Ned Rorem
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Ned Miller Rorem was an American composer of contemporary classical music and a writer. Best known for his art songs, which number over 500, Rorem was considered the leading American of his time writi
Rorem in 1968
Claude Debussy by Atelier Nadar
Maurice Ravel 1925
Virgil Thomson
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Virgil Thomson was an American composer and critic. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music. He has been described as a modernist, a neoromantic, a neoclassic
Ned Rorem
…music, studying with Margaret Bonds and Leo Sowerby. He developed a strong enthusiasm for French music and received mentorship from Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson, among others. After two productive years in Morocco, Rorem was hosted by the arts patron Marie-Laure de Noailles in Paris, where he was influenced by…
Thomson in 1947, photographed by Carl Van Vechten
Maurice Grosser in 1935
Gertrude Stein in 1934, photographed by Carl Van Vechten