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Virgil Thomson (25 Nov 1896 - 30 Sep 1989)

Male Person - United States composer

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
  51. Four Saints in Three Acts: Prologue
  52. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act I, Tableau 1. "Saint Teresa in a storm at Avila"
  53. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act I, Tableau 2. "Saint Teresa could be photographed"
  54. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act I, Tableau 3. "Saint Teresa as a young girl being widowed" / "Many saints seen"
  55. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act I, Tableau 4. "Could all four saints not only be in brief"
  56. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act I, Tableau 5. "Saint Ignatius could be in porcelain"
  57. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act I, Tableau 6. "A scene and withers"
  58. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act I, Tableau 7. "Saint Teresa has been with him"
  59. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act II. "Act two... Saint Ignatius was very well known"
  60. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act II. "How many saints are there in it"
  61. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act II. "Scene eight... To wait"
  62. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act III. "With withdrawn"
  63. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act III. "Pigeons on the grass alas"
  64. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act III. "Scene five... Alive"
  65. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act III. "Once in a while and where and where around"
  66. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act III. "One two three as one"
  67. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act III. Intermezzo
  68. Four Saints in Three Acts: Prologue to Act IV. "Act four... How many acts are there in it"
  69. Four Saints in Three Acts: Act IV. "One at a time regularly"
  70. Suite from "The River"
  71. Suite from "The River": I. The Old South
  72. Suite from "The River": II. Industrial Expansion in the Mississippi Valley
  73. Suite from "The River": III. Soil Erosion and Floods
  74. Suite from "The River": IV. Finale
  75. Louisiana Story
  76. Stabat Mater for Soprano and String Quartet
  77. Capital, Capitals for Four Men and a Piano (1927)
  78. At the Beach
  79. The Plow That Broke the Plains
  80. The River
  81. The Plow that Broke the Plains: Prelude
  82. The Plow that Broke the Plains: Pastorale (Grass)
  83. The Plow that Broke the Plains: Cattle
  84. The Plow that Broke the Plains: The Homesteader
  85. The Plow that Broke the Plains: Warning
  86. The Plow that Broke the Plains: War and the Tractor
  87. The Plow that Broke the Plains: Speculation (Blues)
  88. The Plow that Broke the Plains: Drought
  89. The Plow that Broke the Plains: Wind and Dust
  90. The Plow that Broke the Plains: Devastation
  91. The River: Prelude
  92. The River: First Forest
  93. The River: A Big River
  94. The River: Cotton Pickers
  95. Lord Byron
  96. 5 Portraits
  97. 5 Portraits: Bugles and Birds
  98. 5 Portraits: Percussion Piece
  99. 5 Portraits: Cantabile for Strings
  100. 5 Portraits: Tango Lullaby
  101. 5 Portraits: Fugue
  102. 3 Pictures for Orchestra
  103. 5 Songs from William Blake
  104. 3 Pictures for Orchestra: No. 1: The Seine at Night
  105. 3 Pictures for Orchestra: No. 2: Wheat Field at Noon
  106. 3 Pictures for Orchestra: No. 3: Sea Piece with Birds
  107. 5 Songs from William Blake: No. 1: The Divine Image
  108. 5 Songs from William Blake: No. 2: Tiger! Tiger!
  109. 5 Songs from William Blake: No. 3: The Land of Dreams
  110. 5 Songs from William Blake: No. 4: The Little Black Boy
  111. 5 Songs from William Blake: No. 5: And Did Those Feet
  112. A Prayer to St. Catherine
  113. Hymns From the Old South
  114. Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion
  115. Hymns From the Old South: My Shepherd will supply my need
  116. Hymns From the Old South: The Morning Star
  117. Hymns From the Old South: Green Fields
  118. Hymns From the Old South: Death 'tis a melancholy day
  119. Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion: Kyrie
  120. Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion: Gloria
  121. Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion: Credo
  122. Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion: Sanctus
  123. Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion: Benedictus
  124. Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion: Agnus Dei
  125. Tribulationes civitatum
  126. De profundis (Psalm 30)
  127. When I Survey the Bright Celestial Sphere
  128. Louisiana Story Suite: II. Chorale. The derrick arrives
  129. Louisiana Story Suite: I. Pastoral. The bayou and the marsh buggy
  130. Louisiana Story Suite: III. Passacaglia. Robbing the alligator's nest
  131. Louisiana Story, Acadian Songs and Dances: I. Sadness
  132. Louisiana Story Suite: IV. Fugue. Boy fights alligator
  133. Louisiana Story, Acadian Songs and Dances: II. Papa's Tune
  134. Louisiana Story, Acadian Songs and Dances: III. A Narrative
  135. Louisiana Story, Acadian Songs and Dances: IV. The alligator and the 'coon
  136. Louisiana Story, Acadian Songs and Dances: V. Super-sadness
  137. Louisiana Story, Acadian Songs and Dances: VI. Walking Song
  138. Louisiana Story, Acadian Songs and Dances: VII. The Squeeze Box
  139. Power Among Men, Fugues and Cantilenas: I. Prelude with Fugal Exposition
  140. Power Among Men, Fugues and Cantilenas: III. Ruins and Jungles
  141. Power Among Men, Fugues and Cantilenas: II. Fugue no. 1
  142. Power Among Men, Fugues and Cantilenas: IV. Fugue no. 2
  143. Power Among Men, Fugues and Cantilenas: V. Joyous Pastorale
  144. Power Among Men, Fugues and Cantilenas: VI. Finale
  145. The Plow that Broke the Plains Suite: I. Prelude. Prologue
  146. Louisiana Story Suite
  147. The Plow that Broke the Plains Suite: II. Grass. Pastorale
  148. The Plow that Broke the Plains Suite
  149. Power Among Men, Fugues and Cantilenas
  150. Louisiana Story, Acadian Songs and Dances
  151. The Plow that Broke the Plains Suite: III. Cattle
  152. The Plow that Broke the Plains Suite: IV. Blues
  153. The Plow that Broke the Plains Suite: V. Drought
  154. The Plow that Broke the Plains Suite: VI. Devastation
  155. Pilgrims and Pioneers
  156. Symphony no. 2 in C major: I. Allegro militaire
  157. Symphony no. 2 in C major: II. Andante
  158. Symphony no. 2 in C major: III. Allegro
  159. Symphony no. 3: I. Allegro moderato
  160. Symphony on a Hymn Tune
  161. Symphony no. 3: II. Tempo di Valzer
  162. Symphony no. 3
  163. Symphony no. 3: III. Adagio sostenuto
  164. Symphony no. 3: IV. Allegretto
  165. Symphony no. 2 in C major
  166. Symphony on a Hymn Tune: I. Introduction and Allegro
  167. Symphony on a Hymn Tune: II. Andante cantabile
  168. Symphony on a Hymn Tune: III. Allegretto
  169. Symphony on a Hymn Tune: IV. Alla breve