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Peter Maxwell Davies, an Uncommon card
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies was an English composer and conductor, who in 2004 was made Master of the Queen's Music.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 47
- Power
- 119
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 25,000
Power 119 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- As a student at both the University of Manchester and the Royal Manchester College of Music, Davies formed a group dedicated to contemporary music called the New Music Manchester with fellow students Harrison Birtwistle, Alexander Goehr, Elgar Howarth and 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 Kommilitonen!, first performed in 2011, and ten symphonies, written between 1973 and 2013.
- As a conductor, Davies was artistic director of the Dartington International Summer School from 1979 to 1984 and associate conductor/composer with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from 1992 to 2002, holding the latter position with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra as well.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Peter Maxwell Davies article was read about 25,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 47: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Peter Maxwell Davies (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : University of Salford Press Office, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.