Walton 1st Symphony
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Walton 1st Symphony is William Walton’s Symphony No. 1 in B-flat minor, a powerful and emotionally intense 20th-century orchestral work noted for its dramatic structure and rich orchestration.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | symphony ⓘ |
| approximateDuration | 45 minutes ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | Walton Symphony No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | William Walton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionEndDate | 1935 ⓘ |
| compositionStartDate | 1931 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era | interwar period ⓘ |
| genre |
20th-century classical music
ⓘ
symphonic music ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
brass
ⓘ
harp ⓘ percussion ⓘ strings ⓘ timpani ⓘ woodwinds ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Dmitri Shostakovich
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jean Sibelius NERFINISHED ⓘ late-Romantic symphonic tradition ⓘ |
| key | B-flat minor ⓘ |
| language | none (instrumental) ⓘ |
| movement |
Allegro assai
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Andante con malinconia NERFINISHED ⓘ Maestoso – Brioso ed ardentemente – Maestoso (finale) ⓘ Scherzo: Presto, con malizia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementCount | 4 ⓘ |
| notableRecording |
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by William Walton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notedFor |
dramatic structure
ⓘ
powerful emotional intensity ⓘ rich orchestration ⓘ |
| number | 1 ⓘ |
| orchestration | large symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| period | 20th century ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Hamilton Harty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1934 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Queen’s Hall, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereOrchestra | London Symphony Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| style |
late-Romantic
ⓘ
modernist influences ⓘ |
| subjectOf | musicological analysis ⓘ |
| title | Symphony No. 1 in B-flat minor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tonalCenter | B-flat minor ⓘ |
| workNumberInComposerOutput | first symphony by William Walton ⓘ |
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