William Walton
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Born in Oldham, Lancashire, the son of a musician, Walton was a chorister and then an undergraduate at Christ Church, Oxford. On leaving the university, he was taken up by the literary Sitwell siblings, who provided him with a home and a cultural education. His earliest work of note was a collaboration with Edith Sitwell, ''Façade'', which at first brought him notoriety as a modernist, but later became a popular ballet score.
In middle age, Walton left England and set up home with his young wife Susana on the Italian island of Ischia. By this time, he had ceased to be regarded as a modernist, and some of his compositions of the 1950s were criticised as old-fashioned. His only full-length opera, ''Troilus and Cressida'', was among the works to be so labelled and has made little impact in opera houses. In his last years, his works came back into critical fashion; his later compositions, dismissed by critics at the time of their premieres, were revalued and regarded alongside his earlier works.
Walton was a slow worker, painstakingly perfectionist, and his complete body of work across his long career is not large. His most popular compositions continue to be frequently performed in the 21st century, and by 2010 almost all his works had been released on CD. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Walton, William, 1843-1915, Walton, William, 1843-1915, Walton, William, 1843-1915, Walton, William, 1843-1915
Published 1893
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2by Walton, William, 1843-1915, Walton, William, 1843-1915, Walton, William, 1843-1915, Walton, William, 1843-1915
Published 1889
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3by Walton, William, 1843-1915, Walton, William, 1843-1915, Walton, William, 1843-1915, Walton, William, 1843-1915
Published 1893
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4by Walton, William, 1843-1915, Walton, William, 1843-1915, Walton, William, 1843-1915Other Authors: “...Walton, William, 1843-1915...”
Published 1899
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Published 1889
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Published 1890
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Published 1893
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Published 1889
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Published 1899
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Published 1893
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Published 1899
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Published 1893
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