Thomson, Virgil
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トムソン, ヴァージル
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The hymn is How Firm a Foundation, words and music commonly ascribed to Robert Keene. The melody is also called Geard. Also quoted Yes, Jesus Loves Me and For He's A Jolly Good Fellow. Composed 1926-28. First performance New York, 22 February 1945, New York Philharmonic, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
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American composer and critic.
The composer Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) was the chief music critic for the New York Herald Tribune from 1940 to 1954. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1949.
American composer and music critic. Involved in famous collaboration with Gertrude Stein.
Commissioned by the United States Farm Security Administration for the documentary film about the Mississippi written and directed by Pare Lorents. Composed 1937.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
Commissioned by the Ballet Caravan, 1937. Composed 1937. First performance Hartford, Conn., 6 January 1938, Ballet Caravan at the Avery Memorial Theatre.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
Composer, music critic.
Commissioned by the U.S. Farm Security Administration for Pare Lorenz's documentary film. Composed 1936.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
Virgil Thomson was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1896. He began studying music as a child. He served in the National Guard during World War I, entering Harvard University in 1919 after the War's end. Thomson studied music at the University, where he became a member of the Harvard Glee Club. In 1921, Thomson toured Europe with the Club. He remained in Paris for an additional year with the aid of a travel fellowship. Thomson retuned to finish his degree at Harvard in 1922.
In 1925, Thomson returned to Paris where he lived for the next fifteen years. There he met Gertrude Stein with whom he composed one of his best know works, the opera "Four Saints in Three Acts" (1934). While in Paris, Thomson also began his long career in journalism, reporting on the Parisian music scene.
In 1940, Thomson returned to the United States, settling in New York City. There he worked as chief music critic for the New York Herald Tribune from 1940-1957. During this time he also composed the opera "The Mother of Us All" (1947).
Thomson wrote several books and won many prestigious awards. His published work includes, his autobiography Virgil Thomson (1966), American Music Since 1910 (1971), and the Virgil Thomson Reader, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1981. Thomson won the Pulitzer Prize for his film score of "Louisiana Story" (1948). He is also the recipient of the French Legion of Honor, and the Kennedy Center Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Virgil Thomson died in 1989.
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