Belshazzar's Feast: Study score (William Walton Edition)

ISBN 10: 0193398125 ISBN 13: 9780193398122

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2014

Synopsis

for baritone solo, semi-chorus, SATB & orchestra
This study score combines the scholarship of the Edition with the practical benefits of the smaller format.
Orchestral material is available on hire/rental.

About this title

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0193398125
• ISBN 13: 9780193398122
• Binding: Sheet music
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 184
• Editor: Bedford Steuart