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John Nicholas Maw (5 November 1935 – 19 May 2009) was a British composer.
Born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, Maw was the son of Clarence Frederick Maw and Hilda Ellen Chambers. He attended the Wennington School, a boarding school, in Wetherby in the West Riding of Yorkshire. His mother died of tuberculosis when he was 14. He attended the Royal Academy of Music on Marylebone Road in London where his teachers were Paul Steinitz and Lennox Berkeley. He then studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and Max Deutsch.
From 1998 until 2008, Maw served on the faculty of the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University, where he taught music composition. He had previously served on the faculties of Yale University, Bard College, Boston University, the Royal Academy of Music, Cambridge University, and Exeter University.
In 1960, Maw married Karen Graham, and they had a son and a daughter. Their marriage was dissolved in 1976. He took up residence in Washington, DC in 1984, living there with his companion Maija Hay, a ceramic artist, until his death. He died at home on 19 May 2009, at age 73, as a result of heart failure with complications from diabetes.
Nicholas Maw: Sinfonia [Martyn Brabbins-BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra].
Maw: Violin Concerto - 3. Romanza Joshua Bell; Roger Norrington: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Helsinki Chamber Choir, conducted by Tim Brown German Church, Helsinki, Finland, 19.3.2011 Nicholas Maw (1935-2009): One Foot in Eden Still, I Stand
Sanel Redzic is performing Music of memory by Nicholas Maw during the final round of 55th Tokyo international guitar competition. December 2012.
Remarkable recording of Sanel Redzic, playing Nicholas Maw's Music of Memory (1989) during the International Guitarfestival Zwolle 2015.
Nicholas Maw composed the Music of Memory for Eliot Fisk after hearing him in concert. Recorded on May 26, 2016 in the President's library of the New England Conservatory.
Nicholas Maw: Romantic Variations [Rumon Gamba-BBC Philharmonic].
"The President's Own" United States Marine Band presents Nicholas Maw's American Games. Conducted by Lt. Col. Timothy W. Foley. From the album "American Games: Twentieth Century Classics for Winds," recorded in 1997. http://www.marineband.marines.mil/ Liner notes: http://www.marineband.marines.mil/Portals/175/Docs/Audio/Educational_Series/american_games/american_games.pdf Listen to the album: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA7no0L9zTk4yS1HQ3hLpgS26F45cE9nw