The Music of Peter Maxwell Davies

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Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2020

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Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016) was one of the leading international composers of the post-war period as well as one of the most productive.

Jones Nicholas :

NICHOLAS JONES is Senior Lecturer in Musicology at Cardiff University.McGregor Richard :

RICHARD MCGREGOR is Emeritus Professor of Music at the University of Cumbria and part-time Lecturer at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Prelude Nicholas Jones and Richard McGregor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
1. Biography, Stylistic Development, Autobiography Nicholas Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	7
2. Compositional Technique and Process Richard McGregor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	51
3. Genre Richard McGregor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	103
4. Form and Architecture Nicholas Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	142
5. Tonality and Texture Richard McGregor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	179
6. Allusion, Quotation, Musical Critique Richard McGregor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	208
7. Landscape and Place Nicholas Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	251
Postlude Nicholas Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	303
Catalogue of Works Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	316
Select Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	341
Index of Works by Peter Maxwell Davies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	352
General Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	357

Publishing information

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eBook published on:

February 21, 2020

eBook ISBN:

9781787446823

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Boydell Press

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

Main content:

382

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3 colour, 2 b/w, 97 line illus.

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781787446823

eBook ISBN: 9781787446823

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