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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CH CBE (8 September 1934 – 14 March 2016) was an English composer and conductor, who in 2004 was made Master of the Queen's Music.
Peter Maxwell Davies, an English composer and conductor, wrote music in many genres, notably ten symphonies and works for the stage, from the monodrama Eight Songs for a Mad King (first performed in 1969) to The Hogboon (scheduled to be performed in June 2016).
TitleDetailScoringThe Hogboonsoloists children's choirs adult SATB ...336Symphony No. 10 "Alla ricerca di ...baritone choir orchestra3273152012 ( 2012)3062011 ( 2011)Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (born September 8, 1934, Salford, near Manchester, England—died March 14, 2016, Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland) was an English composer, conductor, and teacher whose powerfully innovative music made him one of the most influential British composers of the 20th century.
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Mar 14, 2016 · A tribute to the late composer, who was celebrated for his prolific and often unpredictable works, from the wild and brutal to the melodic and pastoral. Learn about his life, career, influences and controversies, from his childhood musical prodigy to his appointment as Master of the Queen's Music.
Sep 9, 2023 · The Eight Songs from 1969 were one of Maxwell Davies’s breakthrough works - a deliberately iconoclastic, shocking composition that took one of the most venerated pieces in the classical canon (Handel’s Messiah) and parodied it as a means of exploring King George III’s famous mental instability.
Mar 14, 2016 · LONDON (AP) — Peter Maxwell Davies, an experimental, socially radical composer who served as Queen Elizabeth II’s official master of music, has died. He was 81. Davies’ management company, Intermusica, said he died Monday of leukemia at his home in Scotland’s Orkney islands.
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Mar 14, 2016 · The celebrated composer and conductor Sir Peter Maxwell Davies has died aged 81. The Lancashire-born musician was undergoing chemothrapy for leukaemia. Sir Peter, who lives in Orkney, was...
