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...Virgil Thomson: Music for the Films (Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Neville Marriner, conductor; Angel; $6.98). Virgil Thomson is best known for his operas Four Saints in Three Acts and The Mother of Us All. Among America's serious composers, however, he pioneered the art of writing music for films with his scores for a pair of Department of Agriculture documentaries. The Plow that Broke the Plains (1936) and The River (1937). Thomson borrowed hymns ("the doxology") and cowboy songs (The Streets of Laredo) and added his own folk-style tunes in The Plow. These two scores were Aaron Copland...
...philosophical pronouncements of each character, rescuing the production from pomposity or soap-opera sentimentality. David Moore's ultra-modern set is a nice consequence of this update; the usual drawback of a one-room set--visual boredom--is offset by diverse and dramatic lighting by Chris Stone and Ginger Thomson...
...view" in U.S. policy, citing American diplomacy in Cyprus, Lebanon and Angola as confused and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as unrealistic in expecting Congress to approve aid to Angola when the Administration had failed to explain why this was vital to U.S. national security. When Republican Governor Meldrim Thomson predicted last week that Reagan, whom he backs, would win more than 50% of the vote, other Reagan strategists insisted on lower estimates; part of the game, of course, is to underestimate the candidate's strength so anything better will look like a "victory...
...James C. Thomson Jr., lecturer in History and curator of the Nieman Fellowships, said yesterday "more courses should be offered to accommodate student interests." One hundred and three students applied for his Leverett House General Education Seminar, Humanities 101, "Government and the Press in America," which is limited to 20 students...
...Thomson said his course is a seminar and cannot be taught in large groups. "Students have shown an interest in the course and it might be wise to create other courses in this area," he said...