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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]]
* [[Sebrina Maria Alfonso]], United States
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* [[Samuel Barber]], United States
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'''Canada'''
* [[Jean Barraque]], France
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* [[Leonard Bernstein]], United States
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* [[Colin McPhee]]
* [[Paul Bowles]], United States
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* [[Claude Vivier]]  
* [[Baron Benjamin Britten]], Great Britain
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* [[John Cage]], United States
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'''France'''
* [[Aaron Copland]], United States
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* [[Arcangelo Corelli]], Italy
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* [[Jean Barraque]]
* [[John Corigliano]], United States
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* [[Reynaldo Hahn]]
* [[Henry Cowell]], United States
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* [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]]
* [[Chris DeBlasio]], United States
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* [[Francis Poulenc]]
* [[David Diamond]], United States
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* [[Maurice Ravel]]
* [[Manuel de Falla]], Spain
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* [[Gareth Farr]], New Zealand
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'''Germany'''
* [[Wolfgang Fortner]], Germany
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* [[Ricky Ian Gordon]], United States
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* [[Wolfgang Fortner]]
* [[Louis Moreau Gottschalk]], United States
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* [[Hans Werner Henze]]
* [[Percy Grainger]], Australia
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* [[Robert Odeman]]
* [[Charles Griffes]], United States
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* [[Siegfried Wagner]]
* [[Lou Harrison]], United States
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* [[Reynaldo Hahn]], France
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'''Great Britain'''
* [[Clement Harris]], Great Britain
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* [[Stephen Hough]], Great Britain
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* [[Baron Benjamin Britten]]
* [[Hans Werner Henze]], Germany
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* [[Clement Harris]]
* [[Jennifer Higdon]], United States
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* [[Stephen Hough]]
* [[Paula Kimper]], United States
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* [[Angela Morley]]
* [[Libby Larsen]], United States
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* [[Ethel Smyth]]
* [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]], France
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* [[Sir Michael Tippett]]
* [[Karol Maciej Szymanowski]], Poland
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* [[Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners]]
* [[Colin McPhee]], Canada
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* [[Gian Carlo Menotti]], Italy
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'''Greece'''
* [[Dimitri Mitropoulos]], Greece
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* [[Angela Morley]], Great Britain
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* [[Dimitri Mitropoulos]]
* [[Nico Muhly]], United States
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* [[Modest Mussorgsky]], Russia
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'''Italy'''
* [[Robert Odeman]], Germany
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* [[Francis Poulenc]], France
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* [[Arcangelo Corelli]]
* [[Maurice Ravel]], France
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* [[Gian Carlo Menotti]]
* [[Ned Rorem]], United States
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* [[Ethel Smyth]], Great Britain
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'''New Zealand'''
* [[Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky]], Russia
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* [[Michael Tilson Thomas]], United States
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* [[Gareth Farr]]
* [[Virgil Thomson]], United States
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* [[Sir Michael Tippett]], Great Britain
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'''Poland'''
* [[Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners]], Great Britain
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* [[Claude Vivier]], Canada
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* [[Karol Maciej Szymanowski]]
* [[Siegfried Wagner]], Germany
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* [[Louis Weingarden]], United States
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'''Russia'''
* [[Earl Wild]], United States
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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==

Revision as of 21:53, 27 February 2019

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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