Thomp’son

(1) Randall, b. New York, April 12, 1899; composer; grad. Harvard Univ.; studied music there and with Ernest Bloch; 1922, awarded Fellowship at American Acad. in Rome; also Guggenheim Fellowship, 1929-31; for a time a t. prof. of music, Wellesley Coll. and lecturer on music at Harvard; 1931-32, cond. De off Choirs, New York; c. 2 symphonies (the second, in E minor, perf. by Rochester Philh. and N. Y. Philh., 1933-34); ‘Piper at the Gates of Dawn” for orch.; “Seven Odes of Horace” for chorus, 3 with orch. accompaniment; ‘‘American a,” setting of amusing news notes from provincial papers, quoted from American Mercury, for chorus; “The Peaceable Kingdom,’’ oratorio (Boston, 1935-36); also piano sonata and suite; quartet; songs, piano pieces, etc. (2) Oscar; critic, N. Y. Post, 1927-34; N. Y. Sun, from 1936, vice Henderson; author, “ Debu y,’ “ How to Listen to Music,” “Practical Music Criticism,” etc.; ed., Musical America. (tim/’-stin), (1) Geo., Limekilns, Fife, 1757—Leith, 1851; notable coll. and pub. of Scotch, Welsh and Irish melodies, to which he had special instrumental accompaniments written by Beethoven. Pleyel, etc. (2) Virgil, b. Kansas City, Kan., 1896; composer; studied U. S. and Paris; has c. much chamber music of witty and ironic style, attracting for his opera, “Four Saints in. Three Acts,’ to text by Gertrude Stein, prod. in Hartford, Conn., and N. Y., 1934; also ma es men’s women’s voices; ““Saints’ Proce ion’’ for male voices and piano; “Five Phrases from the Song of Solomon” for soprano and percu ion; ‘‘Sonata da Chiesa”; vin. sonata, ‘‘Or a is on Funébre’” for chamber orch.; ‘Three Psalms’”’ for feminine chorus; smaller works for piano and voice. César, Liége, (tén-sén), March 17, 1857—Lugano, Aug. 21, 1931; notable violinist; from 7 pupil of Liége Cons.; at 11, winning the gold medal; then pupil of Vieuxtemps, Léonard, Wieniawski and Ma art; 1873-83, chamber-mus. Baron von Derwies at Lugano, and a member of Bilse’s orch., Berlin; 1883-97, teacher at Liége Cons.; 1898, vin.-prof. Bru els Cons. (vice Ysaye); toured widely; after 1894 United States; 1924 taught at Ithaca, N. Y., Cons. Thooft (toft), Willem Frans, Amsterdam, July 10, 1829—Rotter dam, Aug. 27, 1900; pupil of Dupont, ing and Richter; founded the German opera at Rotter dam, 1860; c. choral prize. symphony, “Karl V.” (1861); 3 other symphs., an opera, etc. ‘Thor’borg, Kerstin; Swedish contralto; esp. noted as a Wagner i an singer; has with succ. in Vienna, Prague and elsewhere on the Continent; 1936, at Salzburg Fest. and at Covent Garden; engaged for Met. Op. Co., 1936-37. ‘Thorne (thorn), Edw. H., Cranborne, Dorset, May 9, 1834 — London, Dec. 26, 1916; org.; chorister under Elvey; organist various churches; from 1891, at St. Anne’s, Soho, London; cond. St. Anne’s Choral and Orch’l Soc. C. Psalm 57, with orch.; Magnificat and Nunc dimittis with orch. and organ; an overture; “‘Sonata elegia’”’ for pf. ‘Thrane (tri-né), Waldemar, Christiania, 1790-1828; violinist; c. overtures, etc. ‘Thuille (too-é’-lé), L. (Wm. Ands. M.), Bozen, Tyrol, Nov. 30, 1861— Munich, Feb. 5, 1907; pupil of Jos. Pembaur (pf., cpt.), at Innsbruck; (pf.) and Rheinberger (comp.) Munich Mus.-Sch.; from 1883, teacher of pf. and theory there; also cond. “Liederhort’”; 18091, R. Prof. of Mus.; c. succ. opera “ Theuerdank” (Munich, 1897, Prize), opera “‘Lobetanz”’ (Carlsruhe and Berlin, 1898); ‘‘Romantic’’ overture, wind, sonatas, etc. ‘Thurner (to or’-nér), Fr. Eugen, Montbeliard, 1785—Amsterdam, 1827; oboe-virtuoso; composer. ‘Thurnmayer. Vide A VENT IN US. ‘Thurs’by, Emma, Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1857—-New York, July 4, 1931; famous concert-soprano; pupil of Meyer (Brooklyn), Errani (New York) and Mme. Rudersdorff (Boston), then of Lamperti and San Giovanni, Milan; concert-début, America, Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, 1875; sang in concert and oratorio, and with Gilmore (1875); frequently toured Europe and America with great succ.; compa c’—e’’’ (v. PITCH, D. D.). ‘Tib’bett, Lawrence, b. Bakers field, Cal., Nov. 16, 1896; barytone; studied with Joseph Dupuy, Basil Ruysdael, and Frank La Forge; early acted on dram, stage; recital début, Los Angeles, 1917; sang in opera at Bowl, 1923, year made début with Met. Op. Co., where in 1925 he leaped into sudden prominence with his dram. perf. as “Ford” in “Falstaff”; he is a singing actor of much resource and a finished vocalist; has since sung leading réles in Italian, French, German and English works, particularly character parts; created “Col. Ibbetson” in Deems Taylor’s ‘‘ Peter I[bbetson” and “Brutus Jones” in Louis Gruenberg’s “Emperor Jones’’; has sung widely in concert and with orchs., also as ‘Don Juan” in Goo ens’ opera, Garden, 1937, at Vienna, Prague, etc. Tichatschek (tékh’-at-shék), Jos. Aloys, Ober-Weckelsdorf, Bohemia, 1807— Dresden, 1886; tenor; created Wagner’s ‘‘Rienzi” and ‘‘Tannhauser.” Tieffenbriicker. Vide DUIFFOPRUGGAR.