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Peter Maxwell Davies, Selected Writings (Cambridge University Press, 2018)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 October 2020

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© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Royal Musical Association

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References

1 Davies was an outspoken critic of British politicians. See ‘Peter Maxwell Davies says Queen has Converted him to a Monarchist’, Telegraph.co.uk, 19 May 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2019. His vehement objection to the Iraq War fed into the Third Naxos String Quartet (2003).

2 ‘For the most part, [Davies’ writings and spoken word] have not been subjected to the same level of scrutiny as his music. Selected Writings, 1. It is worth noting, however, that Jones himself contributed a chapter on Davies’ writings in Peter Maxwell Davies Studies, eds. Kenneth Gloag and Nicholas Jones (Cambridge University Press, 2009), 21–44.

3 The term ‘written’ is used here to encompass both Davies’ writings and spoken material (such as interviews, lectures and broadcasts) which have been subsequently transcribed.

4 The scandal of accounting which consumed the MaxOpus website was well documented in the national press. See, for example, Paul Cheston, ‘Agent Faces Jail for Stealing £½m from Queen’s Composer’, The Evening Standard, Wednesday, 21 October 2009.

5 See entries 45 and 46.

6 Selected Writings, 170.

7 Ibid., 152.

8 Selected Writings, 33–4.

9 Ibid., 299–305.

10 Ibid., 162.