Virgil Thomson : composer on the aisle
Anthony Tommasini (Author)
In the first full-scale biography of a dominating figure in twentieth-century American music, Anthony Tommasini tells the richly textured story of Virgil Thomson's experiences as a composer, influential critic, and gay man. Writing with exclusive, full access to Thomson's papers and from extensive interviews and research, he recounts: Thomson's early years in turn-of-the-century Kansas City's strange mixture of antebellum racial divides ... his first steps in the arts
Print Book, English, 1997
First edition
W.W. Norton & Co., New York, 1997