Thomson, Virgil 1896-1989

The art of judging music / Virgil Thomson. - [1st ed.] - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. - x, 318, xviii p. ; 23 cm. - A Borzoi Book .

The essay from which this book takes its title was delivered as an address on May 2, 1947, at the Harvard Symposium on Music Criticism. It was later published in the Atlantic Monthly. The other pieces appeared originally in the New York Herald Tribune With index


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