Virgil Thomson |

Virgil Thomson

Ufunde eHarvard University, wabe eseseParis noNadia Boulanger. Phakathi nenkathi yokuphila kwakhe eParis, wasondelana noGertrude Stein, kamuva wabhala ama-opera amabili asekelwe ku-libretto yakhe, okwabangela ukusabela okujabulisayo: Four Saints in Three Acts (eng. Four Saints in Three Acts; 1927-1928, edlalwa ngo-1934) ; futhi azikho izenzo ku-opera yesithathu, futhi abekho abangcwele abane abahilelekile) kanye nethi “Our Common Mother” (Eng. The Mother of Us All; 1947; esekelwe kumlando kaSusan Brownell Anthony, omunye wabasunguli be inhlangano yabesifazane e-United States). Ngo-1939 washicilela i-State of Music, eyamlethela udumo olukhulu; yalandelwa iThe Musical Scene (1945), The Art of Judging Music (1948) kanye neMusical Right and Left (1951). ). Ngo-1940-1954. UThomson wayengumlobi womculo welinye lamaphephandaba aseMelika ahlonishwa kakhulu, iNew York Herald Tribune.

UThomson wabhala umculo wezithombe ezinyakazayo, okuhlanganisa nefilimu eyawina uMklomelo kaPulitzer iLouisiana Story (1948), kanye nemidlalo yaseshashalazini, okuhlanganisa nokukhiqizwa kuka-Orson Welles kaMacbeth. I-ballet yomculo wakhe wokugcwalisa i-Filling Station yenziwa nguWilliam Christensen (1954). Uhlobo oluthakazelisayo u-Thomson asebenza kulo "izithombe zomculo" - izingcezu ezincane ezibonisa ozakwabo nabajwayele.

Umbuthano owakhele uThomson wawuhlanganisa nenani labaculi abavelele besizukulwane esilandelayo, okuhlanganisa uLeonard Bernstein, uPaul Bowles, noNed Rorem.