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Virgil Thomson: Musical Chronicles 1940-1954

Review: The composer is a critic. Orange County Register, Oct. 17, 2014.

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music criticism, Tim Page, Virgil Thomson

October 17, 2014

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kitsunebi

“First the keen aural perception of a subtle pattern …, then the cogent, mostly objective description of it in elegant yet colorful prose – … then, and only then, the description of its affect on him, the listener.” Hmmm, Register readers may recognize this approach 🙂

Congratulations, Tim, on making it into the New Yorker: saw the Port ad for the Salonen piece …

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