Virgil Thomson: The State of Music & Other Writings (Loa #277)

by Virgil Thomson

Book Overview

An unprecedented collection of polemical and autobiographical writings by America's greatest composer-critic. Following on the critically acclaimed 2014 edition of Virgil Thomson's collected newspaper music criticism, The Library of America and Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic Tim Page now present Thomson's other literary and critical works, a body of writing that constitutes America's musical declaration of independence from the European...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159853467X
• ISBN13: 9781598534672
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Library of America
• Length: 1182 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"