A Festival of New England Composers Past and Present
Octavo. Original gray wrappers printed in dark red. 26 pp. + 1f. (advertisements). Program for performances scheduled for May 5-9, 1971 at Jordan Hall in Boston.
With Thomson's autograph signature in black ink to head of p. 23 detailing a program presented on May 9th including for the first Boston performance of his Symphony No. 1 together with works of Still, White, Hill, Paine, and Hadley
An American composer and educator, "[Thompson's] chamber and orchestral works (the latter championed by Howard Hanson) are imaginative and substantial. The most popular of these is Symphony no.2; his other symphonies, his two string quartets, and the symphonic fantasy A Trip to Nahant also enjoyed considerable success." Frederic Woodbridge Wilson, revised by David Francis Urrows in Grove Music Online.
Item #39139
Price: $110.00 other currencies