Thomas Philbrick

Writer. Artist. Composer. Violinist. Music & Literature Critic.

[Thomas Philbrick @PhilbrickT92]

ALA @SalemLola, here is a thread of some of what I believe is the best and most beautiful 20th century music, in no particular order:

[Thomas Philbrick @PhilbrickT92]

My sister just lost her husband to a sudden and tragic illness. Please consider donating at the link below to help her and her children in this devastating time:

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My review of @bradford_skow’s poetry collection American Independence in Verse is now up @ubookman.

[Brad Skow @bradford_skow]

Great review of American Independence in Verse by @PhilbrickT92 , check it out! (Note the price on the review is a sale price, ending July 5th.) https://t.co/kxLmVZlPbL

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@paul_jkrause Flannery

[Stephen Limbaugh @StephenLimbaugh]

I'm almost finished composing a symphony for America's 250th.

Inching closer on the crowdfund to RECORD it with a live orchestra, which now stands at $34,726.92.
$44,274 left to go!

Donate at the link in the replies.🇺🇸

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[Thomas Philbrick @PhilbrickT92]

“Avoidance of the obvious is not the mark of the highest originality or of the genuinely bold artist.”

Helen Gardner, The Art of T.S. Eliot

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Head over to @voegelin_view to read my review of a recent album of Brahms’ cello sonatas, played on instruments that were made during the same decade in which Brahms wrote the sonatas.

[Barbarian Herodotus @BBHerodotus]

The home of Cormac McCarthy outside of Santa Fe

[Wiseblood Books @WisebloodBooks]

More than a Matter of Taste: The Moral Imagination and the Spirit of Literature, the tenth book by our founder and editor Joshua Hren, makes it way into the world today. This book is dedicated to Colleen Hutt and Mary R. Finnegan (@maryraphaela), friends in literature and in life. The cover bears the painting “Woman Holding a Balance” in honor of Joshua's wife Brittney, who loves Vermeer. Read more via the link below:

https://t.co/iql7wQPmLL
*Image credit: @WordOnFire

[Stephen Limbaugh @StephenLimbaugh]

For a year, I've been writing a symphony for America's 250th.

IN PUBLIC.

It is almost finished.

I have raised almost $28,000 to have it recorded. I need ~$50,000 more.

Donate at the link below 👇🏻

[Thomas Philbrick @PhilbrickT92]

@_motherslug Love that westerns collection. So classic.

[Aaron Gwyn @AmericanGwyn]

Here’s a list of books I *wish* I’d read when I was young:

*THE NICK ADAMS STORIES, Hemingway
*NORTH OF BOSTON, Frost
*THE PLAGUE, Camus
*A DISTANT MIRROR, Tuchman
*THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC TRILOGY, Catton
*THE CIVIL WAR: A NARRATIVE, Foote
*BIG WOODS, Faulkner

[Thomas Philbrick @PhilbrickT92]

@paul_jkrause East of Eden. The Iliad, For Whom the Bell Tolls. Demons. The Remains of the Day.

[Thomas Philbrick @PhilbrickT92]

@paul_jkrause None of them? I know this is unpopular but I find his stories contrived and unpolished.

[Thomas Philbrick @PhilbrickT92]

@paul_jkrause Same. His best and most nuanced novel.

[Steven Isserlis @StevenIsserlis]

JS Bach's St Matthew Passion premiered otd 1729 - how overwhelming that must have been! The breathtaking emotional power of the first and last choruses, with seemingly every shade of sorrow in between; and the almost unbearably moving compassion of Ebarme dich. Life-changing...

[Robert W. Rust @rwalterrust]

Most composers want to be conformist while feeling rebellious. It's easier to rebel against the status quo of half a century ago than to compose something new.

[The New Criterion @newcriterion]

The Editors are pleased to announce that the submission window for the twenty-sixth New Criterion Poetry Prize is now open.

https://t.co/8e9kWOidfS

[Thomas Philbrick @PhilbrickT92]

Head over to @voegelin_view to read my latest album review!

[VoegelinView @voegelin_view]

Born in 1897, Erich Korngold came of age amidst the crucible of Viennese creativity just as the city’s optimism reached its zenith. His father was a leading music critic in the city, and his composition teacher was one of Mahler’s foremost students.
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In case anyone wanted ideas for my birthday

[Barenreiter @Baerenreiter]

The “New Bach Edition”
117 music volumes and 101 Critical Reports have been published as part of the monumental “New Bach Edition”. Thousands of hours of musicological work went into this project, a “towering” achievement.