William Walton
Sir William Turner Walton (29 March 19028 March 1983) was an English composer. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera. His best-known works include ''Façade'', the cantata ''Belshazzar's Feast'', the Viola Concerto, the First Symphony, and the British coronation marches ''Crown Imperial'' and ''Orb and Sceptre''.Born in Oldham, Lancashire, the son of a musician, Walton was a chorister and then an undergraduate at Christ Church, Oxford. On leaving the university, he was taken up by the literary Sitwell siblings, who provided him with a home and a cultural education. His earliest work of note was a collaboration with Edith Sitwell, ''Façade'', which at first brought him notoriety as a modernist, but later became a popular ballet score.
In middle age, Walton left Britain and set up home with his young wife Susana on the Italian island of Ischia. By this time, he had ceased to be regarded as a modernist, and some of his compositions of the 1950s were criticised as old-fashioned. His only full-length opera, ''Troilus and Cressida'', was among the works to be so labelled and has made little impact in opera houses. In his last years, his works came back into critical fashion; his later compositions, dismissed by critics at the time of their premieres, were revalued and regarded alongside his earlier works.
Walton was a slow worker, painstakingly perfectionist, and his complete body of work across his long career is not large. His most popular compositions continue to be frequently performed in the 21st century, and by 2010 almost all his works had been released on CD. Provided by Wikipedia
Showing 1 - 20 results of 54 for search 'Walton, William, 1902-1983', query time: 0.15s
Refine Results
-
1by Walton, William, 1902-1983
Published 1957Call Number: Loading...
Located:Loading...Musical Score Book Loading... -
2by Walton, William, 1902-1983
Published 1990Call Number: Loading...
Located:Loading...Musical Score Book Loading... -
3by Walton, William, 1902-1983Other Authors: “...Walton, William, 1902-1983...”
Published 1991
Call Number: Loading...
Located:Loading...CD Audio Loading... -
4by Walton, William, 1902-1983
Published 1993Call Number: Loading...
Located:Loading...CD Audio Loading... -
5by Walton, William, 1902-1983Other Authors: “...Walton, William, 1902-1983...”
Published 1990
Call Number: Loading...
Located:Loading...CD Audio Loading... -
6by Walton, William, 1902-1983Other Authors: “...Walton, William, 1902-1983...”
Published 1992
Call Number: Loading...
Located:Loading...CD Audio Loading... -
7by Walton, William, 1902-1983Other Authors: “...Walton, William, 1902-1983...”
Published 1999
Call Number: Loading...
Located:Loading...CD Audio Loading... -
8by Walton, William, 1902-1983
Published 1957Call Number: Loading...
Located:Loading...Musical Score Book Loading... -
9by Walton, William, 1902-1983
Published 1964Call Number: Loading...
Located:Loading...Musical Score Book Loading... -
10by Walton, William, 1902-1983
Published 1969Call Number: Loading...
Located:Loading...Musical Score Book Loading... -
11by Walton, William, 1902-1983Other Authors: “...Walton, William, 1902-1983...”
Published 1996
Call Number: Loading...
Located:Loading...CD Audio Loading... -
12by Walton, William, 1902-1983
Published 1958Call Number: Loading...
Located:Loading...Musical Score Book Loading... -
13by Walton, William, 1902-1983
Published 1937Call Number: Loading...
Located:Loading...Musical Score Book Loading... -
14by Walton, William, 1902-1983
Published 1960Call Number: Loading...
Located:Loading...Musical Score Book Loading... -
15by Walton, William, 1902-1983
Published 1938Call Number: Loading...
Located:Loading...Musical Score Book Loading... -
16by Walton, William, 1902-1983
Published 1936Call Number: Loading...
Located:Loading...Musical Score Book Loading... -
17by Walton, William, 1902-1983Other Authors: “...Walton, William, 1902-1983...”
Published 1947
Call Number: Loading...
Located:Loading...Musical Score Book Loading... -
18by Walton, William, 1902-1983Other Authors: “...Walton, William, 1902-1983...”
Published 1989
Call Number: Loading...
Located:Loading...CD Audio Loading... -
19by Walton, William, 1902-1983Other Authors: “...Walton, William, 1902-1983...”
Published 1987
Call Number: Loading...
Located:Loading...CD Audio Loading... -
20by Walton, William, 1902-1983Other Authors: “...Walton, William, 1902-1983...”
Published 1992
Call Number: Loading...
Located:Loading...CD Audio Loading...
Search Tools:
RSS Feed
–
Email Search
Related Subjects
Symphonies
Concertos (Cello)
Orchestral music
Operas
Concertos (Violin)
Overtures
Piano quartets
String quartets
Suites (Orchestra)
Variations (Orchestra)
Anthems
Band music
Band music, Arranged
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices)
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with organ
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied
Concertos (Viola)
Guitar music
Motion picture music
Oratorios
Piano music
Songs and music
Symphonic poems
Te Deum laudamus (Music)
Violin and piano music
Canons, fugues, etc. (Orchestra)
Canons, fugues, etc. (Piano)
Carols, English
Cello music
Cello with orchestra