Research Catalog

Title

Heaven is music [sound recording] : choral & vocal music of Virgil Thomson.

Author

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.

Publication

Albany, N.Y. : Albany Records, [2010].

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rees, Rosalind.
• Vosatka, Steven.
• Greene, Katherine.
• Hartman, Steven, 1949-
• Jolles, Susan.
• Mulvaney, Thomas.
• Osrowitz, Michael.
• Smith, Gregg.
• Campion, Thomas, 1567-1620.
• Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
• Gregg Smith Singers. prf

Description

1 sound disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Vocal music. Selections

Alternative Title

• Vocal music.
• Choral & vocal music of Virgil Thomson
• Choral and vocal music of Virgil Thomson

Subjects

• Campion, Thomas, 1567-1620 > Musical settings
• Hymns
• Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with percussion
• Masses
• Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble
• Choruses (Mixed voices) with piano
• Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

Note

• Principally for mixed chorus unaccompanied; 4th-5th works with piano; the 6th work for soprano, viola, clarinet, and harp; the 7th-8th works for chorus with percussion.
• Compact disc.
• Program notes and biographical notes on performers in English; and text with English translation ([22] p. : ports.) inserted in container.

Language (note)

• Sung in English and Latin.

Contents

De profundis (3:17) -- Tribulationes civitatum (2:38) -- O my deir hert (1:39) -- Welcome the New Year (0:45) -- The holly and the ivy (4:07) -- Four songs to poems of Thomas Campion (7:56) -- Mass for two-part chorus and percussion (9:37) -- Seven choruses from the Medea of Euripides (10:47) -- My shepherd will supply my need (3:44) -- Hymns from the Old South (5:49).

LCCN

• 00034061116622
• 034061116622

OCLC

• ocn497029327
• 497029327

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries