The Queer Composition of America's Sound: Gay Modernists, American Music, and National Identity

by Nadine Hubbs

Book Overview

In this vibrant and pioneering book, Nadine Hubbs shows how a gifted group of Manhattan-based gay composers were pivotal in creating a distinctive "American sound" and in the process served as architects of modern American identity. Focusing on a talented circle that included Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, Leonard Bernstein, Marc Blitzstein, Paul Bowles, David Diamond, and Ned Rorem, The Queer Composition of America's Sound homes in on the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520241851
• ISBN13: 9780520241855
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"