Talk:Cecil Gray (composer)

Was Cecil Gray a racist?
In his book "Sibelius" Gray has a section dedicated to correcting misconceptions about Finland (which he believed to be common in Europe at the time of writing). Starting on page 22, he says

"the hazy misconception that most people in southwestern Europe have of Finland is that of a desolate wilderness enveloped in perennial ice and show, and sparsely inhabited by Eskimos or some equally uncouth and primitive race which subsists chiefly upon a diet of whale-blubber and pemmican, and ekes out a dreary and precarious existence by bartering furs and his with traders in exchange for the bare necessities of life." ---Dagme (talk) 16:24, 14 January 2022 (UTC)


 * He was almost certainly a misogynist, so probably! "Sir, a woman's composing is like a dog's waking on his hind legs. It is not done well, but you are surprised to find it done at all." (A Survey of Contemporary Music p246, as quoted by Virginia Woolf in A Room of One's Own p61) 77.103.112.94 (talk) 09:20, 25 April 2022 (UTC)