William Walton
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Sir William Turner Walton was an English composer. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera. His best-known works include Façade, the cantata Belshazzar's Feast, the Viola Concerto, the First Symphony, and the British coronation marches Crown Imperial and Orb and Sceptre.
Christ Church, Oxford, where Walton was a chorister and then an undergraduate
Portsmouth Point by Thomas Rowlandson inspired Walton's overture of the same name.
The Manor House, Ashby St Ledgers, Walton's main base during the Second World War
The view from the Waltons' house on Ischia
Christ Church Cathedral School is an independent preparatory school for boys in Oxford, England. It is one of three choral foundation schools in the city and educates choristers of Christ Church Cathedral, and the Chapels of Worcester College and Pembroke College. It is a member of the IAPS and the Choir Schools Association.
