Person Open DS/UK/15600 Thomson; Virgil (1896-1989); American composer, conductor, critic Thomson Virgil 1896-1989 American composer, conductor, critic Male

Virgil Thomson (25 November 1896 – 30 September 1989) was an American composer, conductor and critic. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music. He has been described as a modernist, a neoclassicist, 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 passion", and a neoromantic. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHdroberts 4/25/2014 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 d020339b-69a4-4dd3-bc35-f2629d5b0da2