[FM] Re: Plow that Broke the Plains

[Tom Neff]

Chuck Hall wrote:
> [The CBC DJ had] started with "The Plow That Broke The Plains", by a
composer
> I didn't write down...

That's by Virgil Thomson, one of the greatest American composers of the 20th
century.  Among many pages with more info:

	http://www.schirmer.com/composers/thomson_bio.html

There is a wonderful reissue of Thompson's own 1947 recording of this work
and "Four Saints in Three Acts" still in print from RCA.

It may not be New American Singer-Songwriter, but every FM reader should
make a pledge to listen to at least one challenging modern "classical" music
piece this month.  There's a world of musical brilliance that we isolate
ourselves from at our peril.