Virgil Thomson: A Reader : Selected Writings, 1924-1984This essential reader includes Thomson's essays on making a living as a musician; his articles on classic composers; his relation to his contemporaries; his articles on newcomers in the music world, including John Cage and Pierre Boulez; his autobiographical writings and commentary on his own works. |
Contents
Autobiography 1971 | 10 |
How Composers Eat 1939 | 19 |
Age Without Honor 1940 | 47 |
The Intellectual Audience 1950 | 53 |
Bigger than Baseball 1953 | 60 |
On Writing Operas and Staging Them 1982 | 69 |
Music Does Not Flow 1981 | 82 |
The New Grove 1981 | 93 |
George Gershwin 1935 | 149 |
Edgard Varèse 18831965 1966 | 166 |
Notes on Composers 1971 | 181 |
A Wars End Modern Music 1947 | 197 |
On Donald Sutherland 1978 | 213 |
Expressive Percussion John Cage 1945 | 223 |
A Note Regarding Lou Harrison n d | 235 |
AUTOBIOGRAPHY | 241 |
PRECURSORS | 99 |
Acquaintance with Wagner 1943 | 105 |
Carl Ruggles 1971 | 111 |
Reactionary Critic 1951 | 117 |
CONTEMPORARIESPERFORMERS | 121 |
In Spite of Conducting Dimitri Mitropoulos 1953 | 135 |
Europe in America 1966 | 250 |
All Roads Lead to Paris 1966 | 257 |
T Questioned by 8 Composers 1947 | 266 |
On Portraits and Operas n d | 273 |
BibliographyWorks by Virgil Thomson | 281 |
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