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Walton in 1926 (Source: Wikimedia)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William-Walton-1926.png

Basic data

  1. Walton Turner, William
  2. March 29, 1902 in Oldham, Lancashire
  3. †
    March 8, 1983 in Ischia
  4. Komponist, Dirigent, Musiker

Iconography

Walton in 1926 (Source: Wikimedia)
Christ Church, Oxford, where Walton was a chorister and then an undergraduate (Source: Wikimedia)
Walton with the Sitwells: left to right Osbert, Edith, Sacheverell, Walton, and, with the Façade megaphone, Neil Porter of the Old Vic. (Source: Wikimedia)
Portsmouth Point by Thomas Rowlandson inspired Walton's overture of the same name. (Source: Wikimedia)
Alice Wimborne, Walton's partner from 1934 to 1948, photographed in 1928 by Cecil Beaton (Source: Wikimedia)
Jascha Heifetz commissioned Walton's Violin Concerto. (Source: Wikimedia)
The Manor House, Ashby St Ledgers, Walton's main base during the Second World War (Source: Wikimedia)
The view from the Waltons' house on Ischia (Source: Wikimedia)
Jacques Callot's etching inspired Walton's Scapino overture (Source: Wikimedia)
Paul Hindemith, who premiered Walton's Viola Concerto (Source: Wikimedia)
The First Meeting of Troilus and Cressida, by Warwick Goble, 1912 (Source: Wikimedia)
Rembrandt's depiction of Belshazzar's Feast used on the covers of several recordings of the cantata (Source: Wikimedia)

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