William Walton
English composer (1902-1983) · United Kingdom · On the map · Musicians · Died at 80
Sir William Turner Walton was an English composer. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera.
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1983Died8 March 19831972Benjamin Franklin MedalAward1947Royal Philharmonic Society Gold MedalAwardWalter Willson Cobbett MedalAward1902Born29 March 1902
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Walton in 1976
Christ Church, Oxford, where Walton was a chorister and then an undergraduate
Portsmouth Point by Thomas Rowlandson inspired Walton's overture of the same name.
Jascha Heifetz commissioned Walton's Violin Concerto.
The Manor House, Ashby St Ledgers, Walton's main base during the Second World War
The view from the Waltons' house on Ischia
Jacques Callot's etching inspired Walton's Scapino overture
Paul Hindemith, who premiered Walton's Viola ConcertoAwards
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His best-known works include Façade, the cantata Belshazzar's Feast, the Viola Concerto, the First Symphony, and the British coronation marches Crown Imperial and Orb and Sceptre.
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1902 to 1983 · aged 80
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The same award as William
Arthur BlissBoth received Walter Willson Cobbett Medal
Georg SoltiBoth received Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
Joseph JoachimBoth received Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
Julian BreamBoth received Walter Willson Cobbett Medal
Christopher HogwoodBoth received Walter Willson Cobbett Medal
Andrés SegoviaBoth received Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal