Word: thomson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Thomson: The Plow That Broke the Plains (Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting; Victor, 4 sides). Unlike most movie music, this still breathes after being separated from its celluloid twin, a documentary film by Pare Lorentz. Manhattan's fastidious Composer-Critic Virgil Thomson, an expatriate from Kansas City, Mo., makes his folk material sound as authentic as Midwestern prairie wheat, but his handling of jazz smacks more of corn. Recording: excellent...
Thirty-five singers were on hand to present a program featuring works by Mozart and Virgil Thomson, and were followed by renditions of college and martial airs by the Band...
...Symphony (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). First full radio performance of the Virgil Thomson-Gertrude Stein opera, Four Saints in Three Acts, conducted by Thomson...
Participants in these programs--which may be heard on the short-wave frequency of 15.29 megacycles -- include Stephen M. Schwebel '50, chairman of the local chapter; Donald S. Connery '50, vice-chairman; Robert S. Warshaw '46; and David S. Stern '39 3L. Thomson C. McGowan '48, chairman of the Council's Radio Committee, served as moderator...
...turned out to be Proto-Feminist Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906). But Gertrude did not hesitate to drag in characters of other eras-notably a pair of folks archly named Gertrude S. and Virgil T. (Gertrude did not look like Miss Stein, nor Virgil like Mr. Thomson). Another, born of her delight with G.I.s, was called Jo the Loiterer. Hapless Andrew Johnson turned up, groaning throughout, "It's cold weather . . . wherever I am." And John Adams sniffed, "Do not pity me; I am an Adams and not pitiable...