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We have identified a large number of LGBTQ classical music composers hailing from Germany, Great Britain, Canada, Italy, Poland, Spain, Australia, Greece, Russia, the United States, France, and New Zealand.
 
We have identified a large number of LGBTQ classical music composers hailing from Germany, Great Britain, Canada, Italy, Poland, Spain, Australia, Greece, Russia, the United States, France, and New Zealand.
  
* [[Byron Adams]], United States
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'''Australia'''
* [[Mark Adamo]], United States
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* [[H. Leslie Adams]], United States
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* [[Percy Grainger]]
* [[Samuel Barber]], United States
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* [[Jean Barraque]], France
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'''Canada'''
* [[Leonard Bernstein]], United States
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* [[Paul Bowles]], United States
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* [[Colin McPhee]]
* [[Baron Benjamin Britten]], Great Britain
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* [[Claude Vivier]]  
* [[John Cage]], United States
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* [[Aaron Copland]], United States
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'''France'''
* [[Arcangelo Corelli]], Italy
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* [[John Corigliano]], United States
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* [[Jean Barraque]]
* [[Henry Cowell]], United States
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* [[Reynaldo Hahn]]
* [[Chris DeBlasio]], United States
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* [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]]
* [[David Diamond]], United States
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* [[Francis Poulenc]]
* [[Manuel de Falla]], Spain
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* [[Maurice Ravel]]
* [[Gareth Farr]], New Zealand
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* [[Wolfgang Fortner]], Germany
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'''Germany'''
* [[Ricky Ian Gordon]], United States
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* [[Louis Moreau Gottschalk]], United States
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* [[Wolfgang Fortner]]
* [[Percy Grainger]], Australia
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* [[Hans Werner Henze]]
* [[Charles Griffes]], United States
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* [[Robert Odeman]]
* [[Lou Harrison]], United States
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* [[Siegfried Wagner]]
* [[Reynaldo Hahn]], France
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* [[Clement Harris]], Great Britain
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'''Great Britain'''
* [[Stephen Hough]], Great Britain
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* [[Hans Werner Henze]], Germany
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* [[Baron Benjamin Britten]]
* [[Jennifer Higdon]], United States
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* [[Clement Harris]]
* [[Libby Larsen]], United States
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* [[Stephen Hough]]
* [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]], France
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* [[Angela Morley]]
* [[Karol Maciej Szymanowski]], Poland
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* [[Ethel Smyth]]
* [[Colin McPhee]], Canada
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* [[Sir Michael Tippett]]
* [[Gian Carlo Menotti]], Italy
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* [[Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners]]
* [[Dimitri Mitropoulos]], Greece
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* [[Angela Morley]], Great Britain
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'''Greece'''
* [[Nico Muhly]], United States
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* [[Modest Mussorgsky]], Russia
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* [[Dimitri Mitropoulos]]
* [[Robert Odeman]], Germany
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* [[Francis Poulenc]], France
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'''Italy'''
* [[Maurice Ravel]], France
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* [[Ned Rorem]], United States
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* [[Arcangelo Corelli]]
* [[Ethel Smyth]], Great Britain
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* [[Gian Carlo Menotti]]
* [[Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky]], Russia
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* [[Michael Tilson Thomas]], United States
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'''New Zealand'''
* [[Virgil Thompson]], United States
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* [[Sir Michael Tippett]], Great Britain
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* [[Gareth Farr]]
* [[Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners]], Great Britain
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* [[Claude Vivier]], Canada
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'''Poland'''
* [[Siegfried Wagner]], Germany
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* [[Louis Weingarden]], United States
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* [[Karol Maciej Szymanowski]]
* [[Earl Wild]], United States
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'''Russia'''
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* [[Modest Mussorgsky]]
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* [[Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky]]
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'''Spain'''
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* [[Manuel de Falla]]
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'''United States'''
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* [[Byron Adams]]
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* [[Mark Adamo]]
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* [[H. Leslie Adams]]
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* [[Sebrina Maria Alfonso]]
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* [[Samuel Barber]]
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* [[Leonard Bernstein]]
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* [[Paul Bowles]]
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* [[John Cage]]
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* [[Aaron Copland]]
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* [[John Corigliano]]
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* [[Henry Cowell]]
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* [[Chris DeBlasio]]
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* [[David Diamond]]
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* [[Ricky Ian Gordon]]
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* [[Louis Moreau Gottschalk]]s
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* [[Charles Griffes]]
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* [[Lou Harrison]]
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* [[Jennifer Higdon]]
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* [[Paula Kimper]]
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* [[Libby Larsen]]
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* [[Nico Muhly]]
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* [[Ned Rorem]]
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* [[Michael Tilson Thomas]]
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* [[Virgil Thomson]]
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* [[Louis Weingarden]]
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* [[Earl Wild]]
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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* [[Transgender Singers, Musicians and Composers]]
 
* [[Transgender Singers, Musicians and Composers]]
 
* [[Boy Band Members Who Are Out As Gay, Bisexual or Queer]]
 
* [[Boy Band Members Who Are Out As Gay, Bisexual or Queer]]
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* [[Christian Singers Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
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* [[LGBTQ Lyricists and Composers for Theatre and Film]]
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* [[Electronic and Synthetic Music Performers Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
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* [[LGBTQ Hip Hop Artists]]
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* [[LGBTQ Folk Music Singers]]
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* [[Notable LGBTQ Dance Choreographers]]
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* [[Celebrated LGBTQ Pianists]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==
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* http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/women-gays-and-classical-music
 
* http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/women-gays-and-classical-music
 
* http://articles.philly.com/1995-07-30/entertainment/25677341_1_classical-music-gay-couple-gay-market
 
* http://articles.philly.com/1995-07-30/entertainment/25677341_1_classical-music-gay-couple-gay-market
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LGBTQ Classical Music Composers

LGBTQ classical music composers have spanned the generations. They include the early Baroque composers of Europe (such as Jean-Baptiste Lully), impressionist classicists (such as Maurice Ravel), mid-nineteen century modernists (such as Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, and Baron Benjamin Britten), and contemporary composers (such as Stephen Hough, Jennifer Higdon, and Gareth Farr).

This group of LGBTQ composers has also been active in composing works for many artistic forms. These include ballet, opera, piano, string instruments, and full orchestral movements. Many have had their work generously recognized with awards, such as Pulitzer Prizes, Grammy Awards, and significant national honours.

Interestingly, a great number of the historical LGBTQ music composers were isolated because their musical styles were innovative for their time. Often, their compositions did not display the repetitive form of their contemporaries and were more idiosyncratic in style. Reviewers and the public were often not embracing of this style, though this changed significantly with time. The classical music world is regarded as one that, historically, is inherently averse to innovation and novelty. One can make a case that this avant-garde musical style was an outward representation of the inherent personality and background of the LGBTQ composer.

Contemporary LGBTQ classical composers do not necessarily face the same restrictive professional climate. Much of the contemporary classical music genre is inherently idiosyncratic in its nature.

A new market niche has recently arisen for classical recording compilations targetted specifically to the high-spending LGBTQ community - selections such as 'Sensual Classics' and 'Gay Romantic Classics'.

We have identified a large number of LGBTQ classical music composers hailing from Germany, Great Britain, Canada, Italy, Poland, Spain, Australia, Greece, Russia, the United States, France, and New Zealand.

Australia

Canada

France

Germany

Great Britain

Greece

Italy

New Zealand

Poland

Russia

Spain

United States

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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