Virgil Thomson and Howard Hanson were exact contemporaries, both being born in 1896, and both hailing from the mid-west: Thomson from Kansas and Hanson from Nebraska.
While Thomson studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and lived there for 15 years, Hanson.
Virgil Thomson and Howard Hanson were exact contemporaries, both being born in 1896, and both hailing from the mid-west: Thomson from Kansas and Hanson from Nebraska