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Informationen zum Autor Kenneth Gloag is Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University! School of Music. Nicholas Jones is Lecturer in Music at Cardiff University! at the Centre for Lifelong Learning. Klappentext This study represents a reflection on the remarkable music of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and his rich and diverse career. Zusammenfassung This study represents a reflection on and celebration of the extensive musical achievements of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. The book describes selected works from all periods of Davies's rich and diverse career! resulting in a portrait which reveals the essence of this remarkable composer and his music. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. 'A dark voice from within': Peter Maxwell Davies and modern times ARNOLD WHITTALL; 2. The writings of a young British composer: Peter Maxwell Davies in the 1950s NICHOLAS JONES; 3. Thematic drama in early Peter Maxwell Davies: from Op. 1 to the First Taverner Fantasia PHILIP RUPPRECHT; 4. Taverner: an interpretation DAVID BEARD; 5. The ghost in the machine: sonata form in the music of Peter Maxwell Davies RODNEY LISTER; 6. Questions of form and genre in Peter Maxwell Davies's First Symphony KENNETH GLOAG; 7. Peter Maxwell Davies's sources: reflections on origins, meanings and significance RICHARD McGregor; 8. Setting it in stone: the problems of an Urtext in the music of Peter Maxwell Davies PETER OWENS; 9. The composer-performer relationship in the music of Peter Maxwell Davies GRENVILLE HANCOX; 10. Peter Maxwell Davies at Dartington: the composer as teacher PHILIP GRANGE; Appendices: Appendix I: Peter Maxwell Davies's articles, lectures, interviews and radio broadcasts NICHOLAS JONES; Appendix II: Source material used in the works of Peter Maxwell Davies, 1957-2006 Richard McGregor.
