Song of America | Songs

Mostly About Love

(1959)

Music by Virgil Thomson

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Mostly About Love (Four Songs for Alice Estey) is a song cycle by Virgil Thomson setting the poetry of Kenneth Koch.

SONGS:

1. Love Song
Text:
Kenneth Koch

2. Down at the Docks
Text:
Kenneth Koch

3. Let's Take a Walk
Text:
Kenneth Koch

4. A Prayer to St. Catherine
Text:
Kenneth Koch

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RELATED INFORMATION

G. Schirmer: Virgil Thomson: Collected Songs, High Voice (includes Mostly About Love)
G. Schirmer: Virgil Thomson: Collected Songs, Low Voice (includes Mostly About Love)

Audio PLaylist

CD / DVD / MP3

Thomson - Vocal and Chamber Music (Lang, Sachs, et al.)
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Nothing Divine is Mundane (Sharp, Bush, Ohrenstein, Siebert)
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- Arkivmusic
- iTunes
Modern American Vocal Works (Thomson, Tourel, et al.)
- Amazon
- Arkivmusic
Sure on This Shining Night (Robert White, Samuel Sanders)
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- Arkivmusic
- iTunes
Works By Thomson, Bowles, Hoiby, Hundley (William Sharp)
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- Arkivmusic
- iTunes

Books

Virgil Thomson: An Autobiography
Virgil Thomson
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Virgil Thomson: Composer on the Aisle
Anthony Tommasini
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