November 1 - Roger Quilter (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for November 1st are here: Roger Quilter; Guido Adler (2019), Victoria de los Angeles (2020), and Roger Quilter (2021)

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Roger Quilter (1 November 1877 – 21 September 1953) was a British composer, important for his art songs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Closet 

He was educated at Eton but never had any idea of trying to earn a living. It did not help that he was homosexual, at a time when any gay activity was strictly illegal. -- stonerecords.co.uk/

We now know that Quilter was gay,

At least as we moderns would say,

But sadly back then

His attraction to men

Was a trait he could never display.

 

 

 

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