# The State of Music

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- Book: [The State of Music](https://www.bookquiver.com/virgil-thomson/the-state-of-music) ([The State of Music.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/virgil-thomson/the-state-of-music.md))
- Authors: [Virgil Thomson](https://www.bookquiver.com/virgil-thomson)
- Publisher: library_of_america
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-15-9853-475-7
- Published: 2016-10-04
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Virgil Thomson had already established himself as one of the nation's leading composers when he published The State of Music (1939), the book that made his name as a writer and won him a...