Handel and Homosexuality
Burlington House and Cannons Revisited
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4408701 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Mcgeary (0000-0001-8337-7361, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 136 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-71 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Royal Musical Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0269-0403 • E-ISSN: 1471-6933 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02690403.2011.562718 |
| OpenAlex | W1992379463 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
It has been claimed that Burlington House and Cannons, the homes of the Earl of Burlington and the Duke of Chandos, were homosexual or homoerotic settings and that Handel's presence in these environments suggests that he was 'gay' or influenced the secular works he composed there. Examining in detail biographical information about John Gay, Alexander Pope and William Kent, eighteenth-century biographical accounts of Handel and insights from the history of sexuality, this article argues that there is no basis for these claims about the homosexual milieux at Burlington House and Cannons or for Handel's sexuality
Art · Homosexuality · Human sexuality · Male Homosexuality · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · Medicine · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Psychology · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2019 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |