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.

A varied and wide-ranging collection in which the celebrated post-war composer Peter Maxwell Davies presents his work and his opinions.

About the Author
Nicholas Jones is a Senior Lecturer in Music at Cardiff University. He is co-editor of and contributor to Peter Maxwell Davies Studies (Cambridge, 2009), The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett (Cambridge, 2013) and Harrison Birtwistle Studies (Cambridge, 2015). He has written a number of significant journal articles on Davies for Music and Letters, Tempo and The Musical Times.


Book Information
ISBN 9781316610534
Author Peter Maxwell Davies
Format Paperback
Page Count 348
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 610g
Dimensions(mm) 170mm * 245mm * 20mm