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  1. 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.

  2. Mar 14, 2016 · Peter Maxwell Davies, who has died aged 81 of leukaemia, was a huge figure in British postwar music – and a deeply enigmatic one. Through his staggering productivity as a composer, his...

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  4. 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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  5. Mar 14, 2016 · Mon 14 Mar 2016 09.19 EDT. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies has died, aged 81. The Salford-born composer, universally known as Max, had been suffering from leukaemia for several years and died at his...

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  6. Mar 14, 2016 · Mark Allan. By Margalit Fox. March 14, 2016. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, the prolific English composer long known as an anti-establishment anti-monarchist avant-gardist enfant terrible — but...