Thomas Wilson

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Wilson, Thomas (Brendan) (b Trinidad, Colorado, 1927; d 2001). Scottish composer. Lect., Glasgow Univ. 1957–72, Reader from 1972, Prof. from 1977. CBE 1990. Works incl.:OPERAS: The Charcoal Burners (1968); Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1974).BALLET: Embers of Glencoe (1973).ORCH.: syms.: No.1 (1956), No.2 (1965), No.3 (1979), No.4 (Passeleth Tapestry) (1988); Toccata (1959); Variations (1960); Pas de Quoi, str. (1964); Touchstone, a Portrait (1967); Concerto for Orchestra (1967); Threnody (1970); Ritornelli, str. (1972); Mosaics, chamber orch. (1981); pf. conc. (1985); Chamber Conc. (1986); St Kentigern Suite, 11 solo str. (1986); va. conc. (1987); Chamber Sym. (1990); Carillon (1990); vn. conc. (1993).CHORAL: Missa pro mundo conturbato, ch., perc., hp., str. (1970); Sequentiae passionis, ch., orch., tape (1971); Te Deum, ch., orch. (1971); Songs of Hope and Expectation, ch., pf., elec. org., hpd. (1977); Amor Christi, chamber ch., perc., hp., str. (1989).CHAMBER MUSIC: str. qts. No.3 (1958), No.4 (1978); vn. sonata (1961); cl. sonatina (1962); Fantasia, vc. (1964); Concerto da camera (1965); pf. trio (1966); Sinfonia, 7 instr. (1968); Soliloquy, gui. (1969); 3 Pieces, gui. (1971); vc. sonata (1971); Canti notturni, fl., cl., vn., va., vc., pf. (1972); Coplas del Ruisenor, gui. (1972); Complementi, cl., vn., vc., pf. (1973); Cancion, gui. (1982); Dream Music, gui. (1983); Chanson de geste, hn. (1991).VOICE & INSTR(S).: 3 Orkney Songs, sop., bar., fl., ob., vn., vc., pf. (1961); 6 Scots Songs, v., pf. (1962); Carmina sacra, high v., hp., str. (1964); One foot in Eden, mez. (1977); The Willow Branches, v., ens. (1983).CHURCH MUSIC: Mass in D minor, unacc. (1955); Missa brevis, unacc. (1955); Night Songs, unacc. (1967); Ave Maria and Pater Noster, unacc. (1967); A Babe is born, ch., org. (1967); My Soul longs for Thee, unacc. women's vv. (1967); There is no rose, unacc. (1974); Ubi caritas et amor, male ch., perc. (1976).BRASS: Sinfonietta (1967); Cartoon, cornet (1969); Refrains and Cadenzas (1973).KEYBOARD: Sonatina, pf. (1956); sonata, pf. (1964); 3 Pieces, pf. (1964); Incunabula, pf. (1983); Toccata festevole, org. (1990).

Wilson, Thomas (c.1523–81), privy councillor and secretary of state in 1577. He published The Rule of Reason, a work on logic (1551); and the Arte of Rhetorique (1553; rev. and improved, 1560) a notable landmark in the history of English prose. Wilson provides interesting examples of epistles and orations in a variety of English styles, one of the most amusing of which is the famous ‘ink-horn’ letter from a Lincolnshire clergyman seeking preferment, which exhibits the worst excesses of Latinism and affectation. The Arte of Rhetorique was edited by G. H. Mair (1909).

Wilson, Thomas (1663–1755). Bp. of Sodor and Man from 1698. Taking advantage of the freedom of the Manx Church from Acts of the English Parliament, he enforced discipline by his Ecclesiastical Constitutions of 1704, which inflicted public penance for slander, perjury, immorality, and other offences; their administration involved him in acrimonious legal disputes, as did his suspension of his archdeacon for heresy (1722). His devotional works long enjoyed a wide circulation.