William Walton

William Walton
noun
English composer (1902-1983)
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William Walton [William Walton]
(1902–83) an English ↑composer. His best-known works include Façade (1923) and the ↑oratorio (= large piece of music for voices and orchestra) Belshazzar’s Feast (1931), both of which have words written by members of the ↑Sitwell family. Walton also wrote operas, pieces for orchestra and music for films, including Henry V (1944) and Hamlet (1948). He was made a ↑knight in 1951.

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