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Spitfire Prelude and Fugue is an orchestral composition by William Walton, arranged and extracted in 1942 from music he had written for the motion picture The First of the Few earlier that year.

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Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

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Spitfire Prelude and Fugue is an orchestral composition by William Walton, arranged and extracted in 1942 from music he had written for the motion picture...

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Prelude and fugue

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A prelude and fugue is a musical form generally consisting of two movements in the same key for solo keyboard. In classical music, the combination of...

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William Walton

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contributions to the genre. Between 1934 and 1969 he wrote the music for 13 films. He arranged the Spitfire Prelude and Fugue from his own score for The First...

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Suite from Henry V

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exceptions. In 1942 he had extracted the Spitfire Prelude and Fugue from his score for The First of the Few, and from Henry V he allowed two self-contained...

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The First of the Few

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into a concert work known as Spitfire Prelude and Fugue. Because The First of the Few was made during the Second World War and dealt with subjects related...

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UWA Conservatorium of Music

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Archived from the original on 11 December 2021 – via YouTube. Spitfire Prelude and Fugue by William Walton. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021...

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Orb and Sceptre

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Orb and Sceptre is a march for orchestra written by William Walton for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, London, on 2 June 1953...

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List of compositions by William Walton

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compositions by William Walton sorted by genre, date of composition, title, and scoring. Lloyd, Stephen (2001). William Walton: Muse of Fire. Woodbridge...

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Variations on a Theme by Hindemith

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continuous sections, first performed in 1963. It is a tribute to Walton's friend and fellow composer Paul Hindemith. William Walton's friendship with Paul Hindemith...

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Partita for Orchestra

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for, dedicated to and first performed by the Cleveland Orchestra and its conductor George Szell. The work was composed in 1957 and premiered on 30 January...

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Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten

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of augmented seconds, minor thirds, and semitones, with intervals of major and minor thirds and semitones," and by his colleague Stanley Sadie as "a...

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Johannesburg Festival Overture

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Symphony Orchestra (LSO), and as soloists Yehudi Menuhin, Andrés Segovia and Pierre Fournier and as conductors Sir Malcolm Sargent and Guido Cantelli. Among...

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In Honour of the City of London

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the City of London is a 1937 cantata by William Walton for mixed chorus and orchestra. The text is by the 15th–16th-century poet William Dunbar. It was...

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