Peter Maxwell Davies: Three Early Pieces for Piano [musical score edition and preface]

Jones, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7098-6114 2025. Peter Maxwell Davies: Three Early Pieces for Piano [musical score edition and preface]. Edition Schott (ED 14242).

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Abstract

Three Early Pieces by Peter Maxwell Davies showcases his youthful compositional voice, reflecting both nineteenth-century influences (such as Chopin and Liszt) and an early awareness of modernist techniques. The set includes Incantations (1947), which explores chromaticism and contrapuntal textures, The River, a tempestuous piece marked by Scotch-snap rhythms and modal inflections, and The Cloud, reminiscent of a Chopin nocturne with impressionistic pentatonic harmonies. These works hint at Davies’s later style, demonstrating his early experimentation with thematic manipulation and distinctive harmonic language.

Item Type:	Other
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Music
Subjects:	M Music and Books on Music > M Music
Publisher:	Edition Schott (ED 14242)
Last Modified:	02 Jul 2025 14:14
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/177868

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