戴維斯為當今活耀於英國的作曲家、音樂教育家與指揮家。六Ｏ年代晚期，藉由室內樂團「皮耶羅演奏家」的成立，積極嘗試音樂劇場形式之創作，《為瘋狂國王的八首歌曲》為此階段的巔峰之作。
本論文透過研究戴維斯《為瘋狂國王的八首歌曲》，探討聲樂室內樂的多元面貌，及其延伸之音樂劇場型態，並將此創作語法運用於自身作品之中。論文共分為五章：第一章「緒論」，說明研究動機與目的，並闡述研究方法與論文架構；第二章「戴維斯生平與創作歷程」，敘述生平、創作與音樂教育的經歷，創作歷程則依時序先後，論述各階段的重要作品；第三章「《為瘋狂國王的八首歌曲》樂曲分析」，分述各樂曲之寫作特質，暨全曲之綜合分析；第四章「自我音樂創作理念之實踐」，為筆者在探討《為瘋狂國王的八首歌曲》後所進行的創作；第五章「結論」，總論全文並提出研究心得。

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies is currently an active English composer, music educator and conductor. Through co-founding the chamber music ensemble “Pierrot Players”, Davies had enthusiastically explored the possibilities in music theater creation and practices in this phase. Eight Songs for a Mad King marks the highlight of this period.
The thesis mainly discusses the diverse facets of human voice and its expansion in music theater practices through researching on Davies’s Eight Songs for a Mad King. The composer puts the compositional idioms into practice in her own composition. The thesis is divided into five chapters: chapter one “research motivation” makes a description of research motives, purposes and the methods as well as the structure of the research; chapter two “the overview of Davies’s life and works” narrates his living, compositional and music educating background in short, while his important works are briefly laid out by order of completion dates; chapter three “an analysis of Eight Songs for a Mad King” includes the respective analysis of eight songs as well as the entire work as a whole; chapter four “the fulfillment in my own music compositional ideas” is the application after finishing the research of Eight Songs for a Mad King; chapter five “conclusion” summarizes the thesis and proposes my thoughts after the research.

一、 專書
Burkholder, J. Peter, Donald Jay Grout and Claude V. Palisca. A History of Western
Music. New York: W. W. Norton, 2006.

Gloag, Kenneth and Jones, Nicholas, ed. Peter Maxwell Davies Studies. Cambridge:
Cambridge university press, 2009.

Kostka, Stefan. Materials and Techniques of Post-Tonal Music. Boston: Pearson
Education, 2012.

McGregor, Richard, ed. Perspectives on Peter Maxwell Davies. England: Ashgate
Publishing Company, 2000.

Messiaen, Olivier. The technique of my musical language :text with musical examples.
Edited by. John Satterfield. Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 2001.

Morgan, Robert P.. Anthology of Twentieth-Century Music. New York: W. W. Norton,
1992.

Smith, Carolyn J., ed. Peter Maxwell Davies: A Bio-Bibliography. London:
Greenwood Press, 1995.

二、 專文
Harvey, Jonathan. “Maxwell Davies’s ‘Songs for a Mad King’.” Tempo. New series,
no. 89 (Summer 1969): 2-6.

三、 網路資源
國家教育研究院雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網
http://terms.naer.edu.tw/

戴維斯官方網站
http://www.maxopus.com/

哈特官方網站
http://www.roy-hart.com/royindex.htm

Boosey & Hawkes樂譜出版社
http://www.boosey.com/

Schott Music樂譜出版社
http://www.schott-music.com/

Chester Music樂譜出版社
http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/

拿索斯唱片公司
http://www.naxos.com/

英國廣播公司附設愛樂管弦樂團
http://www.bbc.co.uk/philharmonic

蘇格蘭室內管弦樂團
http://www.sco.org.uk/

聖麥格納斯藝術節
http://www.stmagnusfestival.com/index.htm

四、 樂譜
Handel, George Frederick. Der Messias. London: Edition Eulenburg Ltd..

Davies, Peter Maxwell. Eight Songs for a Mad King. UK: Boosey & Hawkes Music
Publishers Ltd, 1971.

五、 錄音資料
Davies, Peter Maxwell. Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot & Eight Songs for a Mad King.
Mary Thomas, mezzo-soprano; Julius Eastman, baritone; The Fires of London;
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, conductor. DKP(CD)9052, 1987.

______. A Celebration of Scotland. The Choir of St. Mary’s Music School; Scottish
Chamber Orchestra; Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, conductor/ pianist. DKP(CD)9070, 1988.

______. The Strathclyde Concertos. Robin Miller, oboe; William Conway, cello;
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, conductor. DKP(CD)9085, 1989.
______.Caroline Mathilde Concerto Suite‧St. Thomas Wake‧Threnody. BBC
Philharmonic; Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, conductor. 13082, 1993.

______. Linguae Ignis‧Vesalii Icones‧Fantasia on a Ground and Two Pavans. Vittorio
Ceccanti, Cello; Contempoartensemble; Mauro Ceccanti, conductor. 8.572712(CD), 2011.