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This is a group of essays about vocal music, as composers face the writing of it, especially to English words and about the union of poetry and music.
The Virgil Thomson Centenary as celebrated by the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra and the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra
In clear and direct language, the volume treats the challenges of decision making, leadership, group functioning, personnel evaluation, and the relationship of the organization to its context.
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Spanning two decades, from 1968 to 1989, the letters-written as jeux d'espirit and presented in the same spirit-touch on Thomson's life, compositions, and writings; Gertrude Stein and Marcel Duchamp; music criticism; travel, food and wine; the local musical scene; and plans (sometimes fulfilled, sometimes not) for concerts and recordings. The record Thomson's correspondence with composer and writer Charles Shere, soprano Margery Tede, and other San Francisco friends. Editorial annotations place the letters in context.