String Quartet in A minor: Set of parts (William Walton Edition)

 
9780193366183: String Quartet in A minor: Set of parts (William Walton Edition)
ISBN 10: 0193366185 ISBN 13: 9780193366183
Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2009

Synopsis

Performing edition of Walton's String Quartet in A minor, based on the edition published in the Walton Edition Chamber Music volume. The work was first performed in 1947 and later revised as the Sonata for String Orchestra.

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About the Author

Sir William Walton was born in Oldham, Lancashire in 1902, the son of a choirmaster and a singing-teacher. He became a chorister at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, and then an undergraduate at the University. His first composition to attract attention was a piano quartet written at the age of sixteen. At Oxford he made the acquaintance of the Sitwells who gave him friendship, moral and financial support and in 1922 he collaborated with Edith in devising the entertainment Belshazzar's Feast. From 1922 to 1927 Walton began to spend an increasing amount of time abroad, notably in Switzerland and Italy. The war years were devoted mainly to writing film and ballet scores and he became established as amongst the greatest composers for the screen.

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Publisher
OUP Oxford
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0193366185
ISBN 13 
9780193366183
Binding
Sheet music
Number of pages
116
Editor
Macdonald Hugh