Eight Songs for a Mad King is a monodrama by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies with a libretto by Randolph Stow, based on words of George III. The work was written...

John Ogdon. Davies's compositions include eight works for the stage—from the monodrama Eight Songs for a Mad King, which shocked the audience in 1969, to...

the Melvins Eight Lust Songs (2007), by Michael Nyman Eight Songs for a Mad King, a 1969 composition by Peter Maxwell Davies Eight Songs for Greg Sage and...

The Madness of King George is a 1994 British biographical comedy drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner and adapted by Alan Bennett from his own 1991 play...

its king. He was concurrently Duke and Prince-elector of Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire before becoming King of Hanover on 12 October 1814. He was a monarch...

the United States. In 1976, Eastman participated in a performance of Eight Songs for a Mad King conducted by Pierre Boulez at Lincoln Center. He served...

pop songs in a classical style, was well-received, with Alicia Keys's song "If I Ain't Got You" being nominated at the MTV Video Music Award for Best...

alternated the roles with Amanda Atlas. A second solo production was Peter Maxwell Davies' Eight Songs for a Mad King, in the Ellen Melville Centre in Auckland...

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Maxwell Davies’s Eight Songs for a Mad King (1968)) were intended to be performed on a concert hall stage, potentially as part of a longer programme of...

humaine (1959) closely follow the traditional definition, while in Eight Songs for a Mad King (1969) by Peter Maxwell Davies, the instrumentalists are brought...

monodrama Eight Songs for a Mad King, first performed in 1969, the vocalist seizes the violin from one of the musicians and smashes it. In 1968, a piano was...

stage in Stravinsky's "The Story of the Soldier" and also played "Eight Songs for a Mad King" by Peter Maxwell Davies. At the Saito-Kinen Festival in Japan...

composed for a small ensemble by Peter Maxwell Davies. Russell was reportedly intrigued by Davies' 1969 composition Eight Songs for a Mad King. Davies...

Here follows a list of children and legitimate grandchildren and great-grandchildren of George III, King of the United Kingdom and his wife, Charlotte...

the security surrounding the King was increased from 4 guards to 11. Popular depictions of Nicholson ranged from mad old spinster to romanticised heroine...

November 1768 – 22 September 1840) was the sixth child and second daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte. Princess Augusta Sophia was born at Buckingham...

the eldest daughter of the King of Prussia. A marriage alliance between Great Britain and Prussia had been an ambition for many years. However, when George...

and gave first performances of many of his works, including Eight Songs for a Mad King, Vesalii Icones, The Martyrdom of St Magnus, Ave Maris Stella...

works for Hart, and Peter Maxwell Davies who composed Eight Songs for a Mad King especially for Roy Hart's voice. Roy Hart died in 1975, shortly after...

many genres, notably ten symphonies and works for the stage, from the monodrama Eight Songs for a Mad King (first performed in 1969) to The Hogboon (scheduled...

struck eight times on the head with a sabre, the wounds being prominent for the rest of his life. After returning to England, he became involved in a millennialist...

music theatre piece Eight Songs for a Mad King by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies depicts the increasing madness and eventual death of the king as he talks to birds...

compositions by Davies, including Mr Emmet Takes a Walk (2000). A CD of Eight Songs for a Mad King and Miss Donnithorne's Maggot was described in the...

recording won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. The Hamilton Mixtape, a collection of remixes, covers, and samples of the musical's songs, was released...

of the few exponents of Peter Maxwell Davies' challenging work Eight Songs for a Mad King. Gerhard R. Koch: Wandelbar identisch. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine...

international fame as a classical baritone singer. One of his most notable performances has been his live interpretation of Eight Songs for a Mad King by Peter Maxwell...

flute) Juan Carlos Paz: Dedalus (1950) Peter Maxwell Davies: Eight Songs for a Mad King (1969) + baritone and percussion Sean Friar: Scale 9 (2009) +...

theatre, experimental music, and postmodern dance including: Eight Songs for a Mad King composed by Peter Maxwell Davies and performed by Roy Hart, Akropolis...

in the Southbank Centre, London, on a programme that also featured the word premieres of Eight Songs for a Mad King by Peter Maxwell Davies and Linoi II...