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Davies, Max
Davies, Maxwell
Davies, Peter
Davies, Peter M.
Davies, Peter Maxwell,
Davies, Peter Maxwell (Knight)
Davies, Peter Maxwell Sir
Maxwell Davies, ..
Maxwell Davies, Peter
Peter Maxwell Davies (britischer Komponist)
Peter Maxwell Davies (Brits componist)
Peter Maxwell Davies (Compositeur et chef d’orchestre britannique)
Peter Maxwell Davies (English composer and conductor)
Peter Maxwell Davis
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Sir Peter Maxwell Davis
Дэвис, Питер Максвелл
پیتر مکسول دیویس
피터 맥스웰 데이비스
デイヴィス, P. M
ピーター・マックスウェル・デイヴィス
彼得·马克斯韦尔·戴维斯
Dates: 
1934-2016
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Language material
musical release
Musical sound recording
Notated music
Projected medium
Creation role: 
arranger
author
composer
conductor
creator
editor
librettist
lyricist
performer
Related names: 
BBC Philharmonic
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (isAffiliatedWith)
Beckett, Rachel (co-performer)
Bingham, Judith
Boosey & Hawkes
British Broadcasting Corporation London Philharmonic Orchestra
Brown, George Mackay (1921-...)
Chilcott, Bob
Corkhill, David (co-performer)
Cornwell, Joseph (co-performer)
Crum, Alison (co-performer)
Davies, Peter Maxwell (1934-...)
Finucane, Tom (co-performer)
Harwood, Ian (co-performer)
Headley, Erin (co-performer)
Hughes, Glenys
Jeffrey, Robin (co-performer)
Jones, Trevor (co-performer)
Knussen, Oliver (1952-)
Mackie, Neil (1946-)
Mackintosh, Catherine (co-performer)
Maggini String Quartet
Morgan, Jonathan (co-performer)
Naxos Digital Services
North, Nigel (co-performer)
Order of the Companions of Honour (isAffiliatedWith)
Order of the Companions of Honour (isRelatedTo)
Rooley, Anthony (co-performer)
Royal Manchester College of Music (isAffiliatedWith)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (isAffiliatedWith)
Ryan, Jane (co-performer)
Scottish chamber orchestra
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (isAffiliatedWith)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Edinburgh)
Scottish chamber orchestra 1985-1994 (see also from)
Spencer, Robert (co-performer)
The chamber ensemble consists of flute (doubling piccolo and alto flute), clarinet in A (doubling bass clarinet), violin, violoncello, piano (doubling celesta) and percussion (one player)
The Consort of Musicke (isMemberOf)
The Consort of Six (isMemberOf)
The Fires of London
The Fires of London (see also from)
Thomson, Bryden (1928-1991)
Thorby, Margaret (co-performer)
Tippett, Michael
Watts, Andrew (co-performer)
Whiting, John (1656-1722)
Wilson, Alan (co-performer)
Titles: 
Advent calendar
Almighty god, we beseech thee, op. 286
Angelus Choeur à 4 voix
Antarctic symphony
Antechrist, op. 34
Apple-basket : apple-blossom
Ave Maria-Hail, Blessed Flower
Ave plena gracia op. 256,6
Ave Rex Angelorum, op. 76
Bairns of Brugh, op. 97, The
BBC Singers Signumclassics
Beacons of hope
Beltane Fire, op. 171, The
Beltane fire Orchestre
birds
birthday card for Hans Mezzo-soprano, ensemble instrumental, A
Birthday Card for Jennifer, A
birthday card for Prince Charles
Birthday music for John
Bist du bei mir... oder ?
Black Pentecost, op. 82
Blake dreaming
Blind Man's Buff, op. 51
boy friend Polly's dream
Calendar of Kings, A
Canon ad honorem Igor Stravinsky
Canon in Memoriam Igor Stravinsky
Capstone
Carol Wonder tidings
Caroline Mathilde Acte 1
Caroline Mathilde, op. 144a
Caroline Mathilde, Suite from Act 1, op. 144b
Caroline Mathilde, Suite from Act 2, op. 144c
Caroline Mathilde. Suiten 2
Carolísima, op. 168
Carolisima Orchestre de chambre
Carols (1966)
Chat Moss, op. 164
Chat moss Orchestre
Child of the manger
Children's games
Cinderella
Commemoration sixty
Concert Overture "Ebb of Winter", op. 326
Concerto accademico
Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra, op. 132
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op. 123
Concertos Cor, orchestre
Concertos Piano, orchestre
Concertos Piccolo, orchestre
Concertos Trompette, orchestre
Concertos Violon, orchestre No 2
Corpus Christi, with cat and mouse Choeur à 4 voix
Cross lane fair Cornemuse, bodhrán, orchestre
Cross Lane Fair, op. 167
Dances from "The Two Fiddlers", op. 78b
Dances from "The Two Fiddlers", op. 78c
Dark Angels, op. 59
Devils, op. 49a, The
doctor of Myddfai
Dove, Star-Folded, op. 216
Dove, star-folded Trio à cordes
dream of snow Choeur de femmes
dream of St. Ursula
Dum complerentur, op. 235 no. 1
Economies of scale Piano, clarinette, violon, violoncelle
Eight Songs for a Mad King, op. 39
est bel et bon, Il
Fall of the Leafe, op. 254, The
Fanfare for Carinthia Trompettes (4)
Fanfare Salute to Dennis Brain
Fanfare Trombones (2), trompettes (2), cors (2)
Fantasia on a ground and 2 pavans
Farewell - a fancye
Farewell to Stromness, Op. 89 No. 1 - Single
Farewell to Stromness, Yesnaby Ground
Faulte d'argent
First fantasia on an In Nomine of John Taverner : for orchestra
First Fantasia on an In Nomine of John Taverner, op. 19
First grace of light
Five Carols: 1. Goday, my lord Sire Christemas
Five Carols: 2. Ave domina – for thro our sins
Five Carols: 3. What tidings bringest thou
Five Carols: 4. Ah man, assay
Five Carols: 5. Make we joy now in this fest
Five Klee Pictures, op. 12
Five Pieces, op. 2
Fleecy care carol
From stone to thorn Op. 47
gentil amoureux, Un
Gray's pier
Guitar Sonata, op. 117
Hadrian's villa, Hadrian's wall
heavenly song
High on the slopes of terror Orchestre
Hill Runes, op. 96
House of Winter, op. 125
Hoy Calendar, op. 165, A
Hymn to Artemis Locheia
Hymn to St. Magnus, op. 53
Hymn to the word of God
Hymnos, op. 35
Image, reflection, shadow
In a wintered byre
In nomine
Into the Labyrinth, op. 111
Jacobite rising Voix (4), choeur à 4 voix, orchestre
Jimmack the Postie, op. 124
Job Voix (4), choeur à 4 voix, orchestre
jongleur de Notre Dame, Le ; a masque for mime, baritone, chamber ensemble and children's band
Jubilate Deo Choeur à 4 voix, orgue, ensemble de cuivres
Judas mercator
Kestrel Road, The
Kings and shepherds
Klee pictures
Kommilitonen !
Konzerte Horn Orchester op. 208
Konzerte, Vl Orch (1985)
Labyrinth to light
Last Door of Light, op. 293
Last Island, op. 301, The
@last island, The : Chamber music by Peter Maxwell Davies
Laudate Dominum
Leopardi Fragments, op. 18
light of the Lord
Lighthouse, op. 86, The
Linguae ignis, op. 223
Litany for a ruined chapel between sheep and shore Trompette
Little Birthday Music, op. 270, A
Little Quartet no. 1, op. 77 no. 1
Little Quartet no. 2, op. 77 no. 2
Little tune for Vittorio in Maremma
Lullaby for Lucy
Lullaby for Violin and Cello
Lullabye for Lucy, op. 99
Lullay, my child, and weep no more
Lumen cognitionis
Lux in tenebris Contrebasse
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, "The Edinburgh Service"
Martyrdom of St. Magnus, op. 72, The
Mavis in Las Vegas, op. 184
Maximum Max
Maxwell's Reel, With Northern Lights, op. 191
Maxwell's reel, with northern lights Orchestre
medium
Messes Choeur à 4 voix, orgues (1 ou 2)
Michael Archangelus
Midhouse Air, op. 180b
Midhouse air Violon, alto Op. 180a
Military march Violine (2) Viola Violoncello
Mirror of Whitening Light, op. 75, A
Miss Donnithorne's Maggot, op. 60
Missa parvula Choeur à 1 voix, orgue
Missa super "L'homme armé", op. 36
motets Voix (4), double choeur, orchestre
Mr Emmet takes a walk
Mrs. Johnson's tunes Piano, flûtes à bec (3)
Mrs Linklater's tune Violon
Musica Benevolens, op. 312
Musikgeschichte in einem Satz, kurz
Naxos Quartet no. 1, op. 229
Naxos quartet No 10
Naxos Quartet no. 2, op. 234
Naxos Quartet no. 3
Naxos Quartet no. 4 “Children’s Games”
Naxos Quartet no. 5, op. 253 "Lighthouses of Orkney and Shetland"
Naxos Quartet no. 6, op. 257
Naxos Quartet no. 7 "Metafore sul Borromini"
Naxos Quartet no. 8
Naxos quartet No 9
Naxos quartets
Naxos Quartett Nr. 1
Naxos Quartett Nr. 2
Naxos Quartett Nr. 3
Naxos Quartett Nr. 5
Naxos Quartett Nr. 6
Naxos Quartett Nr. 7
Naxos Quartett Nr. 8
No. 11 bus
nocturnes Quatuor avec piano
Nocturnes Vl Va Vc Kl op. 307
Nowell
O God Abufe
O magnum mysterium O magnum mysterium
O Magnum Mysterium, op. 13a
O Verbum Patris
Oboe Quartet, op. 323
Ojai Festival Overture, op. 147
One Star at Last, op. 118
Orkney saga 1
Orkney Saga I, op. 185
Orkney saga II
Orkney saga III
Orkney saga V
Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise, op. 120a, An
Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise, op. 120b, An
Otter Island
Overture St. Francis of Assisi
Parade
Piano Sonata, op. 93
Piccolo Concerto, op. 182
pole star. Trp 1 2 Hr Pos Tb
Port Lockroy, Antarctica
Postcard from Sanday, op. 318, A
Prayer of Thanksgiving in times of terror
Proverb
Psalm 124
Psalmen 124
Quartet Movement
Quartette, Vl 1 2 Va Vc (1977). 1987
Quartette, Vl 1 2 Va Vc (1980)
Quartette Vl 1 2 Va Vc Nr. 1
Quartette Vl 1 2 Va Vc Nr. 2
Quartettsätze, Vl 1 2 Va Vc (1952)
Quatuors Hautbois, violon, alto, violoncelle
Quatuors Quatuor avec piano
Quintette, Trp 1 2 Hr Pos Tb (1981)
Quintettes Trompette, violons (2), alto, violoncelle
Rauschende der Farbe
Reel of Seven Fishermen, A
reel of seven fishermen Orchestre
reel of spindrift, sky
Reliqui Domum Meum, op. 177
Resurrection
Revelation and fall. 1980
Revelation and Fall, op. 31
Ricercar and doubles on "To many a well"
Roma amor, op. 195
Roma amor orchestre
rozzo martello Choeur à 4 voix
rozzo martello, op. 186, Il
Runes from a Holy Island, op. 74
sad paven
Saint Bartholomew's prayer Choeur à 5 voix
Salome
Sea eagle
Sea elegy Voix (4), choeur à 4 voix, orchestre
Sea runes
seas of Kirk Swarf
Second fantasia on John Taverner's In Nomine
Seven In Nomine, op. 28
Seven skies of winter
Seven Songs Home, op. 101
shepherds' calendar
Sinfonia concertante, op. 106
Sinfonia, op. 20
Sinfonien Nr. 5
Sinfonien Nr. 6
Sinfonien Nr. 8
Sinfonien op. 119
Sinfonien op. 315
Sinfonien op. 327
Sinfonien op. 71
Sinfonien op. 91
Sinfonietta Accademica, op. 112
Sir Charles his Pavan : for orchestra (1992)
Snow Cloud Over Lochan, op. 239
Solstice of Light, op. 83
Sonata for Trumpet and Piano, op. 1
Sonata for Violin and Piano, op. 289
Sonaten, Org (1982)
Sonaten, Trp Kl (1955)
Sonaten Vc Kl op. 285
Sonates Guitare
Sonates Trompette, piano
Sonates Violon, piano
Sonates Violoncelle, piano
Sonatiini viululle
Sonatina for Violin Alone, op. 334
Songs for a mad king
Spell for Green Corn: The MacDonald Dances, op. 161, A
spell for green corn Violon, orchestre
spiders'revenge
Spinning Jenny, op. 203
Spinning Jenny Orchestre
St. Francis of Assisi, op. 302
St. Thomas Wake, op. 37
Start point
Stevie's ferry to Hoy
Stone Litany: Runes from a House of the Dead, op. 57
Stormwatch, stormfall
Strathclyde concerto Basson, orchestre No 8
Strathclyde concerto Clarinette, orchestre No 4
Strathclyde concerto Contrebasse, orchestre No 7
Strathclyde concerto Cor, trompette, orchestre No 3
Strathclyde concerto Ensemble à vent, orchestre à cordes No 9
Strathclyde concerto Flûte, orchestre No 6
Strathclyde Concerto no. 1, op. 128
Strathclyde Concerto no. 4, op. 143
Strathclyde concerto Nr. 1
Strathclyde concerto Nr. 10
Strathclyde concerto Nr. 2
Strathclyde concerto Nr. 3
Strathclyde concerto Nr. 4
Strathclyde concerto Nr. 5
Strathclyde concerto Nr. 6
Strathclyde concerto Nr. 7
Strathclyde concerto Nr. 8
Strathclyde concerto Nr. 9
Strathclyde concerto Orchestre No 10
Strathclyde concerto Violon, alto, orchestre à cordes No 5
Strathclyde Concertos 3 and 4
String Quartet Movement, op. 338
String Trio, op. 290
Stücke, Kl (1964)
Stücke, Klavier
Suite from The Boyfriend, op. 50a
Suite from The Devils, op. 19b
Sunday Morning, op. 160
Symfonie. Nr 10
Symphonies No 1
Symphonies No 10
Symphonies No 2 Si mineur
Symphonies No 3
Symphonies No 4
Symphonies No 5
Symphonies No 6
Symphonies No 7
Symphonies No 9
Symphony no. 1, op. 71
Symphony no. 10, op. 327 "Alla ricerca di Borromini"
Symphony no. 2, op. 91
Symphony no. 3, op. 119
Symphony no. 4, op. 136
Symphony no. 5, op. 166
Symphony no. 6, op. 176
Symphony no. 7, op. 211
Symphony no. 8, op. 215 "Antarctic Symphony"
Symphony no. 9, op. 315
Tanzen und Springen
Taverner, op. 45
Tecum principium
Telos 135 Trompettes (4), timbales
Temenos, with mermaids and angels Flûte, orchestre
Tenebrae super Gesualdo, op. 54a
Tenebrae super Gesualdo, op. 54b
Theme and variations Orchestre
three kings Voix (4), choeur à 4 voix, orchestre
Three sanday places
Three Voluntaries, op. 61
Threnody on a Plainsong for Michael Vyner, op. 141
Throstle's Nest Junction, op. 181
Throstle's nest junction Orchestre
Time and the Raven, op. 172
Time and the Raven Orchestre
Tondo di Michelangelo
Trojan games
turn of the tide Choeur d'enfants, orchestre
Turris campanarum sonantium
Two Fiddlers, op. 78a, The
Two glasses of wine Ensemble instrumental
Two Nocturnes, op. 307
Unbroken circle
Veni creator spiritus Clarinette, flûte
Veni Sancte - Veni Creator Spiritus, op. 56: II. Commentary
Vesalii icones
Violin Concerto no. 2, op. 299 "Fiddler on the Shore"
Vitrum nostrum gloriosum
voyage to Fair Isle Trio avec piano
welcome to Orkney
Werke, Orch
Westerlings, op. 73a
Whispering Gallery
winter lamb
Worldes Blis, op. 38
yellow cake revue Farewell to Stromness
Yesnaby Ground, op. 89 no. 2
yule-tide bell
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Art music
Associated Group: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra naf
Associated Group: Order of the Companions of Honour naf
Associated Group: Royal Manchester College of Music
Associated Group: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra naf
Associated Group: Scottish Chamber Orchestra naf
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BBC News, via WWW, article dated 14 March 2016, viewed 14 March 2016 (Sir Peter Maxwell Davies; has died, aged 81; "the wild child of contemporary music"; appointed Master of the Queen's Music, 2004-1014; "Maxwell Davies, later known simply as Max, was born in Salford on 8 Sep 1934"; first composition broadcast by the BBC when he was 12; studied at Royal Manchester College of Music and Manchester University; between 1959 and 1962 was head of music at Cirencester Grammar School; lived in Orkney; had a long-term relationship with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Royal Philhamronic as composer and conductor; knighted in 1986)
Composers
His Five pieces for piano, op. 2, c1958
Musical America, Sept. 1983 p. 6, etc. (Peter Maxwell Davies; nickname: Max; publishers prefer to use the form "Maxwell Davies" as if it were a compound surname)
New Grove (Davies, Peter Maxwell; b. 9-8-34, Manchester; English composer)
Other designation: Britons. Source: lcdgt.
Other designation: Gay men. Source: lcdgt.
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies obituary, in The guardian, March 14, 2016, viewed online October 25, 2018 (Peter Maxwell Davies; one of the great British composers; born in Salford, Greater Manchester; came out in an interview in 1978 in Gay News; born 8 September 1934; died 14 March 2016)
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, via WWW, 14 March 2016 (born in Salford, Lancashire on 8 September 1934; attended Royal Manchester College of Music (now Royal Northern College of Music) where he was part of the so-called Manchester School with contemporaries Harrison Birtwistle, John Ogdon, Elgar Howarth, Richard Hall and Alexander Goehr; later studied at Princeton with Roger Sessions and Milton Babbitt; moved to Orkney Islands in 1971, where he lived the rest of his life; held the post of Master of the Queen's Music from 2004-2014; knighted in 1987 and made a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in the New Year 2014 Honours List; in February 2016 he was awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal; Max (to all who knew him) passed away of leukaemia on 14 March 2016 at his home in Orkney)
Duration: about 56 min
The chamber ensemble consists of flute (doubling piccolo and alto flute), clarinet in A (doubling bass clarinet), violin, violoncello, piano (doubling celesta) and percussion (one player)
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