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 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 ion".
Filmography
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Movies 13
self 3
TV Shows 1
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The Goddess (1958)
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King Lear (1953)
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Louisiana Story (1948)
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The River (1938)
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The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936)
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Known For
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1896-11-25
Deathday
1989-09-30 (92 years old)
Birth Place
Kansas City, United States
Citizenships
United States
Awards
National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism, National Medal of Arts, Pulitzer Prize for Music, Kennedy Center Honors, Guggenheim Fellowship
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