Home / Music / Who wrote The Mother of Us All?Music linernotes album music virgil-thomsonWho wrote The Mother of Us All?Virgil Thomson composed it, and Gertrude Stein wrote the libretto. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.Related NotesExploreExploreExplorePrevious 3 Key Facts About the Oboe in Takemitsu's 'A Flock Descends'Next Who set Gertrude Stein's words in Four Saints in Three Acts?