Thompson, Randall
Thompson, Randall
(1899–1984) composer; born in New York City. Harvard-educated, he taught at various schools including Harvard (1948–65) while composing genteel, often nationalistic works that were popular mainly in the 1940s and 1950s.The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.