Thomson, Virgil - books Grosser, Maurice. "Scenario." In Four Saints in Three Acts by Virgil Thomson. New York: Music Press and Arrow Music Press, 1948. Marx, Robert. "Thomson, Stein and The Mother of Us All." Notes for Virgil Thomson's The Mother of Us All. Performed by Santa Fe Opera. Directed by Raymond Leppard. New World Records NW288, 1977. [In his lengthy notes Marx discusses the background and style of two of Thomson's operas, Four Saints in Three Acts and The Mother of Us All.] Meckna, Michael. Virgil Thomson--A Bio-Bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986. [This is a detailed bibliography with a biography of Thomson. The bibliography is divided into four parts: Works and Performances, Discography, Bibliography by Thomson, and Bibliography about Thomson. Thomson, Virgil. The Mother of Us All. New York: Music Press, Inc., 1947. Thomson, Virgil. Four Saints in Three Acts. New York: Music Press and Arrow Music Press, 1948. Thomson, Virgil. Virgil Thomson. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. [This is Thomson's Autobiography in which Thomson records the details of his life and discusses his works and their performances.] Thomson, Virgil. A Virgil Thomson Reader. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1981. [This is an anthology of Thomson's writings including excerpts from his autobiography, selected articles from Modern Music, a portion of The State of Music, articles from the New York Herald Tribune, etc.] Thomson, Virgil. "A Personal Statement." Note for Virgil Thomson's Four Saints in Three Acts. Performed by Orchestra of Our Time. Directed by Joel Thome. Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records 79035, 1982. [This is a short autobiography written for the record.] Tommasini, Anthony. Virgil Thomson's Musical Portraits. New York: Pendragon Press, 1986. 11/88