Queering the Pitch: The New Gay and Lesbian MusicologyPhilip Brett, Elizabeth Wood, Gary C. Thomas When the first edition of Queering the Pitch was published in early 1994, it was immediately hailed as a landmark and defining work in the new field of Gay Musicology. The first collection of its kind, its contributors covered a wide range of subjects from analysis of the work of gay composers to queer readings of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony. Among the contributors were many then-new scholars, --including the late Philip Brett (one of the editors of the first edition), Susan McClary, Jennifer Rycenga, Paul Attinello, and Martha Mockus--who have since become leaders in the field. In light of the explosion of Gay Musicology since 1994, a new edition of Queering the Pitch is timely and needed. In this new work, the editors are including a landmark essay by Philip Brett on Gay Musicology, its history and scope, which was written for Grove's Dictionary of Music-but only published in a greatly reduced version, because of its strong political approach. The essay itself has become a cause celebre, and this will be its first full appearance in print. Along with this new historical essay, the editors are contributing a new introduction that outlines the changes that have occurred over the last decade as Gay Musicology has grown. |
Contents
Chapter 1 QUEERING THE PITCH | 1 |
Chapter 2 MUSICALITY ESSENTIALISM AND THE CLOSET | 9 |
Chapter 3 SAPPHONICS | 27 |
Chapter 4 ON A LESBIAN RELATIONSHIP WITH MUSIC | 67 |
Chapter 5 A CONVERSATION WITH NED ROREM | 85 |
Chapter 6 HENRY LAWESS SETTING OF KATHERINE PHILIPSS FRIENDSHIP POETRY IN HIS | 115 |
Chapter 7 UNVEILED VOICES | 139 |
Chapter 8 WAS GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL GAY? | 155 |
Chapter 11 QUEER THOUGHTS ON COUNTRY MUSIC AND kd lang | 257 |
Chapter 12 LESBIAN COMPOSITIONAL PROCESS | 275 |
Chaper 13 GROWING UP FEMALES | 297 |
Chapter 14 AUTHORITY AND FREEDOM | 315 |
Preface to Lesbian and Gay Music | 349 |
Chapter 15 LESBIAN AND GAY MUSIC | 351 |
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Contributors | 405 |
Chapter 9 CONSTRUCTIONS OF SUBJECTIVITY IN SCHUBERTS MUSIC | 205 |
Chapter 10 EROS AND ORIENTALISM IN BRITTENS OPERAS | 235 |
Back cover | 407 |
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