Virgil Thomson : composer on the aisle / Anthony Tommasini.
Virgil Thomson : composer on the aisle / Anthony Tommasini.
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Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton, c1997.
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N780.92/T477.1/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 605 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton, c1997.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
In the first full-scale biography of a dominating figure in twentieth-century American music, Anthony Tommasini tells the richly textured story of Virgil Thomson's experiences as a composer, influential critic, and gay man. Writing with exclusive, full access to Thomson's papers and from extensive interviews and research, he recounts:.
Thomson's early years in turn-of-the-century Kansas City's strange mixture of antebellum racial divides...his first steps in the arts, guided by a troubled older man, himself a closeted homosexual in a time when disclosure could destroy a life... the crystallizing of his musical ambitions as an often-contentious student of Nadia Boulanger's in Pari...
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Virgil Thomson : composer on the aisle / Anthony Tommasini.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 573-584) and index.
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c1997.
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N780.92/T477.1/1
Record Identifier
74VvP7D4kdBO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvP7D4kdBO
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ISBN
0393040062
9780393040067
DDC
780.92
MMS ID
991005545059702626
