Virgil Thomson: The State of Music & Other Writings: Library of America #277 (The Library of America)
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (767 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B010ZZYKW8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 337 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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TIM PAGE, editor of the two-volume Library of America Virgil Thomson edition, won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for his writings in the Washington Post, for which he was a music critic from 1995 to 2008. A professor of music and journalism at the University of Southern California, he is also co-editor of Virgil Thomson’s Selected Letters.
Thoroughly enjoyable I found this autobiography by Virgil Thomson thoroughly enjoyable. I was led to read it after seeing his name consistently referenced by some leading historiographers of the 20th century such as Joseph Horowitz and Harvey Sachs. Reading this work has encouraged me to do a little more research into his life since he is extremely shy about sharing his private life, especially any events that demonstrated his homosexuality. If he was s. "The autobiography is one of the best ever written by an American" according to charles roger shadle. The autobiography is one of the best ever written by an American. The editing of this edition " American Music Since 1900" unfortunately deletes the original brief biographies that so enrich the back matter of the book---they are delightful, trenchant and enormous fun---why did the editor decide to omit them? But still, Thomson at his best, and in one volume!
"Every practicing and aspiring critic today should read Thomson's exhilarating writings."--Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times
An unprecedented collection of polemical and autobiographical writings by America’s greatest composer-critic. Following on the critically acclaimed 2014 edition of Virgil Thomson's collected newspaper music criticism, The Library of America and Pulitzer Prize–winning music critic Tim Page now present Thomson’s other literary and critical works, a body of writing that constitutes America’s musical declaration of independence from the European past. Music with Words (1989), Thomson’s final book, is a distillation