Collaboration of Virgil Thomson & Gertrude Stein + Portrait of Virgil by Alice Neel
Virgil T
and Gertrude Stein (Photo via )
Four Saints in Three Acts Music by Virgil Thomson, original libretto by Gertrude Stein.
(Mark Morris – here and here )
Alice Neel
1971 Virgil Thomson
Oil on Canvas
48 x 37 inches / 121.9 x 94 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 – September 30, 1989)
Virgil Thomson like many other great composers studied under Nadia Boulanger (scroll down)
More music by V.T.
Portraits (youtube)
Louisiana Story.. (Youtube)
Robert Flaherty – 1948