Virgil Thomson Born: 25 November 1896 , Kansas City (USA)Died: 30 September 1989
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Compositions include: 3 operas: The Mother of Us All, Four Saints in Three Acts, Lord Byron. 3 symphonic pieces written for films: The River, The Plough That Broke the Plains, & Louisiana Story. Filling Station (A ballet) a symphonic piece called: Symphony on a Hymn Tune and many other musical pieces in all forms.
Biography
Prolific American composer.and music critic. Contemporary of Aaron Copland . Studied in Paris in the twenties with Nadia Boulanger along with and at the same time as Aaron Copland . Part of the ex-patriate American cultural crowd of the 20s.
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