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William Walton: Muse of Fire (Hardcover)
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William Walton: Muse of Fire (Hardcover)
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This acclaimed biography draws on first-hand accounts, including
new material on Walton's circle of the 20s and 30s; the composer's
work in film a particular focus. When in June 1923 a bewildered
audience in London's Aeolian Hall heard Edith Sitwell declaim her
Facade poems through a megaphone, the 21-year-old William Walton -
conducting behind a painted backcloth - stood on the threshold of
fame. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s he was regarded as the white
hope of British music, and a succession of works including the
Viola Concerto, Belshazzar's Feast and the First Symphony more than
fulfilled that early promise; he was also one of the first serious
composers to be involved in films. Using first-hand accounts, this
book explodes the myth of Facade's riotous reception, examines
Walton's work in both films and radio and, through contemporary
correspondence, articles and interviews - wherever possible in his
own words - explores Walton's life and troubled times. It brings to
the fore his complex personality - "remote, removed, distant" in
Laurence Olivier's words, in dynamic contrast with music of such
vitality and drama. Composition for him was an arduous, often
painful, process riddled with difficulties, uncertainties and
self-doubts, and further complicated by severallove affairs (one
being with Italy) that inspired his finest works. STEPHEN LLOYD's
previous books include a biography of H. Balfour Gardiner and a
collection of Eric Fenby's writings on Delius, which he edited. In
addition to record sleeve notes, programme notes, reviews and
articles, he has contributed to the Percy Grainger Companion, the
Studies in Music Grainger Centennial Volume, An Elgar Companion,
and volumes on Delius, Waltonand Bliss.
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