmody Vol. II)(CD, ) | 1999 | Gloriae Dei Cantores |
| 17 |  |
Virgil Thomson, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares – Symphony On A Hymn Tune • Symphony No. 2 In C Major • Symphony No. 3 • Pilgrims And Pioneers | 1999 | Naxos |
| 18 |  |
Arthur Berger (2), Harold Shapero, Virgil Thomson - David Kopp (2), Rodney Lister – Works For Piano Four-Hands(CD, Album) | 1999 | New World Records |
| 19 |  |
William Bolcom / Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco / Virgil Thomson - The New York Concert Singers, St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Judith Clurman – The Mask(CD, ) | 1998 | New World Records |
| 20 |  |
Leonard Bernstein, Charles Ives, William Schuman, Samuel Barber, Morton Gould, Charles Griffes, Edward MacDowell, George Gershwin, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Arthur Benjamin, Richard Rodgers, Virgil Thomson, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, The N | 1997 | Sony Classical |
| 21 |  |
Four Saints In Three Acts (Abridged) / The Plow That Broke The Plains(CD, Compilation, Remastered, Mono) | 1996 | BMG Classics |
| 22 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Dora Ohrenstein, Glenn Siebert, William Sharp (2), Phillip Bush, Cassatt String Quartet – Nothing Divine Is Mundane(CD, ) | 1996 | Albany Records |
| 23 |  |
Barber / Thomson – New Zealand Symphony Orchestra • Andrew Schenck – Westphalian Symphony Orchestra • Siegfried Landau – American Masters(CD, Album, Compilation) | 1994 | Excelsior |
| 24 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Symphony Of The Air, Leopold Stokowski – The Plow That Broke The Plains · Suite From 'The River' | 1994 | Vanguard Classics |
| 25 |  |
Virgil Thomson(CD, Album) | 1994 | Centaur Records |
| 26 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Jacquelyn Helin – Portraits and other Works(CD, Album) | 1993 | New World Records |
| 27 |  |
Gershwin, Copland, Ives, Schuman, Thomson, The Kohon Quartet – American String Quartets 1900 - 1950(2×CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered) | 1993 | VoxBox |
| 28 |  |
McPhee, Sessions, Thomson, Howard Hanson, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra – Hanson Conducts McPhee, Sessions, Thomson(CD, Compilation, Reissue) | 1992 | Mercury Living Presence |
| 29 |  |
Barber • Copland • Thomson – American Miniatures(CD, Album, Compilation, Reissue) | 1992 | Angel Records |
| 30 |  |
Grofé, Thomson, Copland – Great American Landscapes(CD, Compilation) | 1992 | Angel Records |
| 31 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Jack Larson / Monadnock Music, James Bolle, Jeanne Ommerlé, D'Anna Fortunato, Matthew Lord, Richard Zeller – Lord Byron, An Opera In Three Acts(2×CD, Album) | 1992 | Koch International Classics |
| 32 |  |
Virgil Thomson - The New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp – Louisiana Story / The Plow That Broke The Plains | 1992 | Hyperion |
| 33 |  |
Ives, Barber, Harris, Thomson, Cowell, Ruggles, Carter, Glass / The London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble, Christopher Larkin – From The Steeples And The Mountains | 1992 | Hyperion |
| 34 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Yvar Mikhashoff, Martha Herr, John Boudler (2), David Kuehn (3) – Early and As Remembered(CD, Album) | 1991 | New Albion |
| 35 |  |
Paul Sperry, Irma Vallecillo - Bowles / Chanler / Farwell / Hundley / Thomson – Paul Sperry Sings Romantic American Songs(CD, Reissue) | 1990 | Albany Records |
| 36 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Anthony Tommasini, Sharan Leventhal – Portraits and Self Portraits(CD, Album) | 1990 | Northeastern Records |
| 37 |  |
Virgil Thomson, David Diamond (2), Lee Hoiby – Symphony No. 3 / Romeo And Juliet / Piano Concerto(CD, Compilation, Remastered, Stereo) | 1989 | Bay Cities |
| 38 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Philharmonia Virtuosi, Richard Kapp – The Complete Film Scores: The River, The Plow that Broke the Plains | 1989 | ESS.A.Y Recordings |
| 39 |  |
Virgil Thomson, James Bolle, Martyn Hill – Symphony On A Hymn Tune / Symphony No. 2 / A Solemn Music And A Joyful Fugue / Shipwreck And Love Scene From Byron's Don Juan / Five Tenor Solos From The Opera Lord Byron | 1989 | Albany Records |
| 40 |  |
Virgil Thomson / Ernest Bloch – 3 Portraits For Orchestra, 3 Pictures For Orchestra, 4 Blake Songs / 3 Jewish Poems(CD, Compilation) | 1989 | Bay Cities |
| 41 |  |
William Sharp (2), Steven Blier - Virgil Thomson, Paul Bowles, Lee Hoiby, Richard Hundley, John Musto, Eric Klein (5) – Untitled | 1989 | New World Records |
| 42 |  |
Barbara Harbach - Martinu • Thomson • Persichetti • Albright • Adler • Sowash • Templeton – 20th Century Harpsichord Music(CD, Album) | 1988 | Kingdom Records |
| 43 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Jacquelyn Helin – Ballet And Film Scores As Arranged For Piano(LP, Stereo) | 1986 | Musical Heritage Society |
| 44 |  |
The Mirecourt Trio - Reale, Barber, Harris, Thomson, Creston, Riegger – 20th Century American Chamber Music(LP) | 1986 | Audax |
| 45 |  |
Copland / Thomson / Bowles / Barber / Bernstein / Ramey - Bennett Lerner – American Piano Music | 1984 | Etcetera (3) |
| 46 |  |
Virgil Thomson - Nigel Coxe – Piano Music By Virgil Thomson(LP) | 1983 | Musical Heritage Society |
| 47 |  |
The Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss - Lou Harrison / Vladimir Ussachevsky / John Cage, Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, Virgil Thomson / Leo Smit – At The Tomb Of Charles Ives / Divertimento / Party Pieces / Academic Graffiti | 1983 | Gramavision |
| 48 |  |
Virgil Thomson - Paul Jacobs (3), Joseph Silverstein, The American Brass Quintet – A Portrait Album(LP, Album) | 1982 | Nonesuch |
| 49 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Gertrude Stein - Orchestra Of Our Time, Joel Thome, Betty Allen, Gwendolyn Bradley, William Brown (3), Clamma Dale, Benjamin Matthews, Florence Quivar, Arthur Thompson (2) – Four Saints In Three Acts(2×LP) | 1982 | Nonesuch |
| 50 |  |
Virgil Thomson - Yvar Mikhashoff – Sixty Years Of Piano Music(LP) | 1982 | Spectrum Records (5) |
| 51 |  |
The Plow That Broke The Plains / A Tuesday In November (Original Motion Picture Soundtracks)(LP, Compilation, Mono) | 1982 | Benchmark (3) |
| 52 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Arthur Tollefson – The Piano Music of Virgil Thomson(LP, Stereo) | 1980 | Finnadar Records |
| 53 |  |
Virgil Thomson / Robert Helps – Symphonies(LP, Stereo) | 1980 | Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) |
| 54 |  |
Virgil Thomson With The Philadelphia Orchestra – American Historic(LP) | 1979 | Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) |
| 55 |  |
Gershwin, Carter, Copeland, Thomson, Cage With Meriel Dickinson & Peter Dickinson – An American Anthology(LP, Album, Stereo) | 1978 | Unicorn Records (3) |
| 56 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Gertrude Stein, The Santa Fe Opera, Raymond Leppard – The Mother Of Us All | 1977 | New World Records |
| 57 |  |
Virgil Thomson - Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Neville Marriner – Music For The Films The Plow That Broke The Plains, The River | 1976 | Angel Records |
| 58 |  |
Howard Hanson / Virgil Thomson, Siegfried Landau – Symphony No. 6 / Louisiana Story (Suite) | 1973 | Turnabout |
| 59 |  |
David Diamond (2) / Virgil Thomson / Robert Palmer (6) – Quintet In B Minor For Flute, String Trio & Piano / Serenade For Flute & Violin / Quintet For A-Clarinet, String Trio & Piano | 1972 | Turnabout |
| 60 |  |
Two Chamber Works and a Song-Cycle(LP, Album, Mono) | 1967 | Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) |
| 61 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Lillian Fuchs, Betty Allen, Joseph Fuchs, Artur Balsam – HiFi/Stereo Review Presents Three Works by Virgil Thomson(LP) | 1965 | HiFi / Stereo Review |
| 62 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Howard Hanson Conducting Eastman-Rochester Orchestra – Symphony On A Hymn Tune / Feast Of Love / Four Psalms | 1965 | Mercury |
| 63 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Leopold Stokowski Conducting The Symphony Of The Air – The Plow That Broke The Plains (Suite For Orchestra) Suite From 'The River' | 1961 | Vanguard |
| 64 |  |
Frederick Fennell Conducting The Eastman Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Mennin, Perischetti, Thomson, Hanson, H. Owen Reed – La Fiesta Mexicana/Canzona/A Solemn Music/Chorale And Alleluia(LP, Reissue, Mono) | 1956 | Mercury |
| 65 |  |
Virgil Thomson / William Schuman, Juilliard String Quartet, Beveridge Webster – Quartet No. 2 / Voyage | 1955 | Columbia Masterworks |
| 66 |  |
Virgil Thomson • Gertrude Stein – Four Saints In Three Acts | 1954 | RCA Victor Red Seal |
| 67 |  |
Virgil Thomson / Roger Sessions - Marilyn Mason (2) – Variations On Sunday School Tunes / Four Chorale Preludes | 1954 | Esoteric (2) |
| 68 |  |
Kay - Balanchine, Thomson - Christensen, New York City Ballet Orchestra, Leon Barzin – Western Symphony / Filling Station | 1954 | VOX (6) |
| 69 |  |
Maxim Schapiro, Virgil Thomson – 10 Etudes For Piano(LP, 10") | 1953 | Decca |
| 70 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Lou Harrison – Modern American Music Series: Stabat Mater / Capital, Capitals / Suite For 'Cello And Harp / Suite No. 2 For String Quartet(LP, Album) | 1953 | Columbia Masterworks |
| 71 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Otto Luening, American Recording Society Orchestra – The River / Prelude On A Hymn Tune By William Billings And Two Symphonic Interludes(LP) | 1952 | American Recording Society |
| 72 |  |
Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Walter Piston, Randall Thompson, Virgil Thomson – A Concert Of American Music In Schönbrunn(LP) | 1952 | VOX (6) |
| 73 |  |
Virgil Thomson, The Philadelphia Orchestra – Three Pictures For Orchestra / Five Songs From William Blake(LP, Mono) | 1952 | Columbia Masterworks |
| 74 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Janssen Symphony Of Los Angeles, Luigi Silva, Werner Janssen – Concerto For Violoncello And Orchestra / The Mother Of Us All Suite For Orchestra | 1951 | Columbia Masterworks |
| 75 |  |
Virgil Thomson, The Philadelphia Orchestra – Louisiana Story / Five Portraits(LP, 10", Mono) | 1950 | Columbia Masterworks |
| 76 |  |
Leopold Stokowski And The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra / Virgil Thomson – The Plow That Broke The Plains(2×Shellac, 12", 78 RPM, Album) | 1947 | RCA Victor Red Seal |
| 77 |  |
Igor Strawinsky / Virgil Thomson – Andor Foldes – Zirkuspolka / Ragtime Bass Cis-dur(7", 45 RPM, Single, Mono) | - | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 78 |  |
Margery Tede And Friends, Virgil Thomson – Margery Tede And Friends Perform Virgil Thompson(Cassette, Album, Promo) | - | American Concert Association |
| 79 |  |
Virgil Thomson, Rodney Lister, Scott Wheeler (5), Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra – Music Of Virgil Thomson(LP, Album) | - | Not On Label |
| 80 |  |
Walton, Thomson, The Walden Quartet, The New Music Quartet – Untitled(LP, Mono) | - | American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers |
| 81 |  |
Berg, Thomson, Schoenberg, William Steinberg, The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, New Music String Quartet – Concerto For Violin And Orchestra / String Quartet No. 1 / Trio, For Violin, Viola Violoncello, Op. 45(LP, Mono) | - | American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers |
| 82 |  |
Virgil Thomson – Monadnock Festival Orchestra, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Hill, James Bolle – Orchestral Works(CD, ) | - | Albany Records |
| 83 |  |
Bohuslav Martinů / Virgil Thomson - The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney – Symphony No. 5 / Concerto For Flute(LP) | - | First Edition Records |
| 84 |  |
Aaron Copland / Virgil Thomson - The Little Orchestra Society, Thomas Scherman – Our Town / Orchestra Suite From The Plow That Broke The Plains(LP, 10", Album, Repress) | - | Decca |
| 85 |  |
Herbert L. Clarke / Frank Simon (12) / J.B. Arban / Virgil Thomson / Carl Höhne, Gerard Schwarz, William Bolcom – Cornet Favorites(LP, Stereo) | - | Nonesuch |
| 86 |  |
The Little Orchestra Society, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson – Children's Suite From The Red Pony / Acadian Songs And Dances(LP, Album, Repress) | - | Decca |
| 87 |  |
John Philip Sousa, Edward MacDowell, Charles Griffes, Charles Ives, Ferde Grofé, Virgil Thomson, Howard Hanson, Robert Russell Bennett, George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Morton Gould, William Schuman, Walter Piston, Leroy Anderson – Bicentena | - | Philips |
| 88 |  |
Music Of Virgil Thomson(Cassette, Compilation) | - | Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) |
Videos featuring Virgil Thomson
Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 6 (1967-8)
The American composer, teacher and conductor, Howard Hanson (1896-1981) wrote seven symphonies. He conducted commercial recordings of all but his Sixth Symphony. However, he did conduct the world premiere with the New York Philharmonic in February 1968.
Virgil Thomson: Portraits (1929/1945)
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): Portraits, per pianoforte (1929/1945) --- Paul Jacobs, pianoforte ---
I. Bugles and Birds. A Portrait of Pablo Picasso
II. With Fire and Drums. A Portrait of Mina Curtis
III. An Old Song. A Portrait of Carrie Stettheimer
IV. T
Western Symphony
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Western Symphony · New York City Ballet Orchestra · Leon Barzin
The Great American Composers
℗ 1954 VOX Music Group
Conductor: Leon Barzin
Orchestra: New York City Ballet Orchestra
Composer: Hershy Kay
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Suite From The River; The Old South
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Suite From The River; The Old South · Leopold Stokowski · The Symphony of the Airi
Thomson: Film Music; Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat Suite
℗ 2008 Vanguard Classics
Released on: 2015-03-17
Composer: Virgil T
Maxim Schapiro - 10 Etudes For Piano, DECCA DL 4083
Maxim Schapiro, by Virgil Thomson – 10 Etudes For Piano. Decca DL4083 Nieznany w Polsce ale również na świecie pianista. Urodzony 1899 w Rosji. Zmarł 19 lipca 1958 podczas publicznego występu w Monterey w Kalifornii. Jedna z nielicznych solowych płyt arty
Thomson Piano Sonata No 1
Piano Music by Virgil Thomson
Nigel Coxe, pianist
Piano Sonata No. 1
0:00:00 Allegro con brio
0:03:44 Andante
0:08:25 Allegro non troppo
Virgil Thomson : The Plow that Broke the Plains, Suite from the film music (1936)
I. Prelude
II. Pastorale (Grass)
III. Cattle
IV. Blues (Speculation)
V. Drought
VI. Devastation
Performed by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sir Neville Marriner.
Filling Station: Introduction
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Filling Station: Introduction · New York City Ballet Orchestra, Léon Barzin
Kay: Western Symphony - Thomson: Filling Station (Mono Version)
℗ 1955 - BNF Collection 2015
℗ The Restoration Project
Released on: 1955-01-
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Vivace
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">Virgil Thomson: Piano Sonata No.4 (1940)
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): Piano Sonata No.4 "Guggenheim Jeune" (1940) -- Paul Jacobs, clavicembalo ---
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Vivace
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Suite From The River; Industrial Expansion In The Mississippi Valley
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Suite From The River; Industrial Expansion In The Mississippi Valley · Leopold Stokowski · The Symphony of the Airi
Thomson: Film Music; Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat Suite
℗ 2008 Vanguard Classics
Released o
The Mother of Us All - 1/9
Upload mp3s @ http://www.mp32tube.com Virgil Thomson's neglected opera, with libretto by Gertrude Stein, about Susan B. Anthony.
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Direction: John Crosby
Soprano: Ashley Putnam
I have been known to refer to it as a self portrait, or portrait of the artist as a young man'."
It is very short compact and precise: a very intimate piece like" f
">Thomson Piano Sonata No 2
In a letter to this writer Virgil Thomson wrote"'Sonata no 2 is a particular pet of mine.
I have been known to refer to it as a self portrait, or portrait of the artist as a young man'."
It is very short compact and precise: a very intimate piece like" f
Suite From The River; Soil Erosion And Floods
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Suite From The River; Soil Erosion And Floods · Leopold Stokowski · The Symphony of the Airi
Thomson: Film Music; Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat Suite
℗ 2008 Vanguard Classics
Released on: 2015-03-17
Composer
Virgil Thomson: Eight Portraits for Violin Alone (1928, 1930)
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): Eight Portraits for Violin Alone (1928, 1930) --- Joseph Silverstein, violino ---
I. Ruth Smallens
II. Sauguet, from life
III. Señorita Juanita de Medina in the company of her Mother
IV. Miss Getrude Stein as a young girl
V.
Filling Station: Mac's Dance
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Filling Station: Mac's Dance · New York City Ballet Orchestra, Léon Barzin
Kay: Western Symphony - Thomson: Filling Station (Mono Version)
℗ 1955 - BNF Collection 2015
℗ The Restoration Project
Released on: 1955-01-0
Virgil Thomson: Family Portrait (1975)
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): Family Portrait, per quintetto di ottoni (1975) --- The American Brass Quintet ----
I. A Fanfare: Robin Smith
II. At Fourteen: Annie Barnard
III. Digging. A Portrait of Howard Rea
IV. A Scherzo: Patricia Rea
V. Man of Iron: Wi
Finale
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Finale · Leopold Stokowski · The Symphony of the Airi
Thomson: Film Music; Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat Suite
℗ 2008 Vanguard Classics
Released on: 2015-03-17
Composer: Virgil Thomson
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Filling Station: Motorist and Mac
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Filling Station: Motorist and Mac · New York City Ballet Orchestra, Léon Barzin
Kay: Western Symphony - Thomson: Filling Station (Mono Version)
℗ 1955 - BNF Collection 2015
℗ The Restoration Project
Released on: 1955
The Mother of Us All, Act I, Scene I: Prologue (2/9)
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Virgil Thomson's neglected opera, with libretto by Gertrude Stein, about Susan B. Anthony.
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Direction: John Crosby
Soprano: Ashley Putnam
Suite From The Plow That Broke The Plains: Prelude
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Suite From The Plow That Broke The Plains: Prelude · Leopold Stokowski · The Symphony of the Airi
Thomson: Film Music; Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat Suite
℗ 2008 Vanguard Classics
Released on: 2015-03-17
Com
Filling Station: Truck Driver's Dance
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Filling Station: Truck Driver's Dance · New York City Ballet Orchestra, Léon Barzin
Kay: Western Symphony - Thomson: Filling Station (Mono Version)
℗ 1955 - BNF Collection 2015
℗ The Restoration Project
Released on:
Filling Station: Trooper and Truck Drivers
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Filling Station: Trooper and Truck Drivers · New York City Ballet Orchestra, Léon Barzin
Kay: Western Symphony - Thomson: Filling Station (Mono Version)
℗ 1955 - BNF Collection 2015
℗ The Restoration Project
Released
Suite From The Plow That Broke The Plains: Pastorale (Grass)
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Suite From The Plow That Broke The Plains: Pastorale (Grass) · Leopold Stokowski · The Symphony of the Airi
Thomson: Film Music; Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat Suite
℗ 2008 Vanguard Classics
Released on: 2015-
Filling Station: Dance of Family Life
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Filling Station: Dance of Family Life · New York City Ballet Orchestra, Léon Barzin
Kay: Western Symphony - Thomson: Filling Station (Mono Version)
℗ 1955 - BNF Collection 2015
℗ The Restoration Project
Released on:
Suite From The Plow That Broke The Plains: Cattle
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Suite From The Plow That Broke The Plains: Cattle · Leopold Stokowski · The Symphony of the Airi
Thomson: Film Music; Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat Suite
℗ 2008 Vanguard Classics
Released on: 2015-03-17
Comp
Filling Station: Tango
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Filling Station: Tango · New York City Ballet Orchestra, Léon Barzin
Kay: Western Symphony - Thomson: Filling Station (Mono Version)
℗ 1955 - BNF Collection 2015
℗ The Restoration Project
Released on: 1955-01-01
Com
Suite From The Plow That Broke The Plains: Blues (Speculation)
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Suite From The Plow That Broke The Plains: Blues (Speculation) · Leopold Stokowski · The Symphony of the Airi
Thomson: Film Music; Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat Suite
℗ 2008 Vanguard Classics
Released on: 201
Suite From The Plow That Broke The Plains: Drought
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Suite From The Plow That Broke The Plains: Drought · Leopold Stokowski · The Symphony of the Airi
Thomson: Film Music; Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat Suite
℗ 2008 Vanguard Classics
Released on: 2015-03-17
Com
Filling Station: Waltz
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Filling Station: Waltz · New York City Ballet Orchestra, Léon Barzin
Kay: Western Symphony - Thomson: Filling Station (Mono Version)
℗ 1955 - BNF Collection 2015
℗ The Restoration Project
Released on: 1955-01-01
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Suite From The Plow That Broke The Plains: Devastation
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Suite From The Plow That Broke The Plains: Devastation · Leopold Stokowski · The Symphony of the Airi
Thomson: Film Music; Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat Suite
℗ 2008 Vanguard Classics
Released on: 2015-03-17
Filling Station: The Big Apple
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Filling Station: The Big Apple · New York City Ballet Orchestra, Léon Barzin
Kay: Western Symphony - Thomson: Filling Station (Mono Version)
℗ 1955 - BNF Collection 2015
℗ The Restoration Project
Released on: 1955-01
Filling Station: The Hold-Up
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Filling Station: The Hold-Up · New York City Ballet Orchestra, Léon Barzin
Kay: Western Symphony - Thomson: Filling Station (Mono Version)
℗ 1955 - BNF Collection 2015
℗ The Restoration Project
Released on: 1955-01-0
Filling Station: The Chase
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Filling Station: The Chase · New York City Ballet Orchestra, Léon Barzin
Kay: Western Symphony - Thomson: Filling Station (Mono Version)
℗ 1955 - BNF Collection 2015
℗ The Restoration Project
Released on: 1955-01-01
Filling Station: Finale
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Filling Station: Finale · New York City Ballet Orchestra, Léon Barzin
Kay: Western Symphony - Thomson: Filling Station (Mono Version)
℗ 1955 - BNF Collection 2015
℗ The Restoration Project
Released on: 1955-01-01
Co
Day at Night: Virgil Thomson, composer
CUNY TV is proud to re-broadcast newly digitized episodes of DAY AT NIGHT, the popular public television series hosted by the late James Day. Day was a true pioneer of public television: co-founder of KQED in San Francisco, president of WNET upon the merg
Virgil Thomson (Concerto for Cello and Orchestra)
This work was completed in 1950. The outer fast movements are lively expressions of the American spirit. However, it is the slow second movement that seems to be most memorable with its odd but attractive harmonic layout. It's almost hard to believe th
Virgil Thomson, Symphony on a Hymn Tune
Virgil Thomson, Symphony on a Hymn Tune
1. Introduction & Allegro
2. Andante cantabile
3. Allegretto
4. Alla breve
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra
Howard Hanson, conductor
Virgil Thomson (Symphony No. 3)
Virgil Thomson's 3rd symphony is a 1972 orchestrated arrangement of his second string quartet.
Performed by the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by James Bolle
Available through Foothill Records
Photograph by Kenneth Barker
Cage/Cowell/Harrison/Thomson | Party Pieces ("Sonorous and Exquisite Corpses")
A 20-movement suite of pieces written at a party by John Cage, Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, and Virgil Thomson.
Callie Carmosino - Bassoon
Heather Gilligan - Piano
Tim Goss - Flute/Piano
Kathryn Lanouette - Clarinet
Arranged by Robert Hughes and Heather
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