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The later orchestral works of William Walton: a critical and analytical re-evaluation
No full textAlthough the British twentieth-century composer William Walton enJoys a continuing presence in the international canon, the body of scholarship that seriously engages with his life and work is small. The post-war music, which includes the Cello Concerto (1956), Second Symphony (1961), Variations on a Theme of Hindemith (1963), Improvisations on
an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten (1969), and the film score for Battle of Britain (1969), has been particularly underrepresented in critical and analytical writing. In this thesis, I give detailed analyses of these scores, alongside an investigation of the contemporary critical
climate and reception history of these works.
I argue that the series of significant lifestyle changes that Walton underwent in the years immediately following the Second World War - including exchanging the busy musical life of London and a series of affairs with high-profile figures for the 'dolce far niente' of an isolated Italian island and a stable marriage - are suggestive of a broad shift in the composer's social and cultural values with consequent changes in musical attitudes and compositional tendencies. Walton's later music is differentiated from the pre-war works by the presence of octatonic, twelve-note, hexatonic and other non-diatonic harmonic constructions in the foreground, and a change from teleological to network-based or rotational background structures. My analyses adopt a deliberately eclectic range of analytical strategies, combining aspects of set-class approaches alongside tools from the tonal tradition. This methodological pluralism reflects my argument that the vitality of these scores derives from a tension between modernist and traditional tendencies. I argue that
Walton appropriates a wide range of influences, including to some extent that of the European avant garde, in contradistinction to the assertion prominent in contemporary
reception literature that his music had stagnated into a single outmoded and rarefied style.
I conclude that although Walton's post-war music was indeed conservative in comparison to that of several of his younger contemporaries, his music engages, through opposition and assimilation, with many of the most characteristic trends of twentieth-century concert
music. Nevertheless, I argue that the temptation to label Walton as a 'modernist' should be avoided; his works should be judged on their own terms and not according to the
regressive--progressive axis prominent in much of the contemporary reception literature. These scores may not have been progressive, but they have a distinctive sound-world and an invigorating vitality that makes them exceptionally engaging both as works of art and
objects of study
Interview with Mr and Mrs R V Walton
No full textMentions working for Brown Brothers and the Bag Stores. Recalls service in the army during the First World War in France and Mesopotamia. Talks about the unemployed workers march of 1905 and leaders of the march. Recalls meetings of the Independent Labour Party in the market place and Oswald Mosley and the Blackshirts at the Junior Training Hall as well as other speakers. Speaks about a Braunstone rent collector and gives the prices of some rents. Mrs Walton talks about running a fishing tackle shop in Leicester and delivering milk
Walton, A R, VX38019
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/423866Surname: WALTON. Given Name(s) or Initials: A R. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: VX38019. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 17062.251472
Item: [2016.0049.56127] "Walton, A R, VX38019
Letter from T. Walton Gillibrand to Alfred Darbyshire, July 22, 1890
No full text1 leafT. Walton Gillibrand to AD, Manchester. Letter, 22 July 1890. Re: Water Willow, encloses bill
for forwarding to SBJr
Walton, J R (John Robert), NX40280
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/423862Surname: WALTON. Given Name(s) or Initials: J R (JOHN ROBERT). Military Service Number or Last Known Location: NX40280. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 17059.251464
Item: [2016.0049.56123] "Walton, J R (John Robert), NX40280
Walton, D R (David Richard), NX49860
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/423863Surname: WALTON. Given Name(s) or Initials: D R (DAVID RICHARD). Military Service Number or Last Known Location: NX49860. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 17426.251466
Item: [2016.0049.56124] "Walton, D R (David Richard), NX49860
Letter from T. Walton Gillibrand to Alfred Darbyshire, July 22, 1890
No full text1 leafT. Walton Gillibrand to AD, Manchester. Letter, 22 July 1890. Re: Water Willow, encloses bill
for forwarding to SBJr
Letter from T. Walton Gillibrand to Alfred Darbyshire, March 3, 1890
No full text1 leafLetter from T. Walton Gillibrand to Alfred Darbyshire, dated March 3, 1890. Darbyshire enclosed this letter with his letter to Samuel Bancroft, Jr., dated March 26, 1890
Letter from T. Walton Gillibrand to Alfred Darbyshire, March 3, 1890
No full text1 leafLetter from T. Walton Gillibrand to Alfred Darbyshire, dated March 3, 1890. Darbyshire enclosed this letter with his letter to Samuel Bancroft, Jr., dated March 26, 1890
Jean R. Walton at Flaming Gorge Dam
No full textJean R. Walton, Project Construction Engineer for Flaming Gorge Dam, poses beside the massive dam. This is a Bureau of Reclamation photo taken by Freind B. Slote
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