Anthony Tommasi article on Nade Hubbs' book Queer Composn of Ameri's Sound: Gay Mornists, Amerin Mic and Natnal Inty; says Hubbs ntends that mid-20th-century 'Amerin' sound was vented by gay posers Leonard Bernste, Marc Blzste, Virgil Thomson, Ned Rorem, Aaron Copland and David Diamond; photos (M)
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- WAS CHOP GAY? THE AWKWARD QUTN ONE OF THE EU’S WORST UNTRI FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS
- WHAT'S SO GAY ABOUT AMERIN MIC?
WAS CHOP GAY? THE AWKWARD QUTN ONE OF THE EU’S WORST UNTRI FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS
Classil mic wouldn't be what is today whout the great gay matros. * which composer was gay *
He studied unr Frank Bridge, John Ireland and Arthur Benjam among others, and was also a fe ground-breakg operas, which clu Peter Grim (1945), and The Turn of the Screw (1954) – and his famo War Requiem – tackle ntemporaneo issu around psychology and post-war trma, as well his own homosexualy, which was illegal Brten’s lifetime.
WHAT'S SO GAY ABOUT AMERIN MIC?
Howard Pollack, The Dean of Gay Amerin Composers, Amerin Mic, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Sprg, 2000), pp. 39-49 * which composer was gay *
As well as beg one of the first openly gay posers full stop, Poulenc also didn’t chew his sexualy the ntext of his relig posns spanned om timate chamber sonatas wh sublime, twistg melodi and lite imprsnist harmoni (thk the 1957 Flute Sonata), to his Piano Concerto and epic one-act opera for soprano and orchtra, La voix humae.