Peter Maxwell Davies, Selected Writings by Peter Maxwell Davies

Peter Maxwell Davies, Selected Writings by Peter Maxwell Davies

This book brings together an extensive and varied collection of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies's written and spoken-word items for the first time. Spanning the composer's entire career, this compendium offers a balanced selection of Davies's articles and essays, speeches and lectures, interviews, radio broadcasts, programme notes, tributes and letters to newspapers. A number of items are published for the first time, including a new article from Davies himself (commissioned specially for this book), and several BBC radio broadcast interviews and talks from the 1960s. The structure of the book is chronological and divided into three parts, allowing readers to trace the development of Davies's thought and work over time, and to place each item in its biographical and historical context. The introduction and notes by Nicholas Jones place the writings in context, making this volume invaluable for those interested in the music and wider culture of post-war Britain.

Davies, Peter Maxwell: - Nicholas Jones is a Senior Lecturer at Continuing & Professional Education and the School of Music, Cardiff University. He is co-editor of and contributor to Peter Maxwell Davies Studies (Cambridge, 2009), The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett (Cambridge, 2013) and Harrison Birtwistle Studies (Cambridge, 2015). He has written a number of significant journal articles on Davies for Music & Letters, Tempo and The Musical Times.

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ISBN 13	9781316610534
ISBN 10	1316610535
Title	Peter Maxwell Davies, Selected Writings
Author	Peter Maxwell Davies
Series	Music Since 1900
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2020-05-07
Number of pages	348
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