Orchestral manoeuvres by Harriet Swain in The Times Higher Education Supplement , 22nd. But Carpenter argues that the tensions which existed in Britten's emotional life informed his work. He shows Britten enjoying a stable, loving relationship with Pears but also finding inspriation in a succession of young boys. The composer is now known to have been an active homosexual. The rumour is that rather than dying of cholera, as was traditionally believed, he took his own life in an effort to avoid scandal.
Music is highly atmospheric and uses electronics and computer treatments of sound.
It is not a book about outing, but it is a book about freely available information which the author believes should be put on the record. Written in Boze Hadleigh's uniquely gossipy style, this informal history covers every era and genre of music, and includes the inside story on hundreds of major artists. Carefully documenting the enormous artistic contributions of gays and lesbians to popular music and dance, Boze Hadleigh also looks at the enormous impact music has on gay culture as a whole. Examining a variety of performers, Hadleigh looks at stars who spent years concealing their sexuality, those who came out with a shout, as well as those who emerged from the closet only to creep back in some time later. He looks at the musicians who waltzed into the spotlight regardless, as well as the artists whose struggle to overcome extreme prejudice continues to this day.