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Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989

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Personal name headingThomson, Virgil, 1896-1989
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Variant(s)Thomson, V. (Virgil), 1896-1989
Other standard no.Q544485
Birth date1896-11-25
Death date1989-09-30
Place of birthKansas City (Mo.)
Place of deathManhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Field of activityComposition (Music) Musical criticism
Profession or occupationComposers Music critics
Found inFour saints in three acts, 1934.
N.Y. times, 10-1-89: p. 1 ff. (Virgil Thomson; d. New York, Sept. 30, 1989)
Baker, 8th ed. (Thomson, Virgil (Garnett); b. Nov. 25,1896, Kansas City, Mo., d. Sept. 30, 1989, N.Y.; composer, music critic)
7 traceries [SR] p1998: label (V. Thomson) container (Virgil Thomson)
Wikipedia, July 17, 2015 (Virgil Thomson; born November 25, 1896 in Kansas City, Missouri; died September 30, 1989 in Manhattan; composer and critic. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music. He has been described as a modernist, a neoclassicist, and a neoromantic)
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