ISBN10: 0393318583, ISBN13: 9780393318586, [publisher: Norton & Company Limited, W. W.] Softcover Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
[Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

Norton & Company Limited, W. W. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Norton & Company Limited, W. W ISBN 0393318583 9780393318586 [US]

ISBN10: 0393318583, ISBN13: 9780393318586, [publisher: Norton & Company Limited, W. W.] Softcover Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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ISBN10: 0393318583, ISBN13: 9780393318586, [publisher: W. W. Norton & Company 12/17/1998] Softcover Virgil Thomson: Composer on the Aisle 1.95
[Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1998]
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W. W. Norton & Company 1998 First edition. Trade paperback Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 605 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.

ISBN10: 0393318583, ISBN13: 9780393318586, [publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, New York] Softcover Paperback. In this biography of American 20th century music and criticism, Anthony Tommasini, a music critic for "The New York Times", chronicles Virgil Thomson's life as a composer, critic and gay man. Tommasini portrays Thoman's upbringing, along with his struggle to accept his sexuality as he searched for a place in the world. In the 1920s Paris, Thomson studied with Nadia Boulanger and formed an artistic alliance with Gertrude Stein that resulted in the pioneering opera "Four Saints in Three Acts". Thomson displayed his talent for brilliant, biting commentary during his 14 years as chief music critic for the "International Herald Tribune" and became an arbiter of musical taste. In this vivid portrayal of a giant in American twentieth-century music and criticism, Anthony Tommasini recounts Thomson's experiences as a composer, critic, and gay man. Tommasini chronicles Thomson's upbringing in turn-of-the-century Kansas City, along with his struggle to accept his sexuality — "I didn't want to be queer" — as he searched for a place in the wider world through army service in World War I as well as at Harvard and in 1920s Paris. There Thomson studied with Nadia Boulanger and formed an artistic alliance with Gertrude Stein that would result in the pioneering opera ...
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W. W. Norton & Company 1998 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 624 p. Contains: Unspecified.