Thirteen Portraits for Piano
Virgil Thomson
About this work:
1. Traveling in Spain: Alice Branliere (1929)
2. Clair Leonard's Profile (1930)
3. Connecticut Waltz: Harold Lewis Cook (1935)
4. Invention: Theodate Johnson Busy and Resting (1940)
5. Maucie Bavoux: Young and Alone (1938)
6. Dora Maar, or the Presence of Pablo Picasso (1940)
7. Duet: Clarita, Comtesse de Forceville
8. Florine Stettheimer: Parades (1941)
9. Jamie Campbell: Stretching (1940)
10. James Patrick Cannon: Professional Revolutionary (1942)
11. Homage to Marya Freund and to the Harp (1956)
12. Peter Monro Jack: Scottish Memories (1942)
13. Persistently Pastorale: Aaron Copland (1942)
Year composed: 1981
Duration: 00:23:00
Ensemble type: Keyboard:Piano
Instrumentation: 1 Piano