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William Walton : behind the façade / Susana Walton.

By: Walton, Susana [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [1989]Copyright date: ©1988Description: ix, 255 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations, portraitss. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0192826352 (paperback).Subject(s): Walton, William, 1902-1983 | Composers -- Great Britain -- BiographyDDC classification: 780.92 WAL
Contents:
Courtship and marriage in Buenos Aires -- My early life in Argentina -- Newly weds -- From Oldham to Oxford -- The Sitwells -- Three masterpieces -- First symphony -- Music for films -- Laurence Olivier -- Ischia -- Other composers -- Invitations and honours -- Troilus and Cressida -- Second symphony -- Cello concerto -- La mortella -- Guests, tenants, and friends -- The bear -- Celebrations -- Final tributes -- Coda.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending 780.92 WAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00168684
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Susana Walton tells the story of her 35 years of marriage with William Walton to the time of his death in Ischia, Bay of Naples.

"Walton missing manuscripts": (pages 240-243)

Includes index.

Courtship and marriage in Buenos Aires -- My early life in Argentina -- Newly weds -- From Oldham to Oxford -- The Sitwells -- Three masterpieces -- First symphony -- Music for films -- Laurence Olivier -- Ischia -- Other composers -- Invitations and honours -- Troilus and Cressida -- Second symphony -- Cello concerto -- La mortella -- Guests, tenants, and friends -- The bear -- Celebrations -- Final tributes -- Coda.

Dr. Geoffrey Spratt Collection.