Randall Thompson

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This paper presents an examination of the life and times of the American choral composer Randall Thompson. It documents his life story and discusses how Thompson composed many types of music including symphonies, instrumental works and many songs. He also was well known for his composition of various operas, but he was best known for his choral compositions. It shows how he was a lover of learning, a lover of teaching but most of all he was a lover of music, the universal language.

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"When he first began to compose music his style was varied and not something that had its own voice. By 1922 however he had begun to study at the American Academy located in Rome. It was here that he began to develop his personal musical style. The musical style eventually led him along the path of success until he became one of the famed composers of the world. At the forefront of the American choral composers his name is always listed as one of the best, and it was about his steady study and practice that took him to that position."

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