Portrait of Walton / Michael Kennedy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy, Michael, 1926-2014.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Walton, William, 1902-1983.

Walton, William.

Composers--England--Biography.

Composers.

England.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 348 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

Summary:

Displaced by Britten and later by Tippett after failing to fulfill the promise of his early masterpieces, composer William Walton was once regarded as a promising experimentalist and successor to Elgar. Here, Kennedy illuminates the complex and contradictory personality of Walton, whose moods ranged from self-critical, depressive, and jealous to witty, generous, and forgiving. Drawing on the composer's correspondence with friends and colleagues--including Britten, Malcolm Arnold, and André Previn, and assessing his compositions, Kennedy provides a compassionate and perceptive study of the life and music of this notable twentieth-century artist.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0193154188 :

OCLC:

18834654