Two String Quartets: Study score

ISBN 10: 0193518813 ISBN 13: 9780193518810

Publisher: Oxford University Press Music, 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.

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: Oxford University Press Music
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0193518813
• ISBN 13: 9780193518810
• Binding: Sheet music
• Number of pages: 104
• Editor: Macdonald Hugh