"In this remarkable book, Nadine Hubbs demonstrates that our
understanding of modernist American culture will remain
impoverished so long as we ignore the gay social networks and
patronage and distinctly queer sensibilities and idioms that
influenced (to varying degrees) the work of the great modernist
composers Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, Samuel Barber, Ned Rorem,
and Leonard Bernstein, among others. Deeply learned, theoretically
sophisticated, and powerfully argued, this is a landmark study,
which is sure to inspire a new generation of work drawing together
and advancing the insights of musicology, feminist and queer
theory, and American cultural history."--George Chauncey,
University of Chicago, author of "Gay New York
"What does music have to do with homosexuality, or homosexuality
with music? That is the question Hubbs explores through a
breathtakingly original history of the mid-twentieth-century gay
American composers who produced "America's sound." Hubbs shows how
sexual desire, aesthetic practice, and social identity shape one
another and define specific forms of human consciousness. Her
recovery of the homosexual roots of American musical modernism is
ultimately a study in the sexuality of culture itself."--David M.
Halperin, author of "One Hundred Years of Homosexuality and "Saint
Foucault
"Nadine Hubbs's courageous and important book seeks both to
recover the historical significance of the prewar American
modernists and to confront some of the reasons behind the
relegation of their work to the closet. Compellingly argued and
beautifully written, "Queer Composition will no doubt raise
controversy, but it will be required reading for musicologists,
Americanists, andqueer theorists."--Susan McClary, author of
"Conventional Wisdom: The Content of Musical Form
"Hubbs's graceful, shrewd, and nuanced book is the best account
yet of the queer sources of much modern American music--and
American culture--and a compelling contribution to music history,
gay and lesbian studies, and American studies."--Michael Sherry,
History, Northwestern University, author of "In the Shadow of War:
The United States Since the 1930's
General
Imprint: |
University of California Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2004 |
First published: |
October 2004 |
Authors: |
Nadine Hubbs
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
293 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-520-24185-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Music >
General
Books >
Music >
General
|
LSN: |
0-520-24185-1 |
Barcode: |
9780520241855 |
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