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Author : Neil Tierney
language : en
Publisher: Robert Hale
Release Date : 1984
William Walton written by Neil Tierney and has been published by Robert Hale this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Sir William Walton's character was both complex and baffling. Although hailed as one of the musical giants of the twentieth century, he often seemed to regard his own achievements with a brooding unease and scepticism. He could, by turns, be aggressive or gentle, moody or high-spirited, with a satirical humour that spared neither his friends nor his enemies. In his younger days he loved two beautiful, aristocratic women--one a German baroness, the other a chatelaine of English society--yet he was born of middle-class parents in Oldham and, until the Sitwells 'adopted' him, knew little of the glittering, sophisticated world which they inhabited. In the realm of music he was largely self-taught and remained all his life an indifferent performer on the piano, but his technical brilliance in such works as Belshazzar's Feast and the Violin Concerto rivalled that of the greatest masters of the art. Although he made no attempt to create a new compositional style or language, his music, spiced by harmonic asperities and many ingenious touches, came to be regarded as belonging to the European mainstream. At its best it was never less than magnificent. The need for a carefully researched and clear-sighted biography of Walton cannot be exaggerated. Neil Tierney has provided one, giving a vivid, often extremely moving portrait of Sir William as composer and man. His book draws upon a wide range of material, including previously unpublished letters--some written by Walton himself--and the reminiscences of friends and collaborators who knew him intimately. With its comprehensive analyses of all Walton's works this book will not only captivate the general reader, but also provide a valuable source of information for the musical scholar or student."--Dust jacket.
The Music Of William Walton
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Author : Frank Howes
language : en
Publisher: London ; Toronto : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1973
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William Walton
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Author : Susana Walton
language : en
Publisher: Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1988
William Walton written by Susana Walton and has been published by Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In this moving memoir, Susana Walton has created an intimate and revealing portrait of her husband, the great English composer William Walton. Recounting his entire career and their thirty-five years of marriage, the book brims with colorful anecdotes of some of the people who played a part in Walton's life, including the Sitwells, Laurence Olivier, Benjamin Britten, Maria Callas, W.H. Auden, and Julian Bream. Packed with numerous photographs, many of which have never before been published, this charming volume offers many insights into Walton, the composer and the man.
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Author : Humphrey Burton
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2002-01-01
William Walton written by Humphrey Burton and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with Music categories.
Almost two decades after his death Walton's reputation is higher than ever - many of his masterworks remain firm favourites in the concert repertoire, notably his eloquent concertos for violin, viola and cello, his dramatic cantata Belshazzar's Feast, his vivid film scores (such as Henry V), his powerful First Symphony (the creative outcome of a tempestuous love affair) and the sparkling entertainment Facade, a brilliant divertissement based on Edith Sitwell's poems and composed before hewas twenty. Born in the cotton town of Oldham, young Billie's life was transformed when he won a boy chorister's scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford. He soon lost his Lancashire accent but never his innate canniness. His remarkable creative gifts were spotted early both by Hubert Parry (of "Jerusalem" fame) and the intellectually adventurous circle surrounding the Sitwell family, who persuaded him, since he was determined not to return to the narrow confines of life in Oldham, that he should quit Oxford without a degree to live with them in Jazz-Age London and earn his living purely as a composer. He stuck to music but it made him only a pittance, however, and he became a self-acknowledged scrounger, lodging with the Sitwells for over ten years. His evident genius and his romantic good looks saw him taken up by rich admirers such as the poet Siegfried Sassoon and the rich industrialist Samuel Corutauld, to whose mistress, Christabel Aberconway, he dedicated his first orchestral masterpiece, the 1929 Viola Concerto. His idyllic relationship with a beautiful but impecunious German princess ended in an emotional turmoil that held up completion of his First Symphony for over a year. Walton then became the lover of a woman 22 years his senior, Alice, Viscountess Wimborne, a powerful society hostess who guided his career and chose the librettist, Christopher Hassall, for his first opera Troilus and Cressida. Within a year of her death in 1948 (when he was 46) hemet the vivacous 22 year old Susana Gil Passo and they married after a whirlwind courtship. On their honeymoon he announced that he did not want children and intended to live in Italy. They settled on the island of Ischia in the Bay of Naples, eventually acquiring a plot of rocky hillside land upon which they developed the villas and estate of La Mortella, now one of Italy's best-known gardens. A professional composer to his fingertips, always writing to commission, Walton's critical reputation sagged during his self-imposed Italian exile. But he demonstrated an uncanny flair for tapping a patriotic vein in such popular works as Crown Imperial, Orb and Sceptre and the Coronation Te Deum. A knighthood awarded in 1951 was followed by other honours, notably the Order of Merit. His final years were dogged by ill health - including a near fatal attack of lung cancer - and by a depressing sense of creative impotence; lack of inspiration forced him to abandon plans in his seventies to compose a Third Symphony. The authors Humphrey Burton and Maureen Murray worked with Walton on Ischia and have retained their Waltonian links since his death in 1983: she is curator of the Walton Archive and he is a member of the Walton Trust. With their shared background in television documentary they have adopted a filmic approach to this new pictorial biography. Each of its eight chapters opens with a succinct descriptive essay highlighting Walton's life and his significant musicalachievements: the narrative text is followed by many pages of illustrations, in which portraits by Cecil Beaton, Bill Brandt, Norman Parkinson and many others are interspersed with hitherto unpublished family photographs, music manuscript, press cuttings, playbills etc., all accompanied by commentary, reminiscences, anecdotes and liberal quotations from Walton's typically trenchant letters and self-deprecating interviews for radio and television. Much more than a coffee-table book, this centenary tribute conveys the essence of Walton's personality and provides a measure of his colossal artistic achievement. It will be essential reading for all lovers of his music and students of twentieth century musical life.
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Author : Stephen Lloyd
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2001
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"Using first-hand accounts, including contemporary correspondence, articles and interviews, this account of Walton's life also draws on material newly available relating to his friends and associates. The reception of Facade and Walton's work in both films and radio are fully explored."--BOOK JACKET.
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
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The Selected Letters Of William Walton
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Author : William Walton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The Selected Letters Of William Walton written by William Walton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Composers categories.
From his early years as a chorister at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford to his old age on the Italian island of Ischia, Walton was a tireless correspondent. Spontaneous and naturally fluent, his letters build up a detailed and absorbing self-portrait. Among the remarkable gallery of friends and colleagues to whom he wrote, several were themselves famous names also: Osbert Sitwell, Siegfried Sassoon, Laurence Olivier, Benjamin Britten, Yehudi Menuhin. Walton's letter-writing style was practical, often revealing, and always entertaining, with a roguishness that veered in the direction of jealousy and resentment towards composers whom he perceived as rivals. This selection contains plentiful new information about the often long and difficult creation of his musical works, notably his opera Troilus and Cressida. Much is also revealed of Walton's long- and short-term liaisons with the women in his life. The letters, many published here for the first time, have been annotated throughout, and the book includes previously unpublished photographs of the composer and his circle. This is a book to be savoured by all who love Walton's music, with its unique blend - like the letters themselves - of individual flair, English romanticism, and Italian warmth.
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Author : Stewart R. Craggs
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 1999
William Walton written by Stewart R. Craggs and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Literary Criticism categories.
This collection of essays seeks to reflect the many aspects of the life and work of William Walton. The book covers the literary influences in his music, as well as his well-known compositions such as Belshazzar's Feast, Troilus and Cressida, and Facade.
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Author : Stewart R. Craggs
language : en
Publisher: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1990
William Walton written by Stewart R. Craggs and has been published by Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This definitive catalog of the works of William Walton (1902-83) has been completely revised, updated, and extended since the first edition appeared in 1977. Designed to be a comprehensive source of musical and documentary information relevant to Walton's life and work, the book provides full details of dates of composition, people responsible for a work's commission, instrumentation, first performance, publication, the location of autograph manuscripts, critical comment, and significant recordings.
The Music Of William Walton
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1953
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