Five Bagatelles - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0193594072 ISBN 13: 9780193594074

Publisher: Oxford University Press Music, 1974

Synopsis

Five Bagatelles were written for Julian Bream and dedicated to Malcolm Arnold ´with admiration and affection for his 50th birthday´. They were given their first performance in Bath on 27th May 1972.

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 Facade. Less than ten years later, Osbert prepared the text of another masterwork, 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.

Review:

Beautifully shaped and polished, alternately radiant and wistful. * The Times *

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press Music
• Publication date: 1974
• ISBN 10: 0193594072
• ISBN 13: 9780193594074
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 16