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If you aim at anything lower that is expecting your audience to be really alert and aware, then you're going to be caught out sooner or later as a composer.

Peter Maxwell Davies

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Peter Maxwell Davies
Age: 81 †
Born: 1934
Born: September 8
Died: 2016
Died: March 14
Classical Composer
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Film Score Composer
Music Pedagogue
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Salford
Greater Manchester
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
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