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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5 Ladies: No. 1, Cynthia Kemper (A Fanfare) - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Susie Asado - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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5 Ladies: No. 2, Anne Miracle - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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4 Saints in 3 Acts: Pigeons on the Grass Alas (Version for Baritone & Piano) - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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5 Ladies: No. 3, Alice Toklas - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Praises and Prayers: No. 1, From "The Canticle of the Sun" - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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5 Ladies: No. 4, Yvonne de Casa Fuerte - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Praises and Prayers: No. 2, My Master Hath a Garden - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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5 Ladies: No. 5, Mary Reynolds - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Praises and Prayers: No. 3, Sung by the Shepherds - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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7 Selected Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 1, Philip Claflin (Dans le temps très noceur) - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Praises and Prayers: No. 4, Before Sleeping - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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7 Selected Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 2, Jane Bowles (Early and as Remembered) - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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7 Selected Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 3, Sea Coast (A Portrait of Constance Askew) - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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7 Selected Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 4, A Portrait of R. Kirk Askew, Jr. - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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7 Selected Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 5, Maurice Bavoux (Young and Alone) - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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7 Selected Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 6, Dora Maar, or the Presence of Picasso - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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7 Selected Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 7, Florine Stettheimer (Parades) - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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A Portrait of Two: I. Tempo commodo - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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A Portrait of Two: II. Andante - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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A Portrait of Two: III. Alert - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Sonata for Violin & Piano: I. Allegro - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Sonata for Violin & Piano: II. Andante nobile - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Sonata for Violin & Piano: III. Tempo di valzer - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Sonata for Violin & Piano: IV. Andante. Doppio movimento - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Concerto for Flute, Strings, Harp & Percussion: I. Rapsodico - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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3 Portraits (Arr. S. Dushkin for Violin & Piano): No. 1, Barcarolle [A Portrait of Georges Hugnet] - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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3 Portraits (Arr. S. Dushkin for Violin & Piano): No. 2, In a Bird Cage [A Portrait of Lise Deharme] - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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3 Portraits (Arr. S. Dushkin for Violin & Piano): No. 3, Tango Lullaby [A Portrait of Mlle. Flavie Alverez de Toledo] - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Piano Sonata No. 2: I. Cantabile - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Piano Sonata No. 2: II. Sostenuto - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Piano Sonata No. 2: III. Leggiero e brillante - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Serenade for Flute & Violin: I. March. Allegro militaire - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Serenade for Flute & Violin: II. Aria. Lento ma non tropo - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Serenade for Flute & Violin: III. Fanfare. Vivo - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Serenade for Flute & Violin: IV. Flourish. Presto possible - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Serenade for Flute & Violin: V. Hymn. Lento - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Etude for Cello & Piano (A Portrait of Frederic James) - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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6 Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 1, Alternations (A Portrait of Maurice Grosser) - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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6 Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 2, Paul Sanfaçon (On the Ice) - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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6 Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 3, Louis Rispoli (In a Boat) - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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6 Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 4, Persistently Pastorale (Aaron Copland) - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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6 Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 5, Scott Wheeler (Free-Wheeling) - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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6 Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 6, Tony Tommasini (A Study in Chords) - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Northeastern Suite (After V. Thomson): I. The Hunt [A Portrait of A.E. Austin, Jr.] - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Northeastern Suite (After V. Thomson): II. Anne-Marie Soullière [Something of a Beauty] - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Northeastern Suite (After V. Thomson): III. Karen Brown Waltuck [Intensely Two] - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Northeastern Suite (After V. Thomson): IV. Russell Hitchcock, Reading - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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Northeastern Suite (After V. Thomson): V. Rodney Lister [Music for a Merry-Go-Round] - Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs -
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