Talk:Peter Maxwell Davies

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He was knighted some years ago, becoming Sir Peter. --(The preceding unsigned comment was made by 203.37.77.1 at 23:03, 7 December 2003)

The sentence about him being gay keeps being deleted by anonymous. I took it that he was open about his sexuality and that it was worthy of comment. If you think otherwise please explain why here so we can reach a decision on the matter. -- Billlion 08:44, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Re: reference to Sexuality and unverified quote

I fail to see the relevance of the 'gay ' comment since PMD has not used his sexuality in any way to define his work as, say the writer Edmund white has done. Are all composers to be defined by their sexuality, or only gay composers? What about bisexual ones? . The remark about AIDS seems strange and could be viewed as malicious . It is also unverified.

I strongly recommend that this sentence be deleted, or at least set in the context of PWM's work. Andrew Lowe Watson 01:35, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I've removed the sentence and done a bit of re-jigging to get the professor of composition in elsewhere. Until the quote is verified, it should not appear, I think.  _DDS  talk 14:35, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Explanation of name

Why does the artice explain his middle and last names? "His surname is "Davies", and "Maxwell" is his middle name." It just seems rather unnecessary and condescending. I've removed it for the mean time, if noone has any objections. 82.9.63.237 14:26, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I reverted as it was pretty clear as it stands. The point is the he uses his middle name as his usual form of informal address (or rather its contraction Max), consequently he gives his full name as Peter Maxwell Davies, rather than say "Peter Davies" or "Peter M. Davies" consequently many people mistakenly think that his surname is "Maxwell Davies", in the tradition of double English surnames that are not hyphenated (like Ralph Vaughan Williams or Iain Duncan Smith) . Billlion 17:30, 30 March 2007 (UTC)