I thought it would be nice to marry Virgil [Thomson] to have a musical background, but I never got far with the… — Peggy Guggenheim Copy Share Image
[Gertrude Stein] really needed someone like Virgil Thomson, whom she respected, to sit on her a bit and make her devise some… — James Laughlin Copy Share Image
“The fearsome critic and not-very-tough composer Virgil Thomson once drew up a set of rules for hearing an unfamiliar work; the last… — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
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