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Thomson, Virgil (Garnett)
composer, musicisti, piano, critic
| born: 25 Nov 1896 |
Kansas City, Missouri / state, USA |
Source: 1 |
| died: 30 Sep 1989 |
New York / city, USA |
Source: 1 |
| active: |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
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| perf: 1945-1946 |
Venezia, Italy (La Fenici) |
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| perf: 1953-1954 |
Venezia, Italy (La Fenici) |
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| perf: 1987 |
Venezia, Italy (La Fenici) |
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Indice Onomastico
p. 510-520 In:
Inchausteguie, Aristides
Vida musical en Santo Domingo (1940-1965)
Santo Domingo, D.N.: 1998, 529 p.
Number of People : 1,493
The United States and Canada in the Twentieth Century
p. 500 In:
Gordon, Stewart
A History of Keyboard Literature.
Music for the Piano and its Forerunners
New York: Schirmer Books, 1996, 566 p.
Karolyi, Otto
Modern American music from Charles Ives to the minimalists
London: Cygnus Arts, 1996, 143 p.
[Index of Names]
The above item is part of :
Bloom, Ken
American song
The complete musical theater companion: 1877-1995. Volume 2: T-Z and indexes
Second edition
New York: Schirmer Books, 1996, 2093 p.
Number of People : 24,881
Struble, John Warthen
The history of American classical music : MacDowell through Minimalism
By John Warthen Struble
Facts on File, 1995, 444 p.
Devenney, David P.
Source readings in American choral music
College Music Society, 1995, 258 p.
Peysen, Joan
Babbitt, Milton
Tureck, Rosalyn
The music of my time
Foreword by Milton Babbitt and Rosalyn Tureck
London: Kahn & Averill, 1995, 474 p.
Villamil, Victoria Etnier
Hampson, Thomas
A singer's guide to the American art song 1870-1980
Foreword by Thomas Hampson
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1993, 452 p.
Borroff, Edith
Clark, J. Bunker
American opera : a checklist
By Edith Borroff
Edited by J. Bunker Clark
Detroit: Harmonie Park Press, 1992, 334 p.
Number of People : 2,319
Ferneyhough, Brian
Morton, Brian
Collins, Pamela
Contemporary composers
Editors Brian Morton [and] Pamela Collins
With a preface by Brian Ferneyhough
Chicago: St. James Press, 1992, 1019 p.
Indice Dei Nomi
p. 487-570 In:
Rossi, Franco
Girardi, Michele
Il teatro la Fenici : chronologia degli spettacoli 1938-1991
Venezia: Albrizzi Editore, 1992, 650 p.
Number of People : 11,539
Cummings, David M.
McIntire, Dennis K.
International who's who in music and musician's directory
(in the classical and light classical fields)
Twelfth edition 1990/91
Consultant editors David M. Cummings; Dennis K. McIntire
Cambridge, England: International Who's Who in Music, 1991
Number of People : 8,178
Bierley, Paul E.
Rehrig, William H.
The heritage encyclopedia of band music : composers and their music
Edited by Paul E. Bierley
William H. Rehrig
Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991
Number of People : 8,916
Obituary index : supplement to the 1989 obituary index
Notes (Music Library Association), 1991, p. 1091
Obituary index : 1989 obituary index
Notes (Music Library Association), 1990, p. 929
Meckna, Michael
Sacred and Secular America : Virgil Thomson's Symphony on a Hymn Tune
American Music, 08-4, 1990, p. 465-476
Clark, J. Bunker
The Composer and Performer and Other Matters
A Panel Discussion with Virgil Thomson and Philip Glass, Moderated by Gregory Sandow
American Music, 07-2, 1989, p. 181-204
Performer Index : Conductors
p. 547-557 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews 1984-1987 : based on material ... 1984 AND 1987
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1989, 639 p.
Number of People : 20,297
Suppan, Wolfgang
Lexikon des Blasmusikwesens
3. Auflage des Lexikons des Blasmusikwesens
Herausgegeben in Verbindung mit dem Bund Deutscher Blasmusikverbande
Freiburg-Tiengen: Blasmusikverlag Schulz, 1988, 386 p.
Number of People : 2,925
Tommasini, Anthony Carl
Virgil Thomson's "Musical Portraits"
N.Y.: Pendragon Press, 1986.
Meckna, Michael
Virgil Thomson : a bio-bibliography.
New York, London: Greenwood 1986. XVI, 203 S.
(Series: Bio-Bibliographies in Music; Vol. 4)
Sadie, Stanley
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
The new Grove dictionary of American music
edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. 4 v.
Number of People : 3,993
Dickinson, Peter
Stein Satie Cummings Thomson Berners Cage : Toward a Context for the Music of Virgil Thomson.
Musical Quarterly, 72, no. 3 (1986): 394-409.
musical examples
Dickinson, Peter
Stein Sarie Cummings Thomson Berners Cage : toward a context for the music of Virgil Thomson.
The Musical Quarterly. 72 (1986), S. 394-409.
Mit 5 Notenbeisp.
Performer Index : Conductors
p. 775-786 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews 1978-1983 : based on material ...
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1985, 873 p.
Number of People : 1,433
Wescott, Steven D.
A comprehensive bibliography of music for film and television
Compiled by Steven D. Wescott
Detroit: Information Coordinatores, 1985, 432 p.
Butterworth, Neil
A dictionary of American composers
Number of People : 525
Siohan, Robert
La musique etrangere au XXe siecle
Paris: Presse Universitaire de France, 1984, 128 p.
Thomson, Virgil
Rockwell, John
A Virgil Thomson reader.
With an introduction by John Rockwell.
New York: Dutton 1984. XIV, 588 S.
Tommasini, Anthony Carl
The musical portraits by Virgil Thomson.
The Musical Quarterly. 70 (1984), S. 234-247.
Levy, Alan
Musical nationalism : American composers' search for identity
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1983, 168 p.
Composium annual index of contemporary compoitions
Directory of new music 1982/83 edition
Los Angeles: Crystal Record, 1983
Number of People : 1,324
Jeffers, Grant Lyle
Non-Narrative Music Drama : Settings by Virgil Thomson, Ned Rorem, and Earl Kim of Plays by Gertrude Stein and Samuel Beckett.
- Dissertation Abstracts International: 44-3201A
Press, Jaques Cattell
Who's who in American music : classical
First edition
Edited by Jaques Cattell Press
New York: R. R. Bowker, 1983
Number of People : 6,738
Anderson, E. Ruth
Contemporary American composers
A biographical dictionary
Second edition
Compiled by E. Ruth Anderson
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1982, 578 p.
Number of People : 3,986
Hammar, Sigvard
Virgil Thomson : en paradoxernas man.
Nutida Musik. 26 (1982/83), Nr. 1, S. 40-42.
Mit Abb.
Tommasini, Anthony Carl
The portraits for piano by Virgil Thomson
Boston University School for the Arts. 1982. dissertation.
Tommasini, Anthony Carl
The Portraits for Piano by Virgil Thomson.
Boston University School for the Arts. 1982. D.M.A. 219 p.
- Dissertation Abstracts International: 43-970A
Holmes, John L.
Conductors on record
London: Victor Gollancz, 1982, 734 p.
Number of People : 1,800
Thomson, Virgil
Rockwell, John
A Virgil Thomson reader.
With an introduction by John Rockwell.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1981. X, 582 S.
Rockwell, John
Thomson, Virgil
A Virgil Thomson reader.
With an introduction by John Rockwell.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1981. X, 582 S.
Ewen, David
Composers since 1900
A biographical and critical guide
First supplement
Compiled and edited by David Ewen
New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1981, 328 p.
Friedberg, Ruth C.
American art song and American poetry
Vol. II: voices of maturity
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1981, 225 p.
Sadie, Stanley
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
Number of People : 20,506
Press, Jaques Cattell
ASCAP biographical dictionary of composers, authors and publishers
Fourth edition
Compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors and publishers by Jaques Cattell Press
New York: R. R. Bowker, 1980, 589 p.
Number of People : 8,161
Martin, William R.
Drossin, Julius
Music of the twentieth century
[by] William R. Martin and Julius Drossin
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1980, 400 p.
Comuzio, Ermanno
Film music lexicon
Amministrazione Provinciale di Pavia, 1980
Number of People : 570
Mordden, Ethan
A guide to orchestral music
The handbook for non-musicians
New York: Oxford University Press, 1980
Performer Index : Conductors
p. 417-446 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Vol. 5: indexes
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1980, 664 p.
Number of People : 2,281
Performer Index : Instrumentalists
p. 311-366 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Vol. 5: indexes
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1980, 664 p.
Number of People : 6,053
Smith, Norman
Band music notes
Revised edition
San Diego, California: Niel A. Kjos, Jr., 1979
Robijns, Jozef
Zijlstra, Miep
Algemene muziek enciclopedie
hoofdred., J. Robijns en Miep Zijlstra
Haarlem: De Haan, [1979]-1984
Number of People : 16,262
Lacombe, Alain
Rocle, Claude
La musique du film
[par] Alain Lacombe et Claude Rocle
Paris: Editions Francis van der Velde, 1979, 516 p.
Ward, Kelly Mac
An Analysis of the Relationship Between Text and Musical Shape and an Investigation of the Relationship Between Text and Surface Rhythmic Detail.
Texas (Austin). 1978. Ph.D. 387 p.
- Dissertation Abstracts International: 39-3912A-13A
Parlis, Vivian
Interviews with Virgil Thomson, 9/28/77 and 1/10/78. Tapes and transcripts are part of the project Oral History : American Music. New Haven, Conn. : Yale University, 1978.
Ward, Kelly Mac
An analysis of the relationship between text and musical shape and an investigation of the relationship between text and surface rhythmic detail in "Four samts in three acts" by Virgil Thomson
Texas (Austin). 1978. dissertation.
Clarke, Garry E.
Essays on American music
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1977, 259 p.
(Series: Contributions in American History; 62)
Anagnost, Dean Z.
The choral music of Virgil Thomson.
Columbia University Teachers College (New York). 1977. dissertation.
Anagnost, Dean Z.
The Choral Music of Virgil Thomson.
Columbia University Teachers College (New York). 1977. Ed.D. 200 p.
- Dissertation Abstracts International: 38-962A-3A
Anderson, Ruth
Contemporary American composers
A biographical dictionary
1st ed.
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1976, 513 p.
Number of People : 3,758
Resch, Rita Marje
Carman, Judith E.
Gaeddert, William Kenneth
Art-song in the United States 1801-1976
An annotated bibliography
By Judith E. Carman, William K. Gaeddert, Rita M. Resch
National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc., 1976, 308 p.
[Virgil Thomson]
Opera News, July, 1976, p. 17
Sundstrom, Einar
Morin, Gosta
Moberg, Carl-Allan
Sohlman's musiklexikon
2. rev. och utvidgade uppl.
Redaktion: Gosta Morin, Carl-Alan Moberg och Einar Sundstrom
Stockholm: Sohlman Forlag, 1975-1979, 5 v.
Number of People : 10,962
Limbacher, James L.
Film music : from violins to video
Compiled and edited by James L. Limbacher
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1974
Number of People : 4,664
Vinton, John
Dictionary of contemporary music
Edited by John Vinton
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1974, 834 p.
Number of People : 1,053
Bull, Storm
Index to biographies of contemporary composers
Vol. II
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1974, 567 p.
Number of People : 6,198
Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Biographical dictionary of American music
West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1974, 491 p.
Number of People : 3,156
Rosner, Helmut
Bulling, Burchard
Frank, Paul
Noetzel, Florian
Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler Lexikon
Fortfuhrt von Burchard Bulling, Florian Noetzel, Helmut Rosner
Wilhelmshaven: Heinrichshofen, 1974
Note: Zweiter Teil: Erganzungen und Erweiterungen seit 1937
Number of People : 16,276
Peatman, Mary
A New "Louisiana Story"
Pro Musica Sana, 2, No. 3 (Fall 1973), p. 7-11.
Note: Analysis of a new soundtrack album.
American Composers' Concerts and Festivals of American Music 1925-71; cumulative repertoire
Institute of American Music of the University of Rochester
Rochester, NY: 1972, 75 p.
[Virgil Thomson]
Opera News, Apr 15, 1972, p. 12
Thomson, Virgil
Nabokov, Nicolas
American music since 1910
With an introduction by Nicolas Nabokov
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971, 204 p.
(Series: Twentieth century composers; volume 1)
Supplementary list
p. 141 In:
Krohn, Ernst C.
Century of Missouri music
Reprinted 1971 with a supplementary list of Missouri composers, musicians, and musicologists....
New York: Da Capo Press, 1971, 380 p.
Honneger, Marc
Dictionnaire de la musique
Publie sous la direction de Marc Honneger
Number of People : 6,183
Ewen, David
European composers today
A biographical and critical guide
New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1969
Snyder, Robert L.
Pare Lorentz and the Documentary Film.
Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press 1968
Edwards, Arthur C.
Music in the United States
Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers, [1968], 179 p.
Ewen, David
The world of twentieth-century music
Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1968
Bellows, George Kent
Howard, John Tasker
A short history of music in America
By John Tasker Howard and George Kent Bellows
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1967, 496 p.
Woodham, Ronald
[Review]
Music & Letters 48 (1967), S. 268-270.
Mellers, Wilfred Howard
[Review]
Musical Times, 108 (1967), S. 710-711.
Thomson, Virgil
Music reviewed, 1940-1954.
New York: Vintage Books 1967. XIV, 422 S.
Virgil Thompson.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1967. X, 424, XIII S.
Mit Abb.
Hansen, Peter S.
An introduction to twentieth century music
Second edition
Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1967
Schwartz, Elliott
Childs, Barney
Contemporary composers on contemporary music
Edited by Elliott Schwartz and Barney Childs
New York: Rinehart and Winston, 1967, 375 p.
[Virgil Thomson]
Opera News, Mar 5, 1966, p. 9
Note: views on opera
Chase, Gilbert
The American composer speaks.
A historical anthology, 1770-1965
Edited by Gilbert Chase
Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1966, 318 p.
Thomson, Virgil
Virgil Thomson
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966, 424 p.
Frankenstein, Alfred
A modern guide to symphonic music
By Alfred Frankenstein.
New York: Meredith Press, [c1966], xvii, 667 p.
Chase, Gilbert
The American composer speaks.
A historical anthology, 1770-1965
Edited by Gilbert Chase
New Orleans: Louisiana State University Press, 1966, 318 p.
Thomson, Virgil
Virgil Thomson
New York: A. A. Knopf 1966. X, 424, Xm S.
Bull, Storm
Index to biographies of contemporary composers
New York: Scarecrow Press, 1964, 405 p.
Number of People : 5,157
Machlis, Joseph
American composers of our time
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1963
Hoover, Kathleen
Cage, John
Virgil Thomson, sa vie, sa musique
Paris: BuchetChastel 1962. 345 S.
Mit Notenbeisp.
Thomson, Virgil
The State of Music. Second revised edition
New York: Random House, 1962
Note: includes the same chapter, pp. 157-71.
Machlis, Joseph
Introduction to contemporary music
By Joseph Machlis
New York: W.W. Norton, 1962
Wolf, Robert E.
Current Chronicle : France.
Musical Quarterly, 47, no. 3 (1961): 400-07.
musical examples
[Virgil Thomson]
Opera News, Mar 11, 1961, p. 9
Note: discusses contemporary music
Copland, Aaron
Copland on music
By Aaron Copland
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1960, 285 p.
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