Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Virgil Thomson
Born: November 25, 1896
Died: September 30, 1989 (aged 92)
Bio: Virgil Thomson was an American composer and critic. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music.
Known for:
- The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936)
- Louisiana Story (1948)
- The River (1938)
- The Goddess (1958)
- King Lear (1953)