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Maxwell Davies, Peter - Eight Songs For A Mad King (Hawkes Pocket Score - HPS 1170)

Instrumentation: Study Score - Hawkes Pocket Score 1170
ISMN: 9790060080852
Catalogue Code: BH 6500882
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes (London)
Series: Hawkes Pocket Scores
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Long established as a classic of music-theatre, the work is an extravagant, disturbing and poignant portrayal of madness. The king is George III of England - or maybe another madman who believes himself to be that monarch - vocalizing weirdly as he bemoans his fate and tries to teach his instrumentalist-birds to sing.





by Paul Griffiths

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