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William Walton Catalogue

This revised, updated, and expanded edition of the definitive catalogue of works by Sir William Walton (1902-83) follows the completion of the William Walton Edition. A comprehensive source of musical and documentary information relevant to Walton's life and work, the catalogue features full details of composition dates, instrumentation, first performance, publication, the location of autograph manuscripts, critical comment, and significant recordings, as well as previously undiscovered pieces. Appended are a helpful bibliography for further reading and indexes including for works, authors of texts, first lines, and dedicatees.

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facsimiles xxix For perusal purposes only 5. A page from Walton’s incidental music for John Gielgud’s 1942 production of Macbeth (C43) showing the scene of Banquo’s ghost, with its rare employment (for Walton) of a Flexatone to provide a suitably eerie atmosphere. The sizeable score was pre-recorded on 78 rpm records and played (with varying degrees of success during wartime) at the performances. Reproduced by kind permission of the Frederick R. Koch Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

xxx facsimiles For perusal purposes only 6. The first page of the Memorial Fanfare (C48a) that Walton wrote for the March 1945 concert at the Royal Albert Hall in memory of Sir Henry Wood. It is a reworking and extension of a fanfare that he had written in February 1943 for an event entitled ‘Salute to the Red Army’. The LSO, LPO, and BBCSO played, which explains the vast orchestral resources employed. Reproduced by kind permission of The British Library Board, London.

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