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Eight Songs for a Mad King

monodrama by Peter Maxwell Davies
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Eight Songs for a Mad King

Summary

Eight Songs for a Mad King is a dramatico-musical work[1].

Key Facts

  • Eight Songs for a Mad King's instance of is recorded as dramatico-musical work[2].
  • Eight Songs for a Mad King's composer is recorded as Peter Maxwell Davies[3].
  • Eight Songs for a Mad King's librettist is recorded as Randolph Stow[4].
  • Eight Songs for a Mad King was published by Boosey & Hawkes[5].
  • Eight Songs for a Mad King's Commons category is recorded as Eight Songs for a Mad King[6].
  • Eight Songs for a Mad King's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Eight Songs for a Mad King's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • 1968 marks the founding of Eight Songs for a Mad King[9].
  • 1969 marks the founding of Eight Songs for a Mad King[10].
  • Eight Songs for a Mad King's characters is recorded as George III of Great Britain[11].
  • Eight Songs for a Mad King's date of first performance is recorded as April 22, 1969[12].
  • Eight Songs for a Mad King's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Eight Songs for a Mad King'}[13].
  • Eight Songs for a Mad King's form of creative work is recorded as monodrama[14].
  • Eight Songs for a Mad King's opus number is recorded as 39[15].

Related Entities

George III of Great Britain Peter Maxwell Davies Steven Runciman United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . bbc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publisher → Boosey & Hawkes
    Instance of → —
    Inception → +1968-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1969-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Country of origin → United Kingdom
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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