Thompson, Randall, 1899-1984
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American composer, particularly noted for his choral works, including "Testament of Freedom" with text by Thomas Jefferson.
Composed 1922 as the prelude to Edna St. Vincent Millay's play Aria da Capo. Awarded Prix de Rome, 1922. First performance Rome, 17 May 1923, Academia di Santa Cecilia orchestra, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
Originally composed for piano, 1927; transcribed for piano and orchestra, 1928. First performance Rochester, N.Y., 27 November 1928, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor, the composer as soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
Composed 1924 after Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. First performance Rome, 27 May 1924, Augusteo Orchestra, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
Professor and Head of the Division of Music at the University of Virginia.
This piece was reused by Thompson as the first work in his Five love songs, commissioned in 1976 by the Rocky Ridge Music Center, Estes Park, Colorado.
Thompson was an American composer and teacher.
Randall Thompson, American composer and professor of music at Harvard University.
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Subjects
Anthems
Choral music
Choruses, Sacred (Women's voices, 4 parts), Unaccompanied
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices (4 parts)), Unaccompanied
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 6 parts), Unaccompanied
Christmas music
Composers
Glees, catches, rounds, etc.
Music
Music
Music
Music theater
Opera
Oratorios
Orchestral music
Orchestral music
Piano with orchestra
Songs (Medium voice) with piano
String quartets
Suites (Double basses (3))
Symphonic poems
Symphonic poems
Symphonies
Vocal duets, Unaccompanied
Nationalities
Americans
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Massachusetts--Cambridge
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United States
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