Virgil Thomson

Two Pianos, Four Hands

English Only.

English Only.

Based on the tune from the Corpus Christi hymn Pange Lingua, this song depicts the shepherds' feelings approaching the manger.

Also wittily subtitled 'Strike till the iron is hot', this is a comic, almost 'nonsense' song based on a poem by Marianne Moore.

Like Virgil Thomson's opera 'Four Saints in Three Acts', this is a setting of text by Gertrude Stein. Also similarly to 'Pigeons on the Grass Alas' from that opera, it draws musical material from the...

Opera in Two Acts. Ostensibly a biography of Susan B. Anthony and the suffragette movement, Stein's libretto slyly fractures history and expands the argument beyond votes for women to the essence of e...

Virgil Thomson's My Master Hath A Garden for SATB choir with Piano accompaniment.

The Holly And The Ivy by Virgil Thomson for SATB choir with Piano accompaniment.

Virgil Thomson's Saints' Procession from '4 Saints In 3 Acts' for SATB chorus with Piano accompaniment. This work incorperates words by Gertrude Stein.

Virgil Thomson's The Jumblies for SATB choir with Soprano solo and Piano accompaniment. This composition is one movement of a larger work entitled 'Cantata on Poems of Edward Lear'. The completework...

Virgil Thomson's Half An Alphabet for SATB choir with Piano accompaniment. This composition is one movement of a larger work entitled 'Cantata on Poems of Edward Lear'. The complete work consistsof f...

Virgil Thomson's The Akond Of Swat for SATB choir with Baritone solo and Piano accompaniment. This composition is one movement of a larger work entitled 'Cantata on Poems of Edward Lear'. Thecomplete...

For SATB Choir and Piano accompaniment. The text is taken from John Fletcher's 'The Mad Lover'.

Arranged by Charles Fussell. Grades 4-5.

Virgil Thomson's Ode To The Wonders Of Nature for Brass Ensemble (3 Trumpets, 2 Horns, 3 Trombones) and Percussion (Timpani, Snare Drum, Field Drum). This work was composed for theSmithsonBicentennia...

Virgil Thomson was renowned for his musical 'portraits' of friends and personalities of this day. This compilation contains 17 of these wonderful pieces.

A real assortment of pieces for the intermediate player; some well-known, some less familiar but all guaranteed to delight whilst at the same time broadening the repertoire.

Another great assortment of pieces assured to broaden your repertoire.

Capital Capitals, von Gertrude Stein im Jahr 1923 geschrieben, zeichnet ein Bild der Landschaft, des Essens und der Menschen in der Provence. Dazu bedient sich Stein einer imaginären Konversation zwis...