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Virgil Thomson (25 Nov 1896 - 30 Sep 1989)

Male Person - United States composer

Releases (2)

Official

Album

  1. The Mother of Us All (The Santa Fe Opera feat. conductor: John Crosby) 1992
  2. Four Songs to Poems of Thomas Campion / Violin Sonata / Praises And Prayers 20 Sep 2005

Relationships (1)

Teachers

  1. Edward Burlingame Hill

Recordings by (60)

  1. Concertino for harp, strings & percussion "Autumn": I. Salute to the Wind 1:48 (1986)
  2. Concertino for harp, strings & percussion "Autumn": II. Dialogue 1:59 (1986)
  3. Concertino for harp, strings & percussion "Autumn": III. Love Scene 3:23 (1986)
  4. Concertino for harp, strings & percussion "Autumn": IV. Promenade 1:52 (1986)
  5. Family Portrait: At Fourteen: Annie Barnard 2:18 (Feb 1992)
  6. The Mother of Us All: Overture "A Political Meeting" 3:14 (1992)
  7. The Mother of Us All: Act I, Scene 1 / Prologue 6:47 (1992)
  8. The Mother of Us All: Act I, Scene 2 17:10 (1992)
  9. The Mother of Us All: Act I. Interlude "Cold Weather" / Scene 3 9:37 (1992)
  10. The Mother of Us All: Act I, Scene 4 10:20 (1992)
  11. The Mother of Us All: Act I, Scene 5 13:54 (1992)
  12. The Mother of Us All: Act II, Scene 1 / Last Intermezzo 12:56 (1992)
  13. The Mother of Us All: Act II, Scene 2 13:10 (1992)
  14. The Mother of Us All: Act II, Scene 3 20:00 (1992)
  15. Four Saints in Three Acts: Prologue 10:42 (1992)
  16. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act I, Tableau 1. "Saint Teresa in a storm at Avila" 5:46 (1992)
  17. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act I, Tableau 2. "Saint Teresa could be photographed" 1:56 (1992)
  18. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act I, Tableau 3. "Saint Teresa as a young girl being widowed" / "Many saints seen" 2:41 (1992)
  19. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act I, Tableau 4. "Could all four saints not only be in brief" 3:26 (1992)
  20. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act I, Tableau 5. "Saint Ignatius could be in porcelain" 3:25 (1992)
  21. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act I, Tableau 6. "A scene and withers" 3:01 (1992)
  22. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act I, Tableau 7. "Saint Teresa has been with him" 4:21 (1992)
  23. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act II. "Act two... Saint Ignatius was very well known" 4:55 (1992)
  24. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act II. "How many saints are there in it" 4:27 (1992)
  25. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act II. "Scene eight... To wait" 11:17 (1992)
  26. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act III. "With withdrawn" 4:01 (1992)
  27. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act III. "Pigeons on the grass alas" 12:21 (1992)
  28. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act III. "Scene five... Alive" 1:12 (1992)
  29. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act III. "Once in a while and where and where around" 2:08 (1992)
  30. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act III. "One two three as one" 6:56 (1992)
  31. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act III. Intermezzo 1:35 (1992)
  32. Four Saints in Three Acts: Prologue to Act IV. "Act four... How many acts are there in it" 1:51 (1992)
  33. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act IV. "One at a time regularly" 3:47 (1992)
  34. The River: The Old South 9:26 (04 Sep 2001)
  35. The River: Industrial Expansion in the Mississippi Valley 4:20 (04 Sep 2001)
  36. The River: Soil Erosion and Floods 6:23 (04 Sep 2001)
  37. The River: Finale 4:11 (04 Sep 2001)
  38. The Plow that Broke the Plains: Prelude 1:26 (04 Sep 2001)
  39. The Plow that Broke the Plains: Pastorale (Grass) 1:12 (04 Sep 2001)
  40. The Plow that Broke the Plains: Cattle 2:54 (04 Sep 2001)
  41. The Plow that Broke the Plains: Blues (Speculation) 2:35 (04 Sep 2001)
  42. The Plow that Broke the Plains: Drought 0:57 (04 Sep 2001)
  43. The Plow that Broke the Plains: Devastation 4:53 (04 Sep 2001)
  44. Synthetic Waltzes 5:01 (20 Sep 2005)
  45. Four Songs to the Poems of Thomas Campion: I. Follow Your Saint 2:12 (20 Sep 2005)
  46. Four Songs to the Poems of Thomas Campion: II. There Is a Garden in Her Face 1:56 (20 Sep 2005)
  47. Four Songs to the Poems of Thomas Campion: III. Rose Cheek'd Laura, Come! 2:54 (20 Sep 2005)
  48. Four Songs to the Poems of Thomas Campion: IV. Follow Thy Fair Sun 2:36 (20 Sep 2005)
  49. Sonata for Violin and Piano: I. Allegro 3:16 (20 Sep 2005)
  50. Sonata for Violin and Piano: II. Andante Mobile 2:57 (20 Sep 2005)
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On Recordings (10)

Conducted

  1. 3 Pictures for Orchestra: No. 1: The Seine at Night 7:58 The Philadelphia Orchestra, Virgil Thomson (09 Apr 2021)
  2. 5 Portraits: Fugue 2:43 The Philadelphia Orchestra, Virgil Thomson (09 Apr 2021)
  3. 3 Pictures for Orchestra: No. 3: Sea Piece with Birds 4:45 The Philadelphia Orchestra, Virgil Thomson (09 Apr 2021)
  4. 5 Portraits: Percussion Piece 2:17 The Philadelphia Orchestra, Virgil Thomson (09 Apr 2021)
  5. 3 Pictures for Orchestra: No. 2: Wheat Field at Noon 6:06 The Philadelphia Orchestra, Virgil Thomson (09 Apr 2021)
  6. 5 Portraits: Cantabile for Strings 4:20 The Philadelphia Orchestra, Virgil Thomson (09 Apr 2021)
  7. 5 Portraits: Bugles and Birds 2:08 The Philadelphia Orchestra, Virgil Thomson (09 Apr 2021)
  8. 5 Portraits: Tango Lullaby 2:08 The Philadelphia Orchestra, Virgil Thomson (09 Apr 2021)

Instruments

  1. Praises and Prayers 3:46 Betty Allen, Virgil Thomson (25 Oct 1994) piano
  2. Capital, Capitals 17:06 Joseph Crawford, Clyde S. Turner, William C. Smith, Joseph James, Virgil Thomson (1999) piano

Credited as (24)

  1. Virgil Thomson
  2. Virgil Thomson; New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp
  3. Virgil Thomson; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares
  4. Grofé, Thomson, Copland
  5. Barber, Copland, Thomson
  6. Betty Allen, Virgil Thomson
  7. Virgil Thomson; Post-Classical Ensemble, Angel Gil-Ordóñez
  8. McPhee, Sessions, Thomson; Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson
  9. Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson
  10. Joseph Crawford, Clyde S. Turner, William C. Smith, Joseph James, Virgil Thomson
  11. Virgil Thomson; Yvar Mikhashoff
  12. Griffes, Grier, Kennan, Thomson, Siegmeister; Mary Stolper, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman
  13. Virgil Thomson; Philharmonia Virtuosi, Richard Kapp
  14. Virgil Thomson; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner
  15. Virgil Thomson; Leopold Stokowski & Symphony of the Air
  16. Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson; Gloriæ Dei Cantores, Elizabeth C. Patterson
  17. Virgil Thomson, Gertrude Stein; Orchestra of Our Time, Joel Thome
  18. Isaac Stern, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Alexander Hilsberg, Eugene Ormandy, Virgil Thomson
  19. Gregor Piatigorsky, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Alexander Hilsberg, Eugene Ormandy, Virgil Thomson
  20. The Philadelphia Orchestra, Virgil Thomson
  21. Thomson
  22. Virgil Thomson, William Schuman;Juilliard String Quartet, Beveridge Webster
  23. John Corigliano, Virgil Thomson; Philippe Quint, William Wolfram
  24. [traditional], arr. Virgil Thomson

Works (169)

Composed

  1. Pastorale on a Christmas Plainsong (1922)
  2. Variations on Sunday School Tunes: No. 2. There's Not a Friend Like the Lowly Jesus (1926 - 1927)
  3. Variations on Sunday School Tunes: No. 1. Come, Ye Disconsolate (1926 - 1927)
  4. Variations on Sunday School Tunes: No. 3. Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown? (1926 - 1927)
  5. Variations on Sunday School Tunes: No. 4. Shall We Gather at the River? (1926 - 1927)
  6. Variations on Sunday School Tunes (1926 - 1927)
  7. String Quartet No. 2 (1931)
  8. Souvenir: Portrait of Paul Bowles (1935)
  9. Praises and Prayers (1935)
  10. Praises and Prayers: No. 1. From the Canticle of the Sun (1935)
  11. Praises and Prayers: No. 2. My Master Hath a Garden (1935)
  12. Praises and Prayers: No. 4. Before Sleeping (1935)
  13. Praises and Prayers: No. 3. Sung by the Shepherds (1935)
  14. Praises and Prayers: No. 5. Jerusalem, My Happy Home (1935)
  15. Bugles and Birds: A Portrait of Pablo Picasso (1940)
  16. Sonata for Flute Alone (1944)
  17. Sonata for Flute Alone: I. Adagio - Allegro (1944)
  18. Sonata for Flute Alone: II. Adagio (1944)
  19. Sonata for Flute Alone: III. Vivace (1944)
  20. Party Pieces: XI (1944 - 1945)
  21. Party Pieces: VIII (1944 - 1945)
  22. Party Pieces: VI (1944 - 1945)
  23. Party Pieces: IV (1944 - 1945)
  24. Party Pieces: V (1944 - 1945)
  25. Party Pieces: II (1944 - 1945)
  26. Party Pieces (1944 - 1945)
  27. Concerto for Flute, Strings, Harp and Percussion (1954)
  28. Concerto for Flute, Strings, Harp and Percussion: I. Rapsodico (orchestra tacet) (1954)
  29. Concerto for Flute, Strings, Harp and Percussion: II. Lento (1954)
  30. Concerto for Flute, Strings, Harp and Percussion: III. Ritmico (1954)
  31. Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred (1956 - 1957)
  32. The Feast of Love (1964)
  33. Family Portrait (1972 - 1975)
  34. Family Portrait: I. A Fanfare: Robin Smith (1972 - 1975)
  35. Family Portrait: II. At Fourteen: Annie Barnard (1972 - 1975)
  36. Family Portrait: III. Digging: A Portrait of Howard Rea (1972 - 1975)
  37. Family Portrait: IV. A Scherzo: Priscilla Rea (1972 - 1975)
  38. Family Portrait: V. Man of Iron: Willie Eisenhart (1972 - 1975)
  39. Ragtime Bass in C-sharp
  40. The River: Rains
  41. The River: Logging
  42. The River: Coal
  43. The River: Floods
  44. The River: Requiem
  45. The River: Tenancy
  46. The River: Finale
  47. Sigh No More, Ladies
  48. Fugue and Chorale on “Yankee Doodle”
  49. My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
  50. Four Saints in Three Acts
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Links (18)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/118802097
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50012238
  3. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-992103
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50012238
  5. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13900426x
  6. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL528042A
  7. https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=8972
  8. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6c53hwz
  9. https://www.classicalarchives.com/composer/6106.html

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/543603

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Thomson

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/806672

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0002336631

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0861110/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/79167878

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q544485

Stream For Free

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Picture

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