“I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. Everything I was supposed to do, I didn’t.”
— Samuel Barber
(March 3, 1910 – 1981)
Sign: Pisces
Gay Pulitzer Prize-winning composer of deeply emotional music. His most celebrated composition is the Adagio for Strings (1936). As as child he wrote a note to his parents: “I was meant to be a composer and will be I’m sure. Don’t ask me to try and go play football—please.”
“Faggot Forefathers” is a weekly series highlighting the lives of historically significant gay men and their contributions to our world.
