Composer
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989); USA
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Keyboard Works
27 tracks
- A Day Dream: Portrait of Herbert Whiting
1 track
- 10 Etudes
3 tracks
- Jane Bowles Early and As Remembered
1 track
- Louisiana Story, suite from the film score for piano (arranged by Andor Foldes)
3 tracks
- Man of Iron: A Portrait of Willy Eisenhart
1 track
- Pastorale on a Christmas Plainsong, for organ
1 track
- Portrait of Claude Biais
1 track
- 9 Portraits for Piano
3 tracks
- 13 Portraits for Piano
4 tracks
- 17 Portraits for Piano
2 tracks
- Portraits, Album 2
2 tracks
- Portraits, Album 4
4 tracks
- Prelude
1 track
- A Day Dream: Portrait of Herbert Whiting
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Orchestral Works
54 tracks
- A Joyful Fugue (arr. C. Fussell for band)
1 track
- A Solemn Music, for band
1 track
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Concertos
6 tracks
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Suites from Film Scores
32 tracks
- Acadian Songs and Dances (from the film Louisiana Story)
7 tracks
- The Plow That Broke the Plains (complete film score)
10 tracks
- Louisiana Story (suite from the film score)
3 tracks
- The River (film score, version 1)
11 tracks
- Pilgrims and Pioneers, for orchestra (arrangement of the film score Journey to America)
1 track
- Acadian Songs and Dances (from the film Louisiana Story)
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Symphonies
11 tracks
- Symphony No.2
3 tracks
- Symphony No.3
4 tracks
- Symphony on a Hymn Tune ("Symphony No.1")
4 tracks
- Symphony No.2
- At the Beach (version for wind ensemble)
1 track
- Study Piece: Portrait of a Lady (version for wind ensemble)
1 track
- Edges: A Portrait of Robert Indiana (version for wind ensemble)
1 track
- A Joyful Fugue (arr. C. Fussell for band)
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Vocal Works
51 tracks
- Songs and Song Cycles
5 tracks
- La Valse grégorienne
1 track
- Preciosilla
1 track
- Five Phrases from the Song of Solomon, for soprano and percussionist
1 track
- 5 Shakespeare Songs
1 track
- Cantata on Poems of Edward Lear
1 track
- La Valse grégorienne
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Choral Works
28 tracks
- O My Deir Hert, carol for chorus
1 track
- My Shepherd Will Supply My Need, hymn arrangement for chorus (or male chorus or female chorus; Hymns of the Old South, No.1)
4 tracks
- Three Antiphonal Psalms, for 2-part chorus
4 tracks
- De profundis (Psalm 30), for chorus
2 tracks
- Hymns from the Old South, for chorus
4 tracks
- Mass, for 2-part chorus and percussion
6 tracks
- Tribulationes civitatum, for chorus
1 track
- When I Survey the Bright Celestial Sphere, for unison chorus, 2 trumpets, 2 horns and trombone (arranged by Scott Wheeler)
1 track
- Death, 'tis a Melancholy Day, hymn arrangement for chorus (Hymns of the Old South, No.4)
1 track
- Green Fields, hymn arrangement for chorus (Hymns of the Old South, No.3)
1 track
- The Morning Star, hymn arrangement for chorus (or female chorus; Hymns of the Old South, No.2)
1 track
- Psalm 136: O, give thanks to the Lord, for He is gracious, for 2-part chorus (Three Antiphonal Psalms, No.3)
1 track
- Shall We Gather at the River? (Variations on Sunday School Tunes, No.4)
1 track
- O My Deir Hert, carol for chorus
- Five Songs from William Blake, for baritone and piano
5 tracks
- Collected Poems, for soprano, baritone and orchestra (or piano)
1 track
- Four Songs to Poems of Thomas Campion, for mezzo-soprano, clarinet, harp and viola
4 tracks
- Mostly About Love, song cycle for voice and piano ('Songs for Alice Estey')
4 tracks
- Tres Estampas de Niñez, song cycle for voice and piano
3 tracks
- The Cat, song for soprano, baritone and piano
1 track
- Songs and Song Cycles
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Chamber Works
27 tracks
- At the Beach, concert waltz for trumpet and piano ((arr. from "Le Bains-bar"))
2 tracks
- Three Portraits, for violin and piano (transcribed by Samuel Dushkin)
3 tracks
- Five Ladies, for violin and piano
5 tracks
- Portraits for Violin Alone
8 tracks
- Sonata da chiesa, for clarinet, trumpet, horn, trombone and viola
3 tracks
- String Quartet No.1
4 tracks
- Jay Rozen, Portrait and Fugue, for tuba and piano
2 tracks
- At the Beach, concert waltz for trumpet and piano ((arr. from "Le Bains-bar"))
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Piano Works
8 tracks
- Synthetic Waltzes for 2 pianos or piano, 4 hands
1 track
- Travelling in Spain: Alice Woodfin Branlière, portrait for piano (13 Portraits, No.1)
1 track
- Connecticut Waltz: Harold Lewis Cook, portrait for piano (13 Portraits, No.3)
1 track
- Invention: Theodate Johnson Busy and Resting, portrait for piano (13 Portraits, No.4)
1 track
- Jamie Campbell: Stretching, portrait for piano (13 Portraits, No.9)
1 track
- Homage to Marya Freund and to the Harp, portrait for piano (13 Portraits, No.11)
1 track
- James Patrick Cannon, Professional Revolutionary, portrait for piano (13 Portraits, No.10)
1 track
- Souvenir: A Portrait of Paul Bowles, for piano
1 track
- Synthetic Waltzes for 2 pianos or piano, 4 hands
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