LGBT composers

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 186. Chapters: Wendy Carlos, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, John Cage, Leonard Bernstein, Ani DiFranco, Benjamin Britten, Aaron Copland, Cole Porter, Samuel Barber, Francis Poulenc, Ivor Novello, Henry Cowell, Harry Partch, Michael Tippett, Virgil Thomson, Jean Barraqué, Lionel Bart, Elton John, Noël Coward, Paul Bowles, Ned Rorem, Peter Maxwell Davies, Owen Pallett, Michael John LaChiusa, Ingolf Dahl, Lou Harrison, Hans Werner Henze, Danielle Egnew, Kaki King, Desmond Child, Reynaldo Hahn, Thomas Adès, Arthur Benjamin, Charles Wuorinen, SIRPAUL, Jonny McGovern, Marc Shaiman, Nico Muhly, Billy Strayhorn, Michael Tilson Thomas, Meredith Monk, Gian Carlo Menotti, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Pauline Oliveros, Roger Bourland, Adela Maddison, Lee Hoiby, Ethel Smyth, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Norman Iceberg, Charles Griffes, Henri Sauguet, Jennifer Higdon, Karol Szymanowski, Annea Lockwood, John Corigliano, Julius Eastman, David Diamond, Thomas Pasatieri, Claude Vivier, Zeki Müren, Roger Edens, Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, Mark Adamo, Lisa Coleman, Daniel Pinkham, Tobias Picker, Colin McPhee, Andrew Lippa, Chester Biscardi, Lesley Barber, Patrick Nunn, Gareth Farr, Warren Casey, Dominique Phinot, Richard Addinsell, Marla Glen, Sylvano Bussotti, Wendy Melvoin, Andy Martin, David Del Tredici, Ruth Anderson, Roger Quilter, Robert Helps, Lowell Liebermann, Eve Beglarian, Conrad Susa, Jerry Hunt, Peer Raben, Conrad Cummings, Trevor Grahl, Merton Brown, Ben Weber. Excerpt: Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, composer and pianist. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriter partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date. John received a knighthood from HM Queen Elizabeth II for "services to music and charitable services" and became Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE in 1998. In his four-decade career John has sold more than 250 million records, making him one of the most successful artists of all time. His single "Candle in the Wind 1997" has sold over 33 million copies worldwide, and is the best selling single in Billboard history. He has more than 50 Top 40 hits, including seven consecutive No. 1 US albums, 56 Top 40 singles, 16 Top 10, four No. 2 hits, and nine No. 1 hits. He has won six Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him Number 49 on its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time. John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. He has been heavily involved in the fight against AIDS since the late 1980s, and was knighted in 1998. In 1992 he established the Elton John AIDS Foundation and a year later began hosting the annual Academy Award Party, which has since become one of the most high-profile Oscar parties in the Hollywood film industry. Since its inception, the foundation has raised over $200 million. John entered into a civil partnership with David Furnish on 21 December 2005 and continues to be a champion for LGBT social movements. In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked him as the most successful male solo artist on "The Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists" (third overall, behind only The Beatles and Madonna). John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947, the eldest child of Stanley and only child of Sheila Eileen (née Harris) Dwight and was raised in Pinner, Middlesex in a council house of his maternal grandparents. His pare...