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- ↑ Downes, Olin (March 29, 1950). "WORK BY THOMSON INTRODUCED HERE; 'Cello Concerto Is Presented by Ormandy and Philadelphia Group at Carnegie Hall". The New York Times . Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ↑ Page, Tim (November 11, 1983). "Early Start for Thomson Celebrations". The New York Times . Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ↑ Page, Tim (April 7, 1996). "Virgil Thomson: The Composer in Review". The Washington Post . Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ↑ Huizenga, Tom (September 15, 2016). "Critical Condition: Revisiting Composer Virgil Thomson's Masterful Prose". Deceptive Cadence. NPR . Retrieved July 25, 2020.
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