Peter Maxwell Davies, selected writings

Jones, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7098-6114, ed. 2017. Peter Maxwell Davies, selected writings. Music since 1900, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 10.1017/9781316662519

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Book – scholarly edition
Book Type:	Edited Book
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Music
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISBN:	9781107157996
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2026 13:59
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/101956

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