“Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.”

About Virgil Thomson

Composer • American

Virgil Thomson was an influential American composer and critic, a pivotal figure in 20th-century music. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, he studied at Harvard and later in Paris with Nadia Boulanger, where he became...