Virgil Thomson was and still is renowned for his musical 'portraits' of friends and famous personalities of the day. These 'Five Ladies' have been arranged for Violin and Piano.Cynthia Kemper: Friend from Kansas City Missouri a mother a hostess and something of a grande dameAnne Miracle: French beauteous and sweetAlice Tolkas: Writer secretary hostess and devoted companion to Gertrude SteinYvonne De Casa Fuerte: Violinist Marseillaise by birth Spanish by marriage Franco-American by long musical experience Mary Reynolds: Friend from Minneapolis bookbinder. Parisian - to avoidwartime arrest she walked across the Pyrenees.
