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Virgil Thomson

American composer and critic

Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 – September 30, 1989) was an American composer and critic. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music. He has been described as a modernist, a neoromantic, a neoclassicist, and a composer of "an Olympian blend of humanity and detachment" whose "expressive voice was always carefully muted" until his late opera Lord Byron which, in contrast to all his previous work, exhibited an emotional content that rises to "moments of real passion".

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Works

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  • 3 Pictures for Orchestra
  • 3 Pictures for Orchestra: No. 1: The Seine at Night
  • 3 Pictures for Orchestra: No. 2: Wheat Field at Noon
  • 3 Pictures for Orchestra: No. 3: Sea Piece with Birds
  • 5 Portraits
  • 5 Portraits: Bugles and Birds
  • 5 Portraits: Cantabile for Strings
  • 5 Portraits: Fugue
  • 5 Portraits: Percussion Piece
  • 5 Portraits: Tango Lullaby
  • 5 Songs from William Blake
  • 5 Songs from William Blake: No. 1: The Divine Image
  • 5 Songs from William Blake: No. 2: Tiger! Tiger!
  • 5 Songs from William Blake: No. 3: The Land of Dreams
  • 5 Songs from William Blake: No. 4: The Little Black Boy
  • 5 Songs from William Blake: No. 5: And Did Those Feet
  • A Prayer to St. Catherine
  • Bugles and Birds: A Portrait of Pablo Picasso
  • Capital, Capitals for Four Men and a Piano (1927)
  • Concerto for Flute, Strings, Harp and Percussion
  • Concerto for Flute, Strings, Harp and Percussion: I. Rapsodico (orchestra tacet)
  • Concerto for Flute, Strings, Harp and Percussion: II. Lento
  • Concerto for Flute, Strings, Harp and Percussion: III. Ritmico
  • Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra
  • Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra: I. Rider on the Plains
  • Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra: II. Variations on a Southern Hymn
  • Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra: III. Children's Games
  • De profundis (Psalm 30)
  • Family Portrait
  • Family Portrait: I. A Fanfare: Robin Smith
  • Family Portrait: II. At Fourteen: Annie Barnard
  • Family Portrait: III. Digging: A Portrait of Howard Rea
  • Family Portrait: IV. A Scherzo: Priscilla Rea
  • Family Portrait: V. Man of Iron: Willie Eisenhart
  • Four Saints in Three Acts
  • Four Saints in Three Acts: Act I, Tableau 1. "Saint Teresa in a storm at Avila"
  • Four Saints in Three Acts: Act I, Tableau 2. "Saint Teresa could be photographed"
  • Four Saints in Three Acts: Act I, Tableau 3. "Saint Teresa as a young girl being widowed" / "Many saints seen"
  • Four Saints in Three Acts: Act I, Tableau 4. "Could all four saints not only be in brief"
  • Four Saints in Three Acts: Act I, Tableau 5. "Saint Ignatius could be in porcelain"
  • Four Saints in Three Acts: Act I, Tableau 6. "A scene and withers"
  • Four Saints in Three Acts: Act I, Tableau 7. "Saint Teresa has been with him"
  • Four Saints in Three Acts: Act II. "Act two... Saint Ignatius was very well known"
  • Four Saints in Three Acts: Act II. "How many saints are there in it"
  • Four Saints in Three Acts: Act II. "Scene eight... To wait"
  • Four Saints in Three Acts: Act III. "Once in a while and where and where around"
  • Four Saints in Three Acts: Act III. "One two three as one"
  • Four Saints in Three Acts: Act III. "Pigeons on the grass alas"
  • Four Saints in Three Acts: Act III. "Scene five... Alive"
  • Four Saints in Three Acts: Act III. "With withdrawn"
  • Four Saints in Three Acts: Act III. Intermezzo
  • Four Saints in Three Acts: Act IV. "One at a time regularly"
  • Four Saints in Three Acts: Prologue
  • Four Saints in Three Acts: Prologue to Act IV. "Act four... How many acts are there in it"
  • Hymns From the Old South
  • Hymns From the Old South: Death 'tis a melancholy day
  • Hymns From the Old South: Green Fields
  • Hymns From the Old South: My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
  • Hymns From the Old South: The Morning Star
  • Lord Byron
  • Louisiana Story
  • Louisiana Story Suite
  • Louisiana Story Suite: I. Pastoral. The bayou and the marsh buggy
  • Louisiana Story Suite: II. Chorale. The derrick arrives
  • Louisiana Story Suite: III. Passacaglia. Robbing the alligator's nest
  • Louisiana Story Suite: IV. Fugue. Boy fights alligator
  • Louisiana Story, Acadian Songs and Dances
  • Louisiana Story, Acadian Songs and Dances: I. Sadness
  • Louisiana Story, Acadian Songs and Dances: II. Papa's Tune
  • Louisiana Story, Acadian Songs and Dances: III. A Narrative
  • Louisiana Story, Acadian Songs and Dances: IV. The alligator and the 'coon
  • Louisiana Story, Acadian Songs and Dances: V. Super-sadness
  • Louisiana Story, Acadian Songs and Dances: VI. Walking Song
  • Louisiana Story, Acadian Songs and Dances: VII. The Squeeze Box
  • Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion
  • Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion: Agnus Dei
  • Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion: Benedictus
  • Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion: Credo
  • Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion: Gloria
  • Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion: Kyrie
  • Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion: Sanctus
  • Pilgrims and Pioneers
  • Power Among Men, Fugues and Cantilenas
  • Power Among Men, Fugues and Cantilenas: I. Prelude with Fugal Exposition
  • Power Among Men, Fugues and Cantilenas: II. Fugue no. 1
  • Power Among Men, Fugues and Cantilenas: III. Ruins and Jungles
  • Power Among Men, Fugues and Cantilenas: IV. Fugue no. 2
  • Power Among Men, Fugues and Cantilenas: V. Joyous Pastorale
  • Power Among Men, Fugues and Cantilenas: VI. Finale
  • Praises and Prayers
  • Praises and Prayers: No. 2. My Master Hath a Garden
  • Praises and Prayers: No. 3. Sung by the Shepherds
  • Praises and Prayers: No. 4. Before Sleeping
  • Praises and Prayers: No. 5. Jerusalem, My Happy Home
  • Ragtime Bass in C-sharp
  • Sigh No More, Ladies
  • Sonata for Flute Alone
  • Sonata for Flute Alone: I. Adagio - Allegro
  • Sonata for Flute Alone: II. Adagio
  • Sonata for Flute Alone: III. Vivace
  • Souvenir: Portrait of Paul Bowles
  • Stabat Mater for Soprano and String Quartet
  • String Quartet No. 2
  • Suite from "The River"
  • Suite from "The River": I. The Old South
  • Suite from "The River": II. Industrial Expansion in the Mississippi Valley
  • Suite from "The River": III. Soil Erosion and Floods
  • Suite from "The River": IV. Finale
  • Symphony no. 2 in C major
  • Symphony no. 2 in C major: I. Allegro militaire
  • Symphony no. 2 in C major: II. Andante
  • Symphony no. 2 in C major: III. Allegro
  • Symphony no. 3
  • Symphony no. 3: I. Allegro moderato
  • Symphony no. 3: II. Tempo di Valzer
  • Symphony no. 3: III. Adagio sostenuto
  • Symphony no. 3: IV. Allegretto
  • Symphony on a Hymn Tune
  • Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred
  • The Plow That Broke the Plains
  • The Plow that Broke the Plains Suite
  • The Plow that Broke the Plains Suite: III. Cattle
  • The Plow that Broke the Plains Suite: IV. Blues
  • The Plow that Broke the Plains Suite: V. Drought
  • The Plow that Broke the Plains Suite: VI. Devastation
  • The Plow that Broke the Plains: Cattle
  • The Plow that Broke the Plains: Devastation
  • The Plow that Broke the Plains: Drought
  • The Plow that Broke the Plains: Pastorale (Grass)
  • The Plow that Broke the Plains: Prelude
  • The Plow that Broke the Plains: Speculation (Blues)
  • The Plow that Broke the Plains: The Homesteader
  • The Plow that Broke the Plains: Warning
  • The Plow that Broke the Plains: Wind and Dust
  • The River
  • The River: A Big River
  • The River: Coal
  • The River: Cotton Pickers
  • The River: Finale
  • The River: First Forest
  • The River: Floods
  • The River: Logging
  • The River: Prelude
  • The River: Rains
  • The River: Requiem
  • Tribulationes civitatum
  • Variations on Sunday School Tunes
  • Variations on Sunday School Tunes: No. 2. There's Not a Friend Like the Lowly Jesus
  • Variations on Sunday School Tunes: No. 4. Shall We Gather at the River?
  • When I Survey the Bright Celestial Sphere