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Bibliography

Section One - Arranged alphabetically by Author

Section Two - Arranged alphabetically by Work then Author

Compiled by Stewart R. Craggs This select bibliography, which presents writings relating to Sir William Walton and his music. This deals with the mainly biographical aspects of the composers life and general mention of his works and is arranged alphabetically by author’s name. Please click on the desired alphabetical tab for the name of the author required.

Section One - Arranged alphabetically by Author

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Anon. “Beyond the façade ... the reluctant Grand Old Man” The Times, 29 March 1982, p.5

Anon. “British Composers : William Walton” Monthly Music Broadsheet, Jan 1951, pp.9-10

Anon. “From Willie of Chelsea into Musical Knight” Music & Musicians, 5, no.6 1957, p.7

Anon. “Living British Composers” Hinrichsen’s Musical Yearbook, 6 (1949-1950), p.125

Anon. “A major composer” The Periodical, Summer 1957, pp.64-66

Anon. “Memorial Service : Sir William Walton, O.M. ”The Times, 21 July 1983, p.12

Anon. “Meteoric Rise : Career of Mr W.T.Walton” Oldham Chronicle, 1 May 1926, p.9

Anon. “The Music of William Walton” Music Review, 27, no.2 1966, pp.144-146

Anon. “Music on Record : Sir William Walton” Audio Record Review, 8 (1968), pp.180-181

Anon. “Musician of the Year” The Times, 29 March, 1977, p.18

Anon. “Portrait” Illustrated London News, 218 6 Jan 1951, p.15

Anon. “Portrait” Tempo, no.145, June 1983, p.19

Anon. “Sir William Walton” Sunday Times, 25 April 1954, p.3

Anon. “Sir William Walton” Musical Events, 17 (April 1962), p.27

Anon. “Sir William Walton on the musical schisms of today” The Times, 29 August 1960, p.12

Anon. “Sir William Walton’s four concertos : composer content to be himself” The Times, 22 February 1957, p.3

Anon. “The teasing inconsistencies of William Walton” The Times, 23 March 1962, p.17

Anon. “The Touch of the Master” The Times, 3 April 1977, p.38

Anon. “William Walton” The Observer, 12 February 1950, p.9

Aprahamian, F. “Walton Retrospect” Music and Musicians, 20 (July 1972), pp.22-26

Arad, A. “Walton as Scapino” The Strad, 100 (February 1989), pp.137, 139-141

Armstrong, T. “The Ear is the Judge” The Oxford Mail, 28 Nov 1955, p.6

Aston, M. “Pot Pourri” (Ischia, Fondazione William Walton, 1999)

Avery, K. “William Walton” Music & Letters, 28 (Jan 1947), pp.1-11

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Barker, D. “Sir William Walton dies at island home” The Guardian, 9 March 1983, p.1+26

Bayliss, S. “Walton” The Musical Times, 106 (August 1965), pp.600-601

Beechey, G. “William Walton, Adrian Boult and Herbert Howells : an appreciation” Musical Opinion, 106 (May 1983), pp.236-237

Berkeley, L. “Walton yesterday” Performing Right, 7 (May 1972), pp.18-19

Blom, Eric “The later William Walton” The Listener, 20 Sept 1945, p.333

Blyth, A. “Walton at 70” The Times, 20 March 1972, p.11

Bradbury, E. “Sir William Walton at 60” The Yorkshire Post, 28 March 1962, p.6

Bradbury, E. “Walton at seventy” The Yorkshire Post, 28 March 1972, p.6

Bradbury, E. “Walton’s Ham, Lamb & Jam” The Yorkshire Post, 28 April 1964, p.4

Brook, D. “William Walton” in Composer’s Gallery (London, Rockliff, 1946) pp.106-111

Brown, T. “Preface” in “Shorter Choral Works without Orchestra” (Edited by Timothy Brown). Volume 6 of The William Walton Edition (Oxford, OUP, 1999), pp.v - xiii

Burn, J. “Sir William Walton” Musical Opinion, 100 (Nov 1976), pp.64-65, 67 and 69

Burton, H. “William Walton- A Life in Pictures” (Oxford, OUP 2001)

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Cardus, N. “The rebel’s detractors” The Guardian, 29 March 1962, p.6

Churchill, J. “The Church Music of William Walton” Music (AGO), 11 (May 1977), pp.40-41

Clements, A. “Walton at 80” New Statesman, 26 March 1982, pp.27-28

Cole, H. “Walton in retrospect” The Listener, 25 March 1982, p. 35

Cooper, M. “The Age of Walton” The Daily Telegraph, 25 March 1972, p.12

Cooper, M. “The unpredictable Walton” The Listener, 25 July 1957, p.146

Corden, K. “The genius of Green Island” Radio Times, 25-31 May 1968, p.33

Craggs, S.R. “Sir William Walton: a catalogue, annotated bibliography and discography of his musical works” Fellowship of the Library Association thesis, 1973

Craggs, S.R. “A Walton Pot-Pourri” The Musical Times, 113 (March 1972), pp.253-254

Craggs, S.R. “William Walton : a catalogue” (Oxford, OUP, 1990)

Craggs, S.R. (ed.) “William Walton : Music and Literature” (Aldershot, Ashgate, 1999)

Craggs, S.R. “William Walton: a source book” (Aldershot, Scolar Press, 1993)

Craggs, S.R. “William Walton: a thematic catalogue of his musical works” (London, OUP, 1977)

Craggs, S.R. “William Turner Walton: his Life and Music” Master of Arts thesis, University of Strathclyde (Glasgow), 1978 (3 volumes)

Crighton, R. “Obituary : Sir William Walton” The Financial Times, 9 March 1983, p.13

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Diether, J. “A Meticulous Study of the Meticulous Sir William” American Record Guide, 32 (December 1965), p.385

Diether, J. “Sir William Walton’s Shakespeare film scores” American Record Guide, 30 (May 1964), pp.881-883

Dorris, G. “Copland and Walton” Dance Chronicle, 9 no.1 (1986), pp.148-154

Downes, O. “Visiting composer” The New York Times, 102, 16 August 1953 p.7

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Evans, E. “Modern British Composers I: William Walton The Musical Times, 85 (1944), pp.329-332 and 364-368

Evans, E. “Walton and Lambert” Modern Music, 7, no.2 (1930), pp.26-31

Evans, P. “Sir William Walton’s manner and mannerism” The Listener, 62 (20 Aug 1959), p.297

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Forbes, E. “Italy: un Segreto d’importanza” Opera, 43 (Nov 1992), pp.1339-1340

Ford, B. “Walton’s last chord” The Spectator, 250 (26 March 1983), pp.18-19

Ford, C. “William Walton” The Guardian, 30 July 1976, p.10

Foreman, L. “The recorded works of Sir William Walton” Tempo, 137, (June 1981), pp.45-46

Foss, H.J. “The music of William Walton” The Listener, 17 May 1945, p.557

Foss, H.J. “William Walton” The Chesterian, 11 (1930), pp.175-181

Foss, H.J. “William Walton” Musical Quarterly, 26 (1940), pp.456-466

Foss, H.J. “William Walton” Hallé, Dec 1946 - Jan 1947, pp.9-12

Frank, A.C. “Contemporary Portraits: William Walton” Music Teacher, 31 (March 1952), pp.135-136

Frank, A.C. “The music of William Walton” The Chesterian, 20 (1939), pp.153-156

Frank, A.C. “Sir William Walton” in “Modern British Composers” (London, Dobson, 1953), pp. 58-63

Frank, A.C. “Sir William Walton” Canon, 15 (May 1962), pp.6-7

Frank, A.C. “Sir William Walton” Res Musicae, 8, no.4 (1962), pp.9-10

Frank, A.C. “Sir William Walton” Performing Right Gazette, 47 (April 1967), pp.14-15

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Gilbert, G. “Walton on trends in composition” The New York Times, 4 June 1939 (Section IX), p.5

Glanville-Hicks, P. “Willie has a silver spoon” Hi-Fi Music at Home, 12 (Jan-Feb 1956), pp.24-25, 55-56

Glendinning, V. “Behind Façade” Harpers and Queen, Feb 1988, pp.88-92

Goddard, S. “Interpreting the age” The Listener, 15 May 1940, p.341

Goddard, S. “William Walton” The Listener, 12 Sep 1946, p.357

Goldberg, A. “A Bourgeois Chord? Idea baffles Walton” The Los Angeles Times, 9 August 1953 (Section IV), pp.1 and 5

Greenall, M. [Music Reviews - Volume 6 of The William Walton Edition: Shorter Choral Works without Orchestra, edited by T. Brown] The Singer, Oct/Nov 1999, p.30

Greenfield, E. “Distant trumpets” The Guardian, 9 March 1983, p.9

Greenfield, E. “Here and There: Sir William Walton at 80” Gramophone, 59 (March 1982), p.1239

Greenfield, E. “The lady who became a lady” The Guardian, 19 May 1971, p.11

Greenfield, E. “The music of Sir William Walton” Gramophone, 72 (October 1994), pp.94-96

Greenfield, E. “Sir William Walton (1902-1983)” Gramophone, 60 (May 1983), p.1244

Greenfield, E. “Walton by Walton: a 70th birthday tribute” Gramophone, 49 (May 1972), pp.1865- 66

Greenfield, E. “William Walton” The Guardian, 29 Feb 1972, p.10

Greenfield, E. “Woman behind the Façade” The Guardian, 6 Feb 1988, p.13

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Harty, R. “Just William” The Sunday Times Magazine, 7 Nov 1976, pp.54-55 and 59

Hayes, M. “Selected Letters of Sir William Walton” (Faber and Faber 2002)

Heller, A.K. “Sir William Walton 1902-1983” Journal of Church Music, 25 (Sept 1983), p.40

Hesford, B. “Early Days” Musical Opinion, 100 (Nov 1976), pp.56-57 and 59

Hesford, B. “William Walton and the Organ” Musical Opinion, 100 (Nov 1976), pp.68-69

Howard, P. “The Queen invites her most meritorious” The Times, 18 Nov, 1977, p.4

Howes, F.S. “Features of Walton’s style” Monthly Musical Record, 72 (1942), pp.126-129

Howes, F.S. “The Music of William Walton” (The Musical Pilgrim Series) (London, OUP, Vol 1 1942, Vol 2 1943)

Howes, F.S. “The Music of William Walton” (London, OUP, 1965; London, OUP, 1973)

Howes, F.S. “Walton’s formative years at Oxford” The Oxford Mail, 2 April 1962, p.6

Hughes, P.C. “Nobody calls him Willie now” High Fidelity, 10 (Sept 1960), pp.43-46 and 116-117

Hurd, M. “The music of William Walton” Music in Education, 30, no.317 (1966), pp.36-37

Hurd, M. “The music of William Walton” Music in Education, 38, no.366 (1974), p.80

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Jacobs, A. “William Walton” Musical America, 72 (February 1952), pp.18+83

Jefferson, A. “The Music of William Walton” Music & Musicians, 14 (October 1965), p.54

Jefferson, A. “Walton, Man and Music” Music and Musicians, 13 (March 1965), pp.16-21

Jones, J. “Versatile British Composer Sir William Walton dies” The Los Angeles Times, 102, 9 March 1983, Section 1, p.3

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Keller, H. & Walton, W. “Contemporary Music : its problems and its future” Composer, 20 (1966), pp.2-4

Kendrick, M.E. “The Music of William Walton” American Music Teacher, 24, no.1 (1974), p.35

Kennedy, M. “High Cs in the Bay of Naples” The Sunday Telegraph, 3 September 1995, p.6 (review)

Kennedy, M. “New flowers in a scented garden” The Sunday Telegraph, 29 September 1991, p.XIV

Kennedy, M. “Portrait of Walton” (Oxford, OUP, 1989 (out of print); paperback: Oxford, OUP, 1990; rev. pbk : Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1998 (on sale)

Kennedy, M. “Sturdy genius of William Walton” The Daily Telegraph, 26 March 1977, p.9

Kennedy, M. “Walton in perspective” The Listener, 11 Aug 1983, p.30

Kennedy, M. “Walton’s isle full of sweet promise” The Sunday Telegraph, 25 September 1994, p.10 (review)

Kennedy, M. “William Walton : Composer of the Month” BBC Music Magazine, 6, no.1 (September 1997), pp. 64-69

Klein, J.W. “Walton as a musical dramatist” Musical Opinion, 84 (Dec 1960) p.155ff.

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Lambert, C. “Fresh hand, new talent, vital touch” The Boston Evening Transcript, 27 Nov1926 (Section IV), p.5

Lambert, C. “Some angles of the compleat Walton” Radio Times, 7 Aug 1936, p.13

Lambert, C. “Some recent works by William Walton” The Dominant, 4 (1928), pp.16-19

Lambert, J.W. “Imp and Sceptre” The Sunday Times, 25 March 1962, p.39

Layton, R. “Walton and his critics” The Listener, 29 March 1962, p.577

Lewis, P. “Sir William Walton, just like his music, a joke here, a little acid there ....” The Daily Mail, 28 March 1972, p.7

Lichtenberger, R.S. “The film music of Sir William Walton” The Max Steiner Journal, 7 (1973), pp.6-9

Lloyd, S. “William Walton” Boydell and Brewer 2001

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McCabe, J. “Twentieth Century Melodist” Records and Recordings, 13, no.7 (1970), pp.18-19

McCabe, J. “Well composed at 70” Records and Recordings, 15, no.8 (1972), pp. 32-36

McCarty, C. “William Walton” Film & TV Music, 16 (Fall 1956), pp.12-13

McCray, J. “William Walton’s music for choir and organ” American Organist, 27 (January 1993), pp.66-68

Maine, B. “The Music of William Walton” Musical Opinion, 60 (1937), pp. 492+686-687

Maitland, A. “Sir William Walton” “This England”, 15 (Spring 1982), p.38-39

Mann, W. “Sir William Walton: music for super professionals” The Times, 16 March 1972, p.10

Martin, W. “The vocal works of William Walton” NATS Bulletin, 33, no.3 (1977), pp.30-35+38

Mason, B. “The genial life : an interview with Sir William Walton” New Zealand Listener, 13 March 1964, pp.5+21

Mason, C. “The music of William Walton” Canon, 16, no.11 (1963), pp.7-8

Mason, C. “The Musical Achievement” The Gramophone, 29 March 1962, p.6

Mason, E. “Walton for the Wells?” Music and Musicians, 11(June 1963), p.18

Mellers, W. “Sir William Walton and 20th century Opera” The Listener, 25 Nov 1954, p.933

Mendl-Schrama, H. “Lady Walton and her plans for a Summer Festival in Ischia” Music and Musicians, Aug 1986, pp.8-9

Mendl-Schrama, H. “Lady Walton and the William Walton Trust” Music and Musicians International, 39 (Sept1990), p.8

Mitchell, D. “The Modernity of William Walton” The Listener, 7 Feb 1957, p.245

Mitchell, D. “Revaluations” Musical Opinion, 78 (July 1955), pp.601-603

Mitchell, D. “Some observations on William Walton” The Chesterian, 26 (Jan 1952), pp.35-38

Moorhead, C. “Beyond the Façade ... the reluctant Grand Old Man” The Times, 29 March 1982, p.5

Morrison, A. “Willie: the young Walton and his four masterpieces” The Royal College of Music Magazine, 80 (1984), pp.119-127

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Northcott, B. “In search of Walton” The Musical Times, 123 (March 1982), pp.179-184

Northcott, B. “William Walton” The Sunday Telegraph, 13 March 1983, p.17

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Orga, A. “Sir William Walton: some thoughts” Composer, 68 (Winter 1979/1980), pp.11-14

Orga, A. “Sir William Walton: some thoughts on his 70th birthday” Musical Events, 27 (March 1972), pp.7-10+32

Ottaway, H. “Music on record: Sir William Walton” HiFi News and Record Review, 22, no.6 (1977), pp.109+111

Ottaway, H. “Walton and his critics” The Listener, 83, (25 June 1970), p.869

Ottaway, H. “Walton and the 1930s” Monthly Musical Record, 81 (January 1951), pp.4-9

Ottaway, H. “Walton at 75” Hallé, 2, no.7 (1977), pp.2-3+32

Ottaway, H. “Walton Revisited?” The Musical Times, 115 (Jan 1974), p.42

Ottaway, H. “William Walton” (Sevenoaks, Novello, 1972 / 2nd ed. 1977)

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Palmer, C. “Sir William Walton: an obituary” The Musical Times, 124 (May 1983), p.316

Palmer, C. “Symphonies of the silver-screen” Gramophone, 68 (June 1990), pp.31-32

Palmer, C. “The uncollected Walton” The Musical Times, 131 (May 1990), pp.247-252

Palmer, C. “Walton Birthday” The Musical Times, 113 (May 1972), p.475

Palmer, C. “Walton in Focus” The Musical Times, 113 (December 1972), p.1185

Palmer, C. “Walton’s Church Music” Church Music, 3, no.12 (February 1973), pp.10-13

Palmer, C. “Walton’s Film Music” The Musical Times, 113 (March 1972), pp.249-252

Pirie, P.J. “Scapino: the development of William Walton” The Musical Times, 105 (April 1964), pp.258-259

Pirie, P.J. “Walton at 70” Music and Musicians, 20 (March 1972), pp.16+18

Ponsonby, R. “Moving South” The Listener, 90 (5 July 1973), p.26

Poulton, A. “Sir William Walton: a discography” (Kidderminster, Bravura Publications, 1980)

Previn, A. “Happy Birthday, Sir William” Radio Times, 27 March-2 April 1982, pp.6-7

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Rees, C.B. “Impressions: Sir William Walton” London Musical Events, 6 (March 1951), pp.15-16

Rees, C.B. “Walton’s 60th Birthday” Musical Events, 17 (May 1962), pp.6-7

Rees, C.B. & Hill, R. “William Walton” Radio Times, 18 May 1945, p.5

Reid, C. “60 years of William Walton” Music and Musicians, 10 (March 1962), pp.19+27

Richards, D. “William Walton: a survey” Musical Opinion, 100 (November 1976), pp.60-61

Rook, J. “Making beautiful music together” The Daily Express, 19 Nov 1976, p.5

Rubbra, E. “William Walton’s 70th birthday” The Listener, 87 (23 March 1972), pp.394-395

Russell, T. “William Walton” London Philharmonic Post, 2 (1942), pp.4,5,8+11

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Salzman, E. “View from Ischia” The New York Times, 110 12 February 1961 (Section 2), p.11

Schaarwachter, J. “On Walton’s late music” British Music, Volume 20 (1998), pp.53-58

Schafer, M. “William Walton” in “British Composers in Interview” (London, Faber, 1963), pp.18-23, 72-82 + 151

Shawe-Taylor, D. “Angry young men in Elgar’s line” The Sunday Times, 13 March 1983, p.42

Shawe-Taylor, D. “The Challenge of Walton” The Sunday Times, 26 March 1972, p.37

Shawe-Taylor, D. “The Touch of the Master” The Sunday Times, 3 April 1977, p.38

Shawe-Taylor, D. “Walton : a feast of affection” The Sunday Times, 4 April 1982, p.38

Shore, B. “William Walton” Music Digest, 10 (1950), pp.51-53

Sitwell, E. “Young William Walton comes to town” The Sunday Times, 18 March 1962, p.40

Small, J. “The eclectic Walton” Prospect, 7, no.2 (1964), pp. 22-23

Small, J. “Walton reconsidered” Bulletin, 9 May 1964, p.43

Smith, C.J. “William Walton: a bio-bibliography” (Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1988)

Smith, E. “The Music of William Walton” Music Teacher, 53 (Aug 1974), p.23

Soria, D.J. “Sir William Walton, OM” HiFi Musical America, 18 (February 1968), pp.4ff

Southworth, J. “Garden of Love” The Daily Mail, 2 April 1988, p.9

Sprague, J. “Sir William talks to J. Sprague” The Oldham Chronicle, 12 September 1959, p.12

Stanford, P. “Sir William Walton and his English public” Musical Opinion, 100 (November 1976), pp.55-56

Stott, M. “The Walton Idyll” The Guardian, 18 May 1965, p.9

Stuart, C. “William Walton at Huddersfield” The Yorkshire Observer, 21 Oct 1942, p.2

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Taylor, P. “The operas of William Walton” Musical Opinion, 100 (Nov 1976), pp.61, 63-64

Taylor, S. de B. “William Walton: a brief survey of some of his works” Musical Opinion, 54 (1931), pp.593-594

Teachout, T. “A Waltonian feast” Musical America, 111, no.4 (1991), pp.62-63

Tierney, N. “Making music on Ischia” The Daily Telegraph, 19 September 1990, p.12

Tierney, N. “William Walton: his life and music” (London, Hale, 1984)

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Walker, M. “Recorded works of Sir William Walton” The Musical Times, 122 (June 1981), pp.380-381

Walsh, S. “The Music of William Walton” Tempo, no.74 (Autumn 1965), pp.29-31

Walton, S. “Behind the Façade : conduct unbecoming” The Times, 30 December 1987, p.12

Walton, S. “Behind the Façade : the feeding of a hungry genius” The Times, 28 Dec 1987, p.12

Walton, S. “Behind the Façade : underscoring Olivier” The Times, 29 December 1987, p.12

Walton, S. “The Making of Memories” Expression, July 1988, pp.38-39

Walton, S. “Musical Enchantment” Country Homes and Interiors, September 1991, pp.90-93

Walton, S. “William Walton: Behind the Façade” (Oxford, OUP, 1988 (out of print); paperback: Oxford, OUP, 1989 (on sale))

Walton, S. “William Walton Trust” The Times, 15 Sept 1984, p.9

Walton, W. “My life in music” The Sunday Telegraph, 25 March 1962, p.8

Walton, W. “Preface” to “Alan Rawsthorne”, (ed. A. Poulton), Volume 3 (Hindhead, Bravura, 1986)

Ward, J.O. “Glimpses of William Walton” HiFi/Musical America, 33 (November 1983), pp.19-21+24

Warrack, J. “A silence with voices” The Daily Telegraph Magazine, 24 May 1968, pp.45-46

Warrack, J. “Sir William Walton talks to John Warrack” The Listener, 8 August 1968, pp.176-178

Weber, J.F. “The Recorded Works of Sir William Walton” Association for Recorded Sound Collections Journal, 13, no.2 (1981), pp.112-113

White, E.W. “William Walton” Life and Letters, 16 (1937), pp.111-114

Whitsey, F. “A garden I will never forget” The Daily Telegraph (Weekend), 27 Feb 1999, p.15

Whitsey, F. “A Paradise out of disaster” The Daily Telegraph (Weekend), 21 Oct 1989, p.III

Whitsey, F. “Plants for a Music Maker” Country Life, 171 (April 1982), pp.890-892

Widdicombe, G. “Behind Walton’s Façade” The Observer Magazine, 7 February, 1982, pp.28-29+33

Widdicombe, G. “Grand old man of British music” The Observer, 28 March 1982, p.32

Widdicombe, G. “The quiet musician of Ischia” The Observer, 13 March 1983, p.7

Widdicombe, G. “Walton revived” The Observer Magazine, 21 November 1976, pp.13-14

Williams, S. “An English Composer” The Evening Standard, 5 November 1935, p.7

Wiser, J. “Walton’s Walton” Association for Recorded Sound Collectors Journal, 14 (1982), pp.91-92

Wright, R. “A Walton Discography” Composer, Winter 1980-1981, p.32

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Zoete, B. de “William Walton” Monthly Musical Record, 59 (1929), pp.321-323+356

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