• Eleven Chorale Preludes op. 122, by Johannes Brahms, orchestrated by Virgil Thomson (Boosey & Hawkes, 1956). The Lively Arts Fugue (manuscript, 1957).
  • Thomson, Virgil (Garnett), many-faceted American composer of great originality and a music critic of singular brilliance; b. Kansas City, Mo., Nov.
  • Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) was a many-faceted American composer of great originality and a music critic of singular brilliance.
  • The highly anticipated new PBS documentary, Virgil Thomson: Creating the American Sound is close to wrapping up for an expected debut next season.
  • Managed by the Virgil Thomson Foundation. ... During his youth, composer Virgil Thomson absorbed the artistic and intellectual atmosphere of Paris.
  • Yesterday’s Music History Monday post recognized the 123rd anniversary of the birth of the American composer and critic Virgil Thomson (1896–1989).
  • With the death in October of Virgil Thomson at the age of ninety-two, the necrology of the first generation of American modernist composers is almost complete.
  • Virgil Thomson, American composer, conductor, and music critic whose forward-looking ideas stimulated new lines of thought among contemporary musicians.
  • Virgil Thomson, an esteemed American composer, emerges as a brilliant musical figure, revered for his unparalleled fusion of classical and contemporary styles.
  • Among American composers, Virgil Thomson is one of the most influential. ... Virgil Thomson was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 25, 1896.