Thompson, Randall, 1899-1984

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1899
Birth 1899-04-21
Death 1984-07-09
Active 1899
Active 1977
Americans
Spanish; Castilian, Italian, Latin, German, French, English

Biographical notes:

American composer, particularly noted for his choral works, including "Testament of Freedom" with text by Thomas Jefferson.

From the description of Randall Thompson letters to Jean M. Bonin [manuscript], 1973, 1978. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648018118

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.

From the description of Pierrot and Cothurnus / Randall Thompson. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56034655

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.

From the description of Jazz poem for piano & orchestra / by Randall Thompson. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56034650

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.

From the description of The piper at the gates of dawn : for orchestra : suggested by a chapter of the same name in "The wind in the willows" by Kenneth Graham / Randall Thompson. 1924. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56034659

Professor and Head of the Division of Music at the University of Virginia.

From the description of Oral history interview of Randall Thompson by Jean Bonin [manuscript], October 18, 1973. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920634

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.

From the description of The light of stars : for mixed chorus, unaccompanied : words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : music by Frank Shoe [pseud.] : manuscript, [ca. 1918]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612852965

Thompson was an American composer and teacher.

From the description of Papers, 1917-1978. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122505757

From the guide to the Randall Thompson papers, 1917-1978., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

Randall Thompson, American composer and professor of music at Harvard University.

From the description of Speech, 1966. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007395

Epithet: composer

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x00021a

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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
  • Music
  • Music
  • Orchestral music
  • Symphonic poems

Occupations:

  • Composers

Places:

  • Massachusetts--Cambridge (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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