Biography
Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 β September 30, 1989) was an American composer and critic. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music. He has been described as a modernist, a neoromantic, a neoclassicist, and a composer of "an Olympian blend of humanity and detachment" whose "expressive voice was always carefully muted" until his late opera Lord Byron which, in contrast to all his previous work, exhibited an emotional content that rises to "moments of real passion".
Filmography
all 11
Movies 10
self 2
TV Shows 1
Composer
Is Dead - Portrait incomplet de Gertrude Stein (2000)
Movie
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors (1978)
TV
Self
Poem Posters (1967)
Movie
Composer
The Goddess (1958)
Movie
Composer
King Lear (1953)
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Louisiana Story (1948)
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Tuesday in November (1945)
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The River (1938)
Movie
Music
The Spanish Earth (1937)
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The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936)
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145 W. 21 (1936)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1896-11-25
Deathday1989-09-30 (92 years old)
Birth PlaceKansas City, Missouri, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsNational Medal of Arts, Pulitzer Prize for Music, Kennedy Center Honors, Guggenheim Fellowship
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