Virgil Thomson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Virgil Thomson

American composer

Date of Birth: 25-Nov-1896

Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 30-Sep-1989

Profession: composer, conductor, music critic, film score composer, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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 passion".



Alternative names	Carl Van Vetchen; Carl van Vechten
Description	American writer and photographer
Date of birth/death	17 June 1880	21 December 1964
Location of birth/death	Cedar Rapids	New York City
Authority control	: Q312851 VIAF: 5056030 ISNI: 0000 0001 1558 7789 ULAN: 500058409 LCCN: n78095475 NLA: 35576955 WorldCat