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William Walton

1902 - 1983

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Sir William Turner Walton (29 March 1902 – 8 March 1983) 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. Born in Oldham, Lancashire, the son of a musician, Walton was a chorister and then an undergraduate at Christ Church, Oxford. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Walton is the 437th most popular composer (up from 552nd in 2019), the 1,463rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,545th in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, William Walton ranks 437 out of 1,451. Before him are Albert Lortzing, Johann Kirnberger, Johann Schein, Yo-Yo Ma, Ethel Smyth, and Ferdinand Ries. After him are Leopold Koželuch, Alexandre Guilmant, Vladimir Cosma, Agostino Steffani, Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, and Giovanni Pacini.

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Among people born in 1902, William Walton ranks 80. Before him are Takeichi Nishi, Rafael Alberti, Maurice Duruflé, Alfredo Binda, Markian Popov, and Eugen Jochum. After him are Demchugdongrub, Norma Shearer, Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg, Therese Brandl, Abraham Wald, and George Gaylord Simpson. Among people deceased in 1983, William Walton ranks 55. Before him are Dolores del Río, Georges Bidault, Karen Carpenter, Jack Dempsey, Kurt Tank, and Walther Nehring. After him are Walter Stennes, Nicolaus von Below, Victor Turner, Norma Shearer, Marianne Brandt, and Igor Markevitch.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Walton ranks 1,463 out of 8,785. Before him are Frederick Keeping (1867), Kim Wilde (1960), Ethel Smyth (1858), Edmund Leighton (1852), Alison Steadman (1946), and Kate Beckinsale (1973). After him are Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693), Steven Berkoff (1937), Honor Blackman (1925), David Goodall (1914), Rod Evans (1947), and Paul Di'Anno (1958).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, William Walton ranks 16. Before him are Thomas Tallis (1502), Keith Emerson (1944), Michael Nyman (1944), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), John Dunstaple (1390), and Ethel Smyth (1858). After him are John Blow (1649), Thomas Arne (1710), Neville Marriner (1924), Orlando Gibbons (1583), David Rose (1910), and Frederick Delius (1862).

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