Queering the Pitch
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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.
CONTENTSPreface to the Second EditionPreface to the First Edition1 Queering the Pitch: A Posy of Definitions and ImpersonationsWayne KoestenbaumPart One * CANONS AND ARIAS2 Musicality, Essentialism, and the ClosetPhilip Brett3 SapphonicsElizabeth Wood4 On a Lesbian Relation with Music: A Serious Effort Not to Think StraightSuzanne Cusick5 A Conversation with Ned RoremLawrence D. MassPart Two * CHRONICLES6 Henry Lawes's Setting of Katherine Philips's Friendship Poetry in His Second Book of Ayres and Dialogues, 1655: A Musical Misreading?Lydia Hammesley7 Unveiled Voices: Sexual Difference and the CastratoJoke Dame8 "Was George Frideric Handel Gay?": On Closet Questions and Cultural PoliticsGary C. Thomas9 Constructions of Subjectivity in Schubert's MusicSusan McClary10 Eros and Orientalism in Britten's OperasPhilip Brett11 Queer Thoughts on Country Music and k.d. langMartha MockusPart Three * CONSORTS12 Lesbian Compositional Process: One Lover-Composer's PerspectiveJennifer Rycenga13 Growing up Female(s): Retrospective Thoughts on Musical Preferences and MeaningsKaren Pegley and Virginia Caputo14 Authority and Freedom: Toward a Sociology of the Gay ChorusesPaul AttinelloPart Four * CODAPreface15 Lesbian and Gay MusicPhilip Brett and Elizabeth WoodINDEXCONTRIBUTORS
