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Peter Maxwell Davies
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English composer and conductor (1934-2016)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1934
- Works
- 110
Top works
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Lullay, my child, and weep no more
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Blake Dreaming 'Goodison Quartet No. 5'
- Trumpet concerto, Symphony no. 4 (11812)
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Sound · Salford, Manchester, England, UK
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies was a British composer and conductor, who in 2004 was made Master of the Queen's Music.
Known for
- In Confidence2010
- Boulez at 80 — Self - interviewed guest2005
- The Culture Show — Self2004
- Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils — Self2002
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The First 50 Years — self1997
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1934
- Active to
- 2016
Discography
- New Music From Britain1965
- Maxwell Davies: St. Thomas Wake / Antheil: Symphony no. 51969
- Eight Songs for a Mad King1971
- Missa super L'Homme armé / From Stone to Thorn / Hymnos / Antechrist1972
- Hymn to St. Magnus / Psalm 124 / Renaissance Scottish Dances1976
- Davies: Dark Angels / Wernick: Songs of Remembrance1977
- Maxwell Davies: Piano Sonata / Goehr: Capriccio / Nonomiȳa1983
- A Celebration of Scotland1988
- Miss Donnithornes' Maggot / Eight Songs for a Mad King1988
- The Devils / The Boyfriend / Seven in Nomine1990
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- Listeners
- 25,858
- Total plays
- 111,049
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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CH CBE (born 8 September 1934; died 14 March 2016) was an English composer and conductor. In 2004 he was made Master of the Queen's Music. His surname is "Davies", and "Maxwell" is his middle name. To his friends, Davies is known as "Max". Davies was born in Salford, England. He took piano lessons and composed from an early age. After education at Leigh Grammar School, he studied at the University of Manchester and at the Royal Manchester College of Music (amalgamated i
Recent publications · Crossref
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· 2019 · cited 25,573x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Davies
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Manchester
- Place of death
- Sanday
- Occupation
- librettist
- Position held
- Master of the King's Music
- Educated at
- Princeton University
- Employer
- Royal Academy of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Noble title
- Knight Bachelor
- Field of work
- conducting
- Genre
- symphony
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- EMI Classics
- Official website
- www.maxopus.com
- Image
- Peter Maxwell Davies.jpg
Show 12 more facts
- date of birth
- 1934-09-08
- date of death
- 2016-03-14
- member of
- Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- name in native language
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- cause of death
- leukemia
- Commons category
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- student
- Roberto Brambilla
- related category
- Category:Compositions by Peter Maxwell Davies
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- Josef Lense
- P12749
- Rolf Stommelen
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