Randall Thompson

Although he is one of America's most successful choral composers, Thompson's operas are not widely known. He was also well known in his lifetime as a music educator and for his writings on the state of music education in the United States, including the book College Music.

One of his two operas, The Nativity According to St. Luke, was written specifically for church performance at Christmas.

• Solomon and Balkis, or The Butterfly that Stamped, radio opera
  Libretto by the composer, adapted from the Just So Stories of Rudyard Kipling.
  March 29, 1942, WABC Radio and affiliates
• The Nativity According to St. Luke, musical drama in seven scenes
  Libretto by R. Rowlands after the Gospel of Luke.
  December 13, 1961, Christ Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  (commissioned for the 200th anniversary of Christ Church)

Discography

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Randall Thompson The Nativity According to St. Luke Cleveland Sinfonia Sacra 2 CD / Koch International Classics (1997)

Bibliography

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Benser & Urrows Randall Thompson: A Bio-Bibliography Greenwood Press 1991

Last update: January 1, 2009