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William Walton Edition
vol. 16. Composed by
William Walton. Edited by
Michael Durnin.
Orchestral parts for
sale. William Walton
Edition. Full score. 256
pages. Oxford University
Press #9780193683167.
Published by Oxford
University Press
(OU.9780193683167).
ISBN 9780193683167. 13
x 10 inches.
This
volume contains newly
edited versions of four
important later
orchestral works by
Walton: Capriccio
Burlesco, Improvisations
on an Impromptu of
Benjamin Britten, Prologo
e Fantasia, and Varii
Capricci. The first three
works were written for
American orchestras; the
last for the opening of
the Royal Festival Hall
in
1976.
Voic
ing
Cappricio
Burlesco - picc, 2 fl, 2
ob, ca, Ebcl, 2 cl, bcl,
2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 2
tbn, btbn, tba, timp, 3
perc (SD, TD, BD, cast, w
blk, cym, whip, xylo,
tamb, bongo), hp, str
Improvisations on an
Impromptu of Benjamin
Britten - 3 fl
(III+picc), 3 ob
(III+ca), 3 cl (III+bcl),
3 bn (III+cbn), 4 hn, 3
tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 3
perc (glock, xylo, clash
cym, sus cym, BD, tamb, 3
bongos, SD, MD), hp, str
Prologo e Fantasia - 3
fl, 3 ob (III+ca), 3 cl,
3 bn (IIII+cbn), 4 hn, 3
tpt, 3tbn, tba, timp, 4
perc (SD, cym, BD, xylo,
clash cym), hp, pn, str
Varii Capricci - 3 fl
(III+picc), 2 ob, ca, 3
cl, 3 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3
tbn, tba, timp, 3 perc,
cel, hp, str.
About William
Walton
Edition
In
March 2014 Oxford
University Press
published the last volume
in its magnificent
William Walton Edition,
the only complete
critical edition of a
20th-century British
composer's oeuvre. All 24
volumes are handsomely
printed and bound.
Walton's entire output is
now available to scholars
and performers in a
definitive and fully
practical edition, based
on the form in which the
composer ultimately
wished his music to be
performed. The general
editor, David Lloyd-Jones
- the eminent conductor,
English music specialist,
and founder of Opera
North - invited a
world-class expert to
edit each volume.
Carefully researched
introductory essays place
the works in their
historical context and in
the composer's oeuvre,
and there are full
critical notes.