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Sir William Turner Walton OM (29 March 1902 – 8 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 – An Entertainment, the cantata Belshazzar's Feast and his First Symphony. Born in Lancashire, the son of a ...
I've loved the music of William Walton ever since I first heard a performance of his great choral work, Belshazzar's Feast: its dazzling orchestral effects and extra brass bands had a huge impact on me as an impressionable youth, and I've delighted in discovering the rest of his compositional output ever since, especially Symphony No. 1 which instantly became one of my favourite twentieth ...
The Symphony No. 1 in B ♭ minor is one of two symphonies by the English composer William Walton. The composer had difficulty in completing the work, and its first public performance was given without the finale, in 1934. The complete four-movement work was premiered the following year. The work shows the influence of Sibelius, particularly in ...
Oct 23, 2022 · Sir William Turner Walton, OM was a British composer and conductor. His style was influenced by the works of Stravinsky, Sibelius and jazz, and is characterized by rhythmic vitality, bittersweet harmony, sweeping Romantic melody and brilliant orchestration. His output includes orchestral and choral works, chamber music and ceremonial music, as ...
Sir William Turner Walton OM (29 March 1902 – 8 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 ...
윌리엄 월튼(영어: William Walton, 1902~1983)은 20세기 초중반에 활동한 영국의 작곡가이다. 생애. 윌리엄 월튼은 1902년 3월 29일 영국 그레이터 맨체스터 주의 올덤에서 태어났다. 성가대 지휘자인 아버지와 그의 제자 어머니 사이에서 태어난 윌리엄 월튼은 어린 ...
William Walton Follow Artist + Walton was a prominent British composer of the mid-20th century whose music was notable for its lyricism, lush post-Romantic harmonies.
