Virgil Thomson
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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A Short Fanfare (Version for 3 Trumpets & Percussion) - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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Stockton Fanfare - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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5 Ladies: No. 1, Cynthia Kemper - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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Sonata for Flute Alone: I. Adagio - Allegro - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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5 Ladies: No. 2, Anne Miracle - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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Sonata for Flute Alone: II. Adagio - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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5 Ladies: No. 3, Alice Toklas - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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Sonata for Flute Alone: III. Vivace - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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5 Ladies: No. 4, Yvonne de Casa Fuerte - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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Jay Rozen: No. 1, Portrait - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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5 Ladies: No. 5, Mary Reynolds - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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Jay Rozen: No. 2, Fugue - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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Stabat Mater (Version for Voice & String Quartet) - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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8 Portraits for Violin Alone: No. 3, Georges Hugnet, Poet and Man of Letters - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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Family Portrait: I. A Fanfare (Robin Smith) - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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8 Portraits for Violin Alone: No. 1, Señorita Juanita de Medina Accompanied by Her Mother - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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Family Portrait: II. At 14 (Annie Barnard) - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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8 Portraits for Violin Alone: No. 8, Ruth Smallens - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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Family Portrait: III. Digging (A Portrait of Howard Rea) - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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8 Portraits for Violin Alone: No. 4, Miss Gertrude Stein as a Young Girl - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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Family Portrait: IV. A Scherzo (Priscilla Rea) - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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8 Portraits for Violin Alone: No. 5, Cliquet-Pleyel in F Major - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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Family Portrait: V. Man of Iron (Willy Eisenhart) - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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8 Portraits for Violin Alone: No. 2, Madame Marthe-Marthine - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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Sonata for Violin & Piano: I. Allegro - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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8 Portraits for Violin Alone: No. 6, Mrs. Chester Whitin Lasell - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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Sonata for Violin & Piano: II. Andante nobile - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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8 Portraits for Violin Alone: No. 7, Sauguet, From Life - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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Sonata for Violin & Piano: III. Tempo di valzer - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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A Portrait of 2: I. Tempo comodo - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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Sonata for Violin & Piano: IV. Andante - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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A Portrait of 2: II. Andante - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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Sonata da chiesa: I. Chorale - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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A Portrait of 2: III. Alert - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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Sonata da chiesa: II. Tango - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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4 Songs to the Poems of Thomas Campion (Version for Voice, Clarinet, Viola & Harp): No. 1, Follow Your Saint - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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Sonata da chiesa: III. Fugue - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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4 Songs to the Poems of Thomas Campion (Version for Voice, Clarinet, Viola & Harp): No. 2, There Is a Garden in Her Face - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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Lili Hastings - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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4 Songs to the Poems of Thomas Campion (Version for Voice, Clarinet, Viola & Harp): No. 3, Rose-Cheek’d Laura, Come - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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At the Beach (Version for Trumpet & Piano) - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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4 Songs to the Poems of Thomas Campion (Version for Voice, Clarinet, Viola & Harp): No. 4, Follow Thy Fair Sun - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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Le bains-bar (Verison for Violin & Piano) - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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5 Portraits: No. 1, Portrait of Ladies (A Conversation) - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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String Quartet No. 1: I. Allegro moderato - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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5 Portraits: No. 2, Portrait of a Young Man in Good Health (Maurice Grosser with a Cold) - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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String Quartet No. 1: II. Adagio - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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5 Portraits: No. 3, Christian Bérard (Prisoner) - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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String Quartet No. 1: III. Tempo di valzer - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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String Quartet No. 1: IV. Lento - Presto - Thomson: Complete Chamber Works -
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