Context: More recent Lancashire-born composers include Hugh Wood (1932- Parbold), Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-, Salford), Sir Harrison Birtwistle (1934-, Accrington), Gordon Crosse (1937-, Bury),John McCabe (1939-2015, Huyton), Roger Smalley (1943-2015, Swinton), Nigel Osborne (1948-, Manchester), Steve Martland (1954-2013, Liverpool), Simon Holt (1958-, Bolton) and Philip Cashian (1963-, Manchester). The Royal Manchester College of Music was founded in 1893 to provide a northern counterpart to the London musical colleges. It merged with the Northern College of Music (formed in 1920) to form the Royal Northern College of Music in 1972.

Question: In what year was Hugh Wood born?
Answer: 1932

Question: Where was Sir Peter Maxwell Davies born?
Answer: Salford

Question: When was the Royal Manchester College of Music founded?
Answer: 1893

Question: When was the Royal Northern College of Music formed?
Answer: 1972

Question: What did the Royal Manchester College of Music merge with?
Answer: the Northern College of Music

Question: Who founded the Royal Manchester College of Music?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who founded the Northern College of Music?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who was the first head of the Royal Northern College of Music?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: In what year did Harrison Birtwistle receive the Sir title?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: In what year did Peter Maxwell Davies attain the title of Sir?
Answer: Unanswerable