Missa Brevis: Vocal Score

ISBN 10: 019359434X ISBN 13: 9780193594340

Publisher: Oxford University Press Music, 2000

Synopsis

Missa Brevis, for soprano and tenor soli, mixed chorus (with divisions) and organ (in the Gloria only)., Kyrie Sanctus and Benedictus Agnus Dei Gloria, Walton, William

About this title

About the Author:

Sir William Walton was born in Oldham, Lancashire in 1902, the son of a choirmaster and a singing-teacher. He became a chorister at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, and then an undergraduate at the University. His first composition to attract attention was a piano quartet written at the age of sixteen. At Oxford he made the acquaintance of the Sitwells who gave him friendship, moral and financial support and in 1922 he collaborated with Edith in devising the entertainment Facade. Less than ten years later, Osbert prepared the text of another masterwork, Belshazzar's Feast. From 1922 to 1927 Walton began to spend an increasing amount of time abroad, notably in Switzerland and Italy. The war years were devoted mainly to writing film and ballet scores and he became established as amongst the greatest composers for the screen.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press Music
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 019359434X
• ISBN 13: 9780193594340
• Binding: Sheet music
• Number of pages: 24