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LGBTQ classical composers
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The list LGBTQ classical composers includes
Leonard Bernstein, Wendy Carlos, John Cage, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Vladimir Horowitz.
The list consists of 121 members.
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Leonard Bernstein
American conductor and composer (1918–1990)
Overview: Leonard Bernstein ( BURN-styne; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, conductor, pianist, music educator, author, and lifelong humanitarian. He was one of the most significant ...Date of birth: 25 August 1918Date of death: 14 October 1990Age: 72 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ConductorGender: Male
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Wendy Carlos
American composer and electronic musician (born 1939)
Overview: Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos, November 14, 1939) is an American musician and composer best known for her electronic music and film scores. Born and raised in Rhode Island, Carlos studied physics and ... 0
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John Cage
American avant-garde composer (1912–1992)
Overview: John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer, music theorist, artist, and philosopher. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard ...Date of birth: 5 September 1912Date of death: 12 August 1992Age: 79 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ComposerGender: Male 0
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer
Overview: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( chy-KOF-skee; Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский, 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music ...Date of birth: 7 May 1840Date of death: 6 November 1893Age: 53 (age at death)Nationality: RussianOccupation: ComposerGender: MaleHeight: 6' 2" (188 cm) 0
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Vladimir Horowitz
American musician
Overview: Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz (Russian: Владимир Самойлович Горовиц; Yiddish: וולאדימיר סאַמוילאָוויטש האָראָוויץ; October 1 [O.S. September 18] 1903 – November 5, 1989) was a Rus ...Date of birth: 1 October 1903Date of death: 5 November 1989Age: 86 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ComposerGender: Male 0
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Aaron Copland
American composer and conductor (1900–1990)
Overview: Aaron Copland (, KOHP-lənd; November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later a conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred ...Date of birth: 14 November 1900Date of death: 2 December 1990Age: 90 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ComposerGender: Male 0
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Dimitri Mitropoulos
Greek musician
Overview: Dimitri Mitropoulos (Greek: Δημήτρης Μητρόπουλος; 1 March [O.S. 18 February] 1896 – 2 November 1960) was a Greek conductor, pianist, and composer.Date of birth: 1 March 1896Date of death: 2 November 1960Age: 64 (age at death)Nationality: GreekOccupation: ComposerGender: Male 0
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Pierre Boulez
French composer and conductor (1925–2016)
Overview: Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez CBE (26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor, writer and founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of the post-war ...Date of birth: 26 March 1925Date of death: 5 January 2016Age: 90 (age at death)Nationality: FrenchOccupation: BassistGender: Male 0
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Paul Bowles
American composer and writer (1910–1999)
Overview: Paul Frederic Bowles (December 30, 1910 – November 18, 1999) was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator. He became associated with Tangier, where he settled in 1947 and lived for ...Date of birth: 30 December 1910Date of death: 18 November 1999Age: 88 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ComposerGender: Male 0
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Benjamin Britten
English composer
Overview: Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of ...Date of birth: 22 November 1913Date of death: 4 December 1976Age: 63 (age at death)Nationality: EnglishOccupation: ComposerGender: Male 0
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Reynaldo Hahn
Venezuelan-French composer (1874–1947)
Overview: Reynaldo Hahn (August 9, 1874 – January 28, 1947) was a Venezuelan-born French composer, conductor, music critic, theatre director, and salon singer. Best known as a composer of songs, he wrote in the ...Date of birth: 9 August 1874Date of death: 28 January 1947Age: 72 (age at death)Nationality: VenezuelanOccupation: ComposerGender: Male 0
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Samuel Barber
American composer
Overview: Samuel Osmond Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, and music educator. One of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century; music critic ...Date of birth: 9 March 1910Date of death: 23 January 1981Age: 70 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ComposerGender: Male 0
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Karol Szymanowski
Polish composer
Overview: Karol Maciej Szymanowski (3 October 1882 – 29 March 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. He was a member of the modernist Young Poland movement that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th ...Date of birth: 6 October 1882Date of death: 29 March 1937Age: 54 (age at death)Nationality: PolishOccupation: ComposerGender: Male 0
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Marc Blitzstein
American composer
Overview: Marcus Samuel Blitzstein (March 2, 1905 – January 22, 1964), was an American composer, lyricist, and librettist. He won national attention in 1937 when his pro-union musical The Cradle Will Rock ...Date of birth: 2 March 1905Date of death: 22 January 1964Age: 58 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ComposerGender: Male 0
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Ned Rorem
American composer
Overview: Ned Rorem (October 23, 1923 – November 18, 2022) was an American composer and diarist. He won a Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1976 for his Air Music: Ten Etudes for Orchestra.Date of birth: 23 October 1923Date of death: 18 November 2022Age: 99 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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Meredith Monk
American musician
Overview: Meredith Jane Monk (born November 20, 1942) is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer. 0
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Virgil Thomson
American composer
Overview: Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 – September 30, 1989) was an American composer and critic. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music. He has been described as ...Date of birth: 25 November 1896Date of death: 30 September 1989Age: 92 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ComposerGender: Male 0
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Gian Carlo Menotti
Italian-American composer and librettist (1911–2007)
Overview: Gian Carlo Menotti (, July 7, 1911 – February 1, 2007) was an Italian-American composer and librettist. Although he often referred to himself as an American composer, he kept his Italian citizenship. He ...Date of birth: 7 July 1911Date of death: 1 February 2007Age: 95 (age at death)Nationality: ItalianOccupation: ComposerGender: Male 0
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Michael Tilson Thomas
American conductor
Overview: Michael Tilson Thomas (born December 21, 1944) is an American conductor, pianist and composer. He is currently music director of the San Francisco Symphony and artistic director of the New World Symphony ...Date of birth: 21 December 1944Age: 80Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ConductorGender: MalePartner: Joshua Robison (Married) 0
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Harry Partch
American composer (1901–1974)
Overview: Harry Partch (June 24, 1901 – September 3, 1974) was an American composer, music theorist, and creator of musical instruments. He composed using scales of unequal intervals in just intonation, and was ...Date of birth: 24 June 1901Date of death: 3 September 1974Age: 73 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: EducatorGender: Male 0
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