List of famous gay, lesbian or bisexual composers

The following is a list of famous gay, lesbian, or bisexual composers of music from many genres.

• A: Ruth Anderson

• B: Samuel Barber -- Jean Barraque -- Eve Beglarian -- Leonard Bernstein -- Chester Biscardi -- Chris de Blasio -- Marc Blitzstein -- Konrad Boehmer -- Pierre Boulez -- Paul Bowles -- Benjamin Britten -- Sylvano Bussoti -- Madelyn Byrne

• C: John Cage -- Frederic Chopin -- David Conte -- Aaron Copland -- Marghreta Cordero -- John Corigliano -- Henry Cowell -- Conrad Cummings

• D: Peter Maxwell Davies -- David Del Tredici -- David Diamond -- Ani DiFranco

• E: Melissa Etheridge

• F: Wolfgang Fortner -- Stephen Foster -- Lori Freedman

• G: Karel Goeyvaerts -- Charles Tomlinson Griffes

• H: Reynaldo Hahn -- Lou Harrison -- Robert Helps -- Martin Hennessy -- Hans Werner Henze -- William Alden Hibbard -- Jennifer Higdon -- Lee Hoiby -- Jerry Hunt

• I: Janis Ian

• J: Elton John

• K: Paula Kimper -- Jonathan King

• L: k.d. lang -- John Lennon -- Marilyn Lerner -- Annea Lockwood -- Chris Lowe

• M: Madonna -- Robert Maggio -- Gian Carlo Menotti -- George Michael -- Linda Montano -- Steven Morrissey

• N: Me'shell N'Degeocello -- Alwin Nikolais

• O: Sinead O'Connor -- Pauline Oliveros

• P: Harry Partch -- Thomas Pasatieri -- Daniel Pinkham -- Cole Porter -- Francis Poulenc

• R: Sun Ra -- Ned Rorem

• S: Camille Saint-Saëns -- Fred Schneider -- Alexander Scriabin -- Zola Shaulis -- Dame Ethel Smyth -- Jimmy Somerville -- Stephen Sondheim -- Michael Stipe -- Conrad Susa -- Sylvester -- Karol Maciej Szymanowski

• T: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky -- Neil Tennant -- Virgil Thomson -- Nurit Tilles -- Michael Tippett -- 'Blue' Gene Tyranny

• W: Ben Weber -- Kaia Wilson -- Charles Wuorinen

External links

• Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture
• Shergood Forest: Gay Music - Composers & Conductor