Oldham and Oxford; Sitwellian patronage; poetry through a megaphone; the white hope of British music; "throw in a couple of brass bands"; unfinished - con malizia; a reel composer; films again - and radio; "terribly dull without the music"; Troilus and Ischia; "desperate to find a tune". Appendices: Lambert on Walton; Walton on Lambert; Walton on films; recording the music by Muir Mathieson; the "Facade" poems; reviews of "Facade"; list of works.
Retired
Immensely detailed, rich, and often fascinating anecdotal
biography...
*CHOICE*
Careful in its judgments, copiously quoting from Walton's letters,
and rich in appendices.
*LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS*
A helpful contribution to the slow but steady re-evaluation of
Walton.
*MUSIC AND LETTERS*
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