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The Plow That Broke the Plains and The River.(BRIEFLY NOTED)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
The Plow That Broke the Plains and The River. DVD. Written and directed by Pare Lorentz. Music by Virgil Thomson. [United States]: Naxos, 2007. 2.110521. $19.99.
Arguably two of the most important documentary films of the twentieth century, The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936) and The River (1937), have been beautifully restored on this DVD. The scores by Virgil Thomson, whose original soundtracks were damaged beyond repair, have been nicely realized by the Post-Classical Ensemble conducted by Angel Gil-Ordonez. Expert narration is provided by Floyd King.
These first film scores by Thomson (he was to compose some six others including Louisiana Story, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1948), are considered by many to be among his finest work. His utilization in the scores of musical Americana, including hymn tunes, ...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 1, 1987 700+ words
...PRNewswire/ -- Renowned composer-critic Virgil Thomson has been named the first McGregor Professor...preside at concerts and "Evenings with Virgil Thomson," as well as host a forum on music...but to the entire Detroit area. "Virgil Thomson's stature in American music alone...
- Paradoja del tiburon. (crítica de las óperas del compositor Virgil Thomson;...
- Magazine article from: Proceso Alcaraz, José Antonio February 8, 1998 700+ words
...el juego de poder establecido entre Virgil Thomson y Walter Winchell, ste solo se atrevi...1892-1945). Al no asumirse, Virgil Thomson adquiri una homofobia devastadora...reproducir la frase ms memorable de Virgil Thomson, cuando ste escribe acerca de Satie...
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- Magazine article from: Artforum International Duncan, Michael June 22, 1999 700+ words
...chronicle of the making of the 1934 Virgil Thomson/Gertrude Stein opera, Four Saints...a show, goshdarnit (the composer Virgil Thomson); a bunch of unknown players (an...creates a buoyant, comic hero out of Virgil Thomson, a foxy, baby-faced figure who...
- Cannon ball.(book 'Prepare for the Saints: Gertrude Stein, Virgil Thomson, and...
- Magazine article from: Artforum International Duncan, Michael June 22, 1999 700+ words
...chronicle of the making of the 1934 Virgil Thomson/Gertrude Stein opera, Four Saints...a show, goshdarnit (the composer Virgil Thomson); a bunch of unknown players (an...creates a buoyant, comic hero out of Virgil Thomson, a foxy, baby-faced figure who...
- DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS WITH VIRGIL THOMSON
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Richard Dyer, Globe Staff August 7, 1988 700+ words
SELECTED LETTERS OF VIRGIL THOMSON Edited by Tim Page and Vanessa Weeks Page. Summit Books. 413 pp. $24.95. In his 91 years, Virgil Thomson has composed more than 25,000 letters, and, God bless him, he is writing them still from his...
- Prepare for Saints: Gertrude Stein, Virgil Thomson, and the Mainstreaming of...
- Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) Ulrich, Allan March 16, 1999 700+ words
Prepare for Saints: Gertrude Stein, Virgil Thomson, and the Mainstreaming of American Modernism * Steven Watson * Random House * $35 If Virgil Thomson's uniquely delectable Four Saints in Three Acts isn't the greatest of all American operas...
