Two String Quartets: Study score

 
9780193518810: Two String Quartets: Study score
ISBN 10: 0193518813 ISBN 13: 9780193518810
Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2017

Synopsis

A study score of Walton's String Quartet (1922) and String Quartet in A minor, off-printed from the William Walton Edition Chamber Music volume.

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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
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0193518813
ISBN 13 
9780193518810
Binding
Sheet music
Number of pages
104
Editor
Macdonald Hugh