Music Since 1900 - Series page

pp ii-iv

Peter Maxwell Davies, Selected Writings - Title page

pp v-v

Copyright page

pp vi-vi

Dedication

pp vii-viii

Contents

pp ix-xii

Illustrations

pp xiii-xiii

Acknowledgements

pp xiv-xvi

Introduction: ‘The Deepest Questions at the Heart of Things’

pp 1-8

Part I - From Manchester to Hoy, 1934–1970

pp 9-118

Chronology

pp 11-14

1 - Maxwell Davies, Composer

pp 15-15

2 - Sonata for Trumpet and Piano, Op. 1

pp 16-16

3 - Webern: Variations for Piano, Op. 27

pp 17-17

4 - Nikos Skalkottas: Sonatina and Tender Melody for Cello and Piano

pp 18-18

5 - The Young British Composer

pp 19-23

6 - Indian Classical Music

pp 24-28

7 - Musical Life in Italy

pp 29-30

8 - Problems of a British Composer Today

pp 31-36

9 - St Michael – Sonata for Seventeen Wind Instruments

pp 37-38

10 - Prolation

pp 39-42

11 - Realizing the ‘Aural Vision’ of Prolation

pp 43-45

12 - Composing Music for School Use

pp 46-49

13 - First Fantasia on an ‘In Nomine’ of John Taverner

pp 50-50

14 - Sinfonia

pp 51-52

15 - Echoes of the Past in the Present

pp 53-55

16 - In Defence of Compositional Technique

pp 56-58

17 - The Young Composer in America

pp 59-66

18 - Second Fantasia on John Taverner’s ‘In Nomine’

pp 67-69

19 - Seven In Nomine

pp 70-70