Name: Perspectives on Peter Maxwell Davies
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Author: Richard McGregor
ISBN: 9781138275096

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Richard McGregor

Publisher

Routledge

Language

English

Pages

200

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781138275096

Edition No.

Synopsis "Perspectives on Peter Maxwell Davies"

"As a composer one forgets, in time, the fine detail of composition processes which produced past work... it must be left to scholars to recreate, slowly and painstakingly, earlier creative processes." Peter Maxwell Davies. In the eight essays presented here, leading scholars of the music of Peter Maxwell Davies explore some of the composer's creative processes. David Roberts, Peter Owens and Richard McGregor examine Davies's employment of pitch-class sets and other models evident in his sketch material, while Joel Lester looks at the serial elements that produce structure and effect in the work Ave Maris Stella. The political, literary and musical influences evident in the 1987 opera Resurrection and in subsequent orchestral works come under scrutiny from John Warnaby. Davies's use of older dramatic forms and ritual is the focus of Michael Burden's examination of his music theatre. The composer's own descriptions of his compositional process contain distinctly modernist overtones as Arnold Whittall suggests in the concluding essay in the volume. The sustained textural multiplicity evident in much of Davies's music points to this modernism. It is a multiplicity mirrored in the variety of approaches taken by the commentators in this volume. The differing points of view on offer complement and contrast each other, allowing the reader to appreciate the different levels on which Davies's music works.

Richard McGregor

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Richard McGregor es un periodista, analista político y escritor australiano reconocido por su aguda mirada sobre la política y las estructuras de poder en Asia. Fue corresponsal y editor para medios internacionales de prestigio, y ha dedicado gran parte de su carrera a investigar la influencia del Partido Comunista Chino dentro y fuera del país. En su libro The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers, McGregor ofrece una radiografía precisa del funcionamiento interno del partido, explorando sus dinámicas de control y su impacto en la política global.

Además de su labor como escritor, McGregor es un referente en el análisis de las relaciones internacionales entre China, Estados Unidos y la región del Indo-Pacífico. Su estilo combina rigor periodístico con una narrativa clara y accesible, lo que le ha permitido posicionarse como una voz imprescindible para comprender el equilibrio geopolítico contemporáneo. Ejemplo de su obra: The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers.

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