Prized Composers

Virgil Thomson

Personal Website:

http://www.virgilthomson.org

 

Awards:

Guggenheim Fellowship (1960)

Pulitzer Prize (1949): The Louisiana Story: Chorale for Orchestra

 

Other Compositions for Winds:

Cantante Eamus (1982) for 3 Trumpet, 3 Trombone, Percussion

Study Piece: Portrait of a Lady (1969) for Band

Edges: Portrait of Robert Indiana (1966) for Piano, arr. for Band

At the Beach (1949) concert waltz for trumpet and band (arr. from “Le Bains-bar”)

A Solemn Music (1949) for Band

The Louisiana Story: Chorale (unpublished)

Joyful Fugue (arr. C. Fussell)