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Virgil Thomson's Brilliant Careers

- Abstract

The composer of Four Saints in Three Acts will be remembered less for his music than for his criticism.



About the Author

Terry Teachout is COMMENTARY’s critic-at-large and the drama critic of the Wall Street JournalSatchmo at the Waldorf, his first play, runs through November 4 at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut.