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CLASSICAL > composer, conductor, music critic > Virgil%20Thomson
Falsely conceived and...
Vendor: CLASSICAL
Falsely conceived and rather clumsily executed . . . crooked folklore and halfway opera.
Source: Review of Porgy and Bess, premi?re, recalled on the work's 50th anniversary, in NY Times, 3 Feb 1985.
-- Virgil Thomson, (Nov 25 1896-1989), US composer, conductor, music critic; His forward-looking ideas stimulated new lines of thought among contemporary musicians.