Symphony No. 1

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Symphony No. 1 is a large-scale orchestral work by British composer Peter Maxwell Davies that reflects his distinctive modernist style and often intense, dramatic musical language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf symphony
catalogNumber Op. 75
composer Peter Maxwell Davies NERFINISHED
composerNationality British
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
dedicatedTo BBC Philharmonic Orchestra NERFINISHED
genre contemporary classical music
modernist music
hasCharacteristic dramatic contrasts
intense climaxes
orchestral color
hasInstrumentation brass
celesta
harp
percussion
piano
strings
timpani
woodwinds
hasMovement first movement
fourth movement
second movement
third movement
hasNumber 1
influencedBy post-war modernism
serialism
isPartOfSeries numbered symphonies by Peter Maxwell Davies
key C minor
language instrumental
musicalLanguage dramatic
intense
partOf symphonies by Peter Maxwell Davies
period 20th-century classical music
premiereConductor Peter Maxwell Davies NERFINISHED
premiereDate 1976
premiereEnsemble BBC Philharmonic Orchestra NERFINISHED
premiereLocation London NERFINISHED
scoring large orchestra
style modernist
usesTechnique complex rhythms
dissonant harmony
extended orchestral techniques
workTitle Symphony No. 1 NERFINISHED

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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies notableWork Symphony No. 1
subject surface form: Peter Maxwell Davies