Hello! I'm Bill Thompson. Welcome to The Thompsonian!

"SINCE 1996" - CELEBRATING 25 YEARS!

The mission of The Thompsonian Institution is to:
Share the love of Christ with others;
Develop original music and information content for the Web;
Provide links to recommended Web Sites; and to
Encourage communication with those who share my interests.

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Frederick Delius (1862-1934)

Delius is my favorite composer and I have dedicated a separate page to him:

The Music of Frederick Delius

MY OTHER MUSICAL FAVORITES:

WEB PAGES MAINTAINED BY THE THOMPSONIAN:

• Eric Fenby: Unsung Hero of Music (Composer - Assistant to Delius)
• Peter Warlock (Composer - Friend and Biographer of Delius)
• Percy Grainger (Composer, Pianist, Musicologist - Friend of Delius)
  
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Movie Soundtracks for Errol Flynn)
• Felix Slatkin (Violinist, Conductor, Arranger, Producer)
• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (Black English Composer)
• Louis Moreau Gottschalk (Pioneering Pianist/Composer of the Americas)
• David W. Guion (Texas composer and arranger - "Home On The Range")
  
• Arthur Foote (New England Composer)
  
• The Jolly Minstrels (LP of Medieval Music)

• RAGTIME (Scott Joplin and other ragtime composers)
  

• Mary Ann Kirtley (Christian Singer)
  

• Eddie Cochran (Great Guitarist - "Summertime Blues")
• Seals and Crofts (Pop troubadours - "Summer Breeze")
• Maria Muldaur (American Songstress - "Midnight At The Oasis")
  
• Milton Brown & The Musical Brownies (Pioneer Western Swing Band)
• Neal Ford & The Fanatics (1960's rock band from Houston, Texas)
• Jess Hooper (Reclusive Rockabilly)
• Rockpile - Live Shows 1977-1981 (with links to reviews, articles, setlists, audio files)
  

• The Country Church of Hollywood

• Ann Sothern - Beloved Star of Radio, Stage, Movies ("Maisie") and TV ("Susie")
  

WEBSITES MAINTAINED BY OTHERS:

• Leroy Anderson (American Composer of Light Symphonic Works)
• Anatol Liadov (Russian Impressionist)
• Scott Joplin (American Composer of Piano Rags and "Treemonisha")
• John Philip Sousa (The March King)
• The Beatles (The Fab Four)
• Elvis Presley (The Big E!)
• Badfinger (Beatlesque Apple Band)
• Buddy Holly (Texas' favorite son)
• Nick Drake (English folk/jazz/rock)
• Carlene Carter (Country/Rock vocalist)
• Mickey Jupp (British Songwriter/Vocalist/Guitarist)
• Nick Lowe (British Songwriter/Vocalist/Guitarist)
• Dave Edmunds (British Vocalist/Guitarist/Producer)

EKATERINA GONCHAROVA, Soprano
     YouTube video page    Wonderful musical performances, many from the historic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Russia
       Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" from the Mariinsky Theater with Ekaterina Goncharova as Tatiana (complete opera sung in Russian) - the "Letter Scene" begins at 44:57 - a tour de force by Ekaterina!

CHRISTINA PEPPER'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL - Lots of great ragtime and classical piano performances!

Scans of selected articles about music from the 1970's

The Lost LP Collection (Donated to Library in 1981)

ADAM GOLKA, pianist extraordinaire!

WFMU RADIO ARCHIVES - Online archives of radio shows