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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.
Mar 14, 2016 · One of the great British composers and a former Master of the Queen’s Music. Ivan Hewett. Mon 14 Mar 2016 12.38 EDT. Peter Maxwell Davies, who has died aged 81 of leukaemia, was a huge figure...
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 · March 14, 2016. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, the prolific English composer long known as an anti-establishment anti-monarchist avant-gardist enfant terrible — but whose work was so renowned that...
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Prolific and multifaceted British composer and conductor Peter Maxwell Davies died Monday at age 81 at his home in the Orkney Islands, off the northern coast of Scotland. His death, from...
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.
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...
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