Randall Thompson
Randall Thompson was born in New York City, New York, United States on April 21st, 1899 and is the Composer. At the age of 85, Randall Thompson biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Randall Thompson (April 21, 1899 – July 9, 1984) was an American composer, particularly noted for his choral works.
Career
Randall attended The Lawrenceville School, where his father was an English tutor. He went to Harvard University, became assistant professor of music and choir director at Wellesley College, and earned a doctorate in music from the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music. He went on to teach at the Curtis Institute of Music (serving as its Director 1941-1942), at the University of Virginia, and Harvard University. He is best known for his choral works. At Appalachian State University, he was an honorary member of the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity chapter.
Thompson produced three symphonies and many vocal pieces, including Americana, The Testament of Liberty, Frostiana, and The Peaceable Kingdom, which were inspired by Edward Hicks' painting. Alleluia, Serge Koussevitzky's most popular and well-known choral work, was his anthem, which was commissioned by him for the opening of the Berkshire Music Center in Tanglewood. According to St. Luke, he also wrote the operas Solomon and Balkis and The Nativity.
Americana, a song cycle, is published in a 20th-century musical art style called "News Items"—compositions that parody newspaper layout and content, or whose lyrics are lifted from mass media of the day. The lyrics were taken from H. L. Mencken's American Mercury magazine's "Americana" section, which will reprint quotes and articles from U.S. newspapers. The song cycle's texts came from such publications as the Seattle, Washington, Post-Intelligencer, the Little Rock, Arkansas, Gazette, and a National Women's Christian Temperance Union's leaflet.
Leonard Bernstein was both a student at Harvard and Curtis, according to his own testimony in a address he delivered at the Curtis Institute's 75th Anniversary Banquet. Samuel Adler, Leo Kraft, Juan Orewski, John Davison, Thomas Beveridge, George Lewis, Thomas Beveridge, George Lewis, Samuel Beveridge, George Stephen Hamm, Thomas Beveridge, George Bennett, George Lynn, William P. Perry, Frederick Edward Wilson, John Walter Hill, and David Borden are among Thompson's notable alumni.
On May 2, 1964, Thompson became the first recipient of the prestigious University of Pennsylvania Glee Club Award of Merit in honour of Thompson's extensive influence on male choral music. This award, which was established in 1964, sought to "give a nodulation to an individual who has made a major contribution to the field of music and has helped to establish a climate in which our talents can flourish." He was also a recipient of Yale University's Sanford Medal.