Pride Month-Wendy Carlos & Angela Morley

🎀 Cute Composer Series: Trans Pioneers in Music 🏳️‍⚧️🎶 Angela Morley (1924–2009) was an English composer, conductor, and arranger who transitioned in 1972 and became one of the most quietly legendary figures in film and television music 🎬 She was the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an Academy Award and going on to win three Emmy Awards 🏆🏆🏆 She scored the beloved 1978 animated film Watership Down and provided music for The Muppet Show, Dallas, Dynasty, and more 🎶 Wendy Carlos (b. 1939) is an American composer, musician, and trans pioneer whose 1968 debut album Switched-On Bach — Bach's music performed on the Moog synthesizer — was one of the first classical albums to sell over a million copies, going platinum and legitimizing electronic music as a serious art form 🎹🌟 Glenn Gould called it "the record of the decade." She went on to score Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and The Shining, and Disney's Tron. She was the first transgender person to win a Grammy Award 🏆 Carlos came out publicly in a landmark 1979 Playboy interview, one of the first public figures ever to do so. 👉 Which one's music do you want to explore more? VOTE BELOW👇& follow @daixcompose for more Cute Composer spotlights 💙 Recordings: 🎶Angela Morley: Esther Abrami and HER Ensemble perform ‘Rêverie’ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UXHhluwYZt0&ra=m 🎶 Wendy Carlos: Switched-On Bach; Performed by Wendy Carlos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YJFLMyFIks . . . . . #CuteComposerSeries #WendyCarlos #AngelaMorley #TransComposers #LGBTQComposers #PrideMonth #TransHistory #ClassicalMusic #ElectronicMusic #SwitchedOnBach #WatershipDown #FilmMusic #ComposerSpotlight #TransPride #daixai Best 5 for reach: #PrideMonth #TransHistory #LGBTQComposers #ClassicalMusic #ElectronicMusic