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William Sharp, baritone [sound recording] winner of the 1987 Carnegie Hall International American Music Competition for Vocalists / by Sharp, William.(CARDINAL)737957; Blier, Steven.prf; Bowles, Paul,1910-; Hoiby, Lee.; Hundley, Richard.; Klein, Eric,1960-; Musto, John,1954-; Thomson, Virgil,1896-; Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc.;
A prayer to St. Catherine ; If thou a reason dost desire to know ; Two by Marianne Moore: English usage. My crow Pluto ; John Peel ; At the spring / Virgil Thomson -- Sweet Suffolk owl / Richard Hundley -- What if-- ; Jabberwocky / Lee Hoiby -- Kidnap poem / Eric Klein -- Blue mountain ballads: Heavenly grass. Lonesome man. Cabin. Sugar in the cane -- Sleeping song ; April fool baby ; A little closer, please ; Three ; Letter to Freddy ; Secret words ; My sister's hand in mine / Paul Bowles -- Recuerdo: Echo. Recuerdo. A last song / John Musto.William Sharp, baritone ; Steven Blier, piano.Recorded at SUNY Purchase Music Division Recital Hall, Purchase, N.Y., Sept. 19-21, 1988.
Subjects: Song cycles.; Songs (Medium voice) with piano.;
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The American album [sound recording]. by St. Louis Symphony Orchestra,performer.; Slatkin, Leonard,conductor.; Copland, Aaron,1900-1990.Fanfare for the common man.1991.; Gould, Morton,1913-1996.American salute.1991.; Sousa, John Philip,1854-1932.Washington Post.1991.; Schuman, William,1910-1992.New England triptych.Chester.1991.; Ives, Charles,1874-1954.Variations on America;arranged.1991.; Gould, Morton,1913-1996.American symphonette,no. 2.Pavanne.1991.; Herbert, Victor,1859-1924.Babes in Toyland.March of the toys.1991.; Tower, Joan,1938-Fanfare for the uncommon woman,no. 1.1991.; Copland, Aaron,1900-1990.Rodeo.Hoe-down.1991.; Thomson, Virgil,1896-1989.Plow that broke the plains.Prelude.1991.; Thomson, Virgil,1896-1989.Plow that broke the plains.Pastorale (Grass).1991.; Grofé, Ferde,1892-1972.Grand Canyon suite.On the trail.1991.; Wells, Katherine Gladney,1918-2003.Minor reflection.1991.; Ward, Samuel A.,1847-1903.America the beautiful;arranged.1991.; Sousa, John Philip,1854-1932.Stars and stripes forever.1991.; Slatkin, Leonard.cnd; Copland, Aaron,1900-; Gould, Morton,1913-; Sousa, John Philip,1854-1932.(CARDINAL)147053; Schuman, William,1910-; Ives, Charles,1874-1954.(CARDINAL)151404; Herbert, Victor,1859-1924.(CARDINAL)145892; Tower, Joan,1938-; Thomson, Virgil,1896-; Grofe, Ferde.; Wells, Katherine Gladney,1919-; Ward, Samuel A.,1847-1903.;
Fanfare for the common man / Copland (3:01) -- American salute / Gould (4:18) -- Washington Post march / Sousa (2:20) -- New England triptych: Chester / Schuman (2:52) -- Variations on America / Ives ; arr. Schuman (6:35) -- Symphonette no. 2: Pavane / Gould (3:08) -- Babes in toyland: March of the toys / Herbert (3:41) -- Fanfare for the uncommon woman no. 1 / Tower (2:24) --Rodeo: Hoedown / Copland (3:18) -- The plow that broke the plains: Prelude (1:44) ; Pastoral (Grass) (1:38) / Thomson -- Grand Canyon suite: On the trail / Grofé (7:58) -- Minor reflection / Wells (4:44) -- America the beautiful / arr. Dragon, Hayman (3:28) -- The stars and stripes forever / Sousa (3:33) --Taps (1:44) -- The star spangled banner (1:19).Susan Slaughter, trumpet (16th work) ; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra ; with Nina Bodnar, violin, and Barbara Liberman, celeste (12th work) ; Leonard Slatkin, conductor.Recorded in Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis.
Subjects: Patriotic music; Orchestral music.;
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The state of music / by Thomson, Virgil,1896-1989.(CARDINAL)123613;
Subjects: Music;
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American music since 1910. / by Thomson, Virgil,1896-1989.(CARDINAL)123613;
Bibliography: pages 187-189.America's musical maturity.--American musical traits.--The Ives case.--Ruggles.--Varese.--Aaron Copland.--Looking backward.--Cage and the collage of noises.--Let us now praise famous men.--The operas of Virgil Thomson, by V. F. Yellin.--Music in Latin America, by G. Chase.--106 American composers.
Subjects: Biographies.; Music; Music; Composers;
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Music with words : a composer's view / by Thomson, Virgil,1896-1989.(CARDINAL)123613;
Bibliography: pages 169-171.
Subjects: Composition (Music); Libretto.; Opera.; Vocal music;
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Music, right and left. by Thomson, Virgil,1896-1989.(CARDINAL)123613;
Orchestras and conductors. Concervative institution ; The delights of autumn ; Luminous ; Prince of impressionism ; Koussevitzky ; Wondrous musical beauties ; Expert and original ; Musical horse show ; A knack for landscape ; France at its best ; Beecham's 70th birthday ; Children's voices -- Recitalists. King of pianists ; Dramatizing the structure ; Modern piano playing ; Fulfillment experienced ; Thoroughly contemporary ; Beauty, distinction, mastery ; Violence and virtuosity ; Virtuoso makes music ; Brilliant and diffuse ; A major experience ; The accents of passion ; Lovely voices, perfect taste ; "La Môme" Piaf ; Personal distinction -- Operas. Perfect and powerful ; Musically authentic ; In fairy tale vein ; Specialty of the house ; Louise as a wan blonde ; Toscanini's Aida ; Give the singers a break ; Success tactics ; Lively revival ; Little musical foxes ; Pathos and the macabre ; The Met and the City Center -- Strictly of this century. Glorious loudness ; In waltz time ; Star dust and spun steel ; Gloomy masterpiece ; The ultimate of lucidity ; The style is the subject ; Joan of Arc in close-up ; Handsome period pieces ; Religious corn ; Thanksgiving turkey ; Masterpieces revived ; Yesterday's modernism ; Five symphonies ; English landscape ; A string octet and a Temple service ; The new Germany and the new Italy ; Ragtime revived ; Hollywood's best -- In memory of... Claude Debussy ; Maurice Ravel ; Kurt Weill ; Béla Bartók -- From out of town. The Berkshire Music Center ; The delights of Denver ; Convention in Cleveland ; Pittsburgh week end ; Modernism in Los Angeles ; Texas's major orchestras -- From the U.S.S.R. Composers in trouble ; Soviet aesthetics ; Russians recover -- Reflections. The intellectual audience (I, II) ; The problem of sincerity ; Tradition today ; Atonality today (I, II) ; On being American ; Too many languages ; High costs ; The oratorio style ; The Catholic Church accepts modern music.
Subjects: Concerts; Opera; Music appreciation.; Musical analysis.;
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Virgil Thomson: his life and music / by Hoover, Kathleen O'Donnell.(CARDINAL)217710; Cage, John.(CARDINAL)128520;
Subjects: Biographies.; Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.;
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Virgil Thomson. by Thomson, Virgil,1896-1989.(CARDINAL)123613;
Missouri Landscape with Figures -- A Kansas City Childhood -- A Musician's Adolescence -- My World War I -- Harvard, Jumping Off Place for Europe -- The first time I Saw Paris -- An End to Education -- Antheil, Joyce, and Pound -- Langlois, Butts and Stein -- 17 quai Voltaire -- Europe After 1925 -- American Interlude -- An Epoch Ends -- The New Romanticism -- A Portrait of Gertrude Stein -- Gertrude and the Young French Poet -- Neighborhoods and Portraits -- Adopted by the Modern Art Distributors -- Orchestrations and Contracts -- Four Saints in Three Cities -- Communists All Around and High Life Too -- Show Business for Uncle Sam -- Theatrical Thirties -- Pastoral -- The Quiet War -- Mozart, One Musician's Best Friend -- The Paper -- Europe in America -- All Roads Lead to Paris -- France in 1945 -- Europe in 1946 -- The Year I was Fifty -- Five Years go By -- Traipsing and Trouping -- A Distaste for Music.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal correspondence.; Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.; Musicians;
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The Life history of the United States / by Eldridge, Florence.(CARDINAL)433631; Graff, Henry F.(Henry Franklin),1921-2020.(CARDINAL)152085; March, Fredric,1897-1975.(CARDINAL)747688; Thomson, Virgil,1896-1989.(CARDINAL)123613;
Includes bibliographies.v. 1. Prehistory to 1774: The New World, by R. R. Morris.--v. 2. 1775-1789: The making of a nation, by R. B. Morris.--v. 3. 1789-1829: The growing years, by M. L. Coit.--v. 4. 1829-1849: The sweep westward, by M. L. Coit.--v. 5. 1849-1865: The Union sundered, by T. H. Williams.--v. 6. 1861-1876: The Union restored, by T. H. Williams.--v. 7. 1877-1890: The age of steel and steam, by B. A. Weisberger.--v. 8. 1890-1901: Reaching for empire, by B. A. Weisberger.--v. 9. 1901-1917: The progressive era, by E. R. May.--v. 10. 1917-1932: War, boom and bust, by E. R. May.--v. 11. 1933-1945:New Deal and global war, by W. E. Leuchtenburg.--v. 12. From 1945: The great age of change, by W. E. Leuchtenburg.
Subjects: Jazz.; Johnson, Lyndon B. 1908-1973.; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.; Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971.; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.; United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces.; Armistice of 1918.; Civil rights; Communism.; Inflation (Finance); International relations; Korean War, 1950-1953; Railroads.; Automobiles.; Civil war; Depressions.; Expansion; Immigrants.; Indians of North America.; Labor unions.; Presidents; Prohibition.; World War, 1914-1918.; World War, 1939-1945.;
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The plow that broke the plains [videorecording] : The river / by Lorentz, Pare.(CARDINAL)184705; Thomson, Virgil,1896-1989.(CARDINAL)123613; Stoney, George C.(CARDINAL)272652; Fussell, Charles.; Gil-Ordóñez, Angel.; Horowitz, Joseph,1948-(CARDINAL)164733; Naxos Digital Services.; Post-Classical Ensemble.;
The Plow that Broke the Plains (27 min.) -- The River (32 min.) -- George Stoney on The Plow and The River (15 min.) -- Stoney on the New Deal, The River, and race (6 min.) -- Charles Fussell on Virgil Thomson (18 min.) -- Virgil Thomson on Virgil Thomson (audio only) (8 min.) -- The original ending of The Plow that Broke the Plains (4 min.) -- The original beginning of The Plow that Broke the Plains (3 min.)Writer/director, Pare Lorentz ; music, Virgil Thomson ; soundtracks recreated by Post-Classical Ensemble, Angel Gil-Ordóñez, music director, Joseph Horowitz, artistic director.Narrator, Floyd King.The plow that broke the plains: This movie depicts the social and economic history of the Great Plains from the settlement of the prairies by cattlemen and farmers through the World War I boom to drought and depression. The river: This movie traces life in the Mississippi River Valley during the previous 150 years, showing the consequences of sharecropping, soil exhaustion, unchecked erosion and floods, and concludes with scenes of regional planning, TVA development and federal efforts.DVD; Dolby Digital, DTS surround.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Water resources development; Land use;
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