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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Born / DiedNov 25, 1896 (Died at 93)
Zodiac Sign♐Sagittarius
Career Span1936 – 1989
Known Credits11 Titles
Official Links
SoundPopularity Score 0.4

Virgil Thomson

Total Works

11

10 movies • 1 shows

Avg Rating

6.1 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#0

TMDB star index

Biography

Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 – September 30, 1989) was an American composer and critic. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music. He has been described as a modernist, a neoromantic, a neoclassicist, and a composer of "an Olympian blend of humanity and detachment" whose "expressive voice was always carefully muted" until his late opera Lord Byron which, in contrast to all his previous work, exhibited an emotional content that rises to "moments of real passion".

Signature Roles & Milestones

Louisiana Story
6.3
Louisiana Story
1948•movie
Role: Original Music Composer

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 11 titles featuring Virgil Thomson

Louisiana Story
6.3
Louisiana Story
1948•movie

Role: Original Music Composer

The River
5.7
The River
1938•movie

Role: Original Music Composer

The Spanish Earth
6.7
The Spanish Earth
1937•movie

Role: Music

The Plow That Broke the Plains
5.8

Role: Original Music Composer

The Goddess
6.0
The Goddess
1958•movie

Role: Original Music Composer

The Kennedy Center Honors
7.4
1 eps

as Self

King Lear
7.5
King Lear
1953•movie

Role: Original Music Composer

Tuesday in November
8.0

Role: Music

145 W. 21
145 W. 21
1936•movie
Poem Posters
Poem Posters
1967•movie

as Self

Power Among Men
Power Among Men
1959•movie

Role: Music