Word: virgil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years of absence, Susan B. Anthony returned to Cambridge, not to make an inflammatory speech about women's suffrage, but as the heroine of the opera The Mother of Us All. Her arrival is a welcome event, for the work, with a book by Gertrude Stein and music by Virgil Thomson, is a thoroughly pleasant show. Fortunately, too, the Adams House Music Society production supports the best aspects of the opera...
...Virgil Thomson's music strives to recreate the atmosphere of the period by the use of simple melodies and simpler harmony. The motifs are often built on a single chord, suggesting bugle calls, and this lack of pretension adds charm to the score. Taken seriously, the music becomes tiring in its succession of tonic and dominant chords. The lack of variety, however, is atoned for by the music's good humor, clear orchestration, and subservience to the text...
...Mother of Us All, comic opera by Gertrude S. and Virgil T., based on the life of Susan B., opens tonight in Sanders T. at 8:30 Post M. Music is directed by Victor Y., another Music I entertainer, and the cast is headed by Sara-Jane S. of Barnard H. as the suffragette. Also Saturday and Sunday evenings...
While Gertrude was still sketching the text, Virgil grew obviously impatient: "I have a can opener for Alice and a book for you. Write for what else I can bring you. And do send me The Mother of Us All if it is done. Or a couple of acts. I like to look at things a while before I start writing music to them. Affection. Virgil...
...Virgil T. will be up from New York...