Virgil Thomson composed many musical portraits of people as they faced him Like a visual artist using different visual elements Virgil established personal sketches using the palette of musical expression EVERBEST VIRGIL perpetuates this tradition by linking the portrait of a composer to his own composition I filmed Virgil in his apartment at the Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan shortly before his death These are the last images taken from the life of one of Americas most treasured composers
DirectorLawrence F. Brose