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Virgil Thomson

Virgil Thomson

Known For Sound
Birthday Nov 25, 1896
Died Sep 30, 1989 (92)
Birthplace None
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Updated Aug 27, 2025
Entry Date Aug 27, 2025
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Biography

Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 – 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 d ... etachment" 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".

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The Goddess

The Goddess

1958

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King Lear

King Lear

1953

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Louisiana Story

Louisiana Story

1948

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Tuesday in November

Tuesday in November

1945

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The River

The River

1938

Original Music Composer

The Spanish Earth

The Spanish Earth

1937

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The Plow That Broke the Plains

The Plow That Broke the Plains

1936

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