{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Classical Music","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.euroresidentes.com\/euroresiuk\/classical-music","author_name":"Bryan Rippin","author_url":"https:\/\/www.euroresidentes.com\/euroresiuk\/classical-music\/author\/bryan\/","title":"Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) - Classical Music","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8cFFe3XkKx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euroresidentes.com\/euroresiuk\/classical-music\/virgil-thomson-1896-1989\/\">Virgil Thomson (1896-1989)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euroresidentes.com\/euroresiuk\/classical-music\/virgil-thomson-1896-1989\/embed\/#?secret=8cFFe3XkKx\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"\u00abVirgil Thomson (1896-1989)\u00bb \u2014 Classical Music\" data-secret=\"8cFFe3XkKx\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Virgil Thomson was one of several composers in the U.S.A. who developed a classical form that can be justifiably described as \u2018American\u2019 .We have already met four such composers in these postings, namely Aaron Jay Kernis (06\/08), Paul Creston(12\/08), George Gershwin(24\/08) and Charles Ives (28\/08), and there will be others. The most notable was Aaron Copland, \u2018the dean of American Music\u2019, as he has been called. Both he and Thomson studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, the foremost teacher of her day, and for some years Thomson became part of the \u2018twenties&#8217; culture of that city. Thomson was a no-nonsense"}