| LC control no. | n 80040337 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML410.D254 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Davies, Peter Maxwell, 1934-2016 |
| Variant(s) | Davies, Maxwell, 1934-2016 Maxwell Davies, Peter, 1934-2016 Davies, Max, 1934-2016 Davies, Peter Maxwell, 1934- |
| See also | Corporate body: Order of the Companions of Honour |
| Birth date | 1934-09-08 |
| Death date | 2016-03-14 |
| Place of birth | Salford (Greater Manchester, England) |
| Place of death | Orkney (Scotland) |
| Field of activity | Art music |
| Affiliation | Royal Manchester College of Music Scottish Chamber Orchestra BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Order of the Companions of Honour |
| Profession or occupation | Composers |
| Found in | 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) 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) 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) 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) |
| Associated language | eng |
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