Ballets

William Walton Edition vol. 3

By William Walton

Item Number: OU.9780193365087

ISBN 9780193365087. 13 x 10 inches.

A critical edition of the ballets. The Wise Virgins and The Quest, complete with full textual notes and introduction. The scores have been entirely re-set, and new orchestral parts on hire produced to match the new edition available from the publisher.

Voicing
The Wise Virgins: 2fl (both dbl. picc), 2ob (2 dbl. c.a.), 2cl, 2bsn, 4hrn, 2trp, 3trb, timp, hp, strings The Quest: 2fl (2 dbl. picc), 2ob (2 dbl. cor), 2cl, 2bsn, 4hrn, 2trp, 3trb, perc (1 player: timp, tri, tamb, castanets, large temple block, whip, susp cym, cym, SD, BD, bells), hp, strings.

About William Walton Edition

In March 2014 Oxford University Press published the last volume in its magnificent William Walton Edition, the only complete critical edition of a 20th-century British composer's oeuvre. All 24 volumes are handsomely printed and bound. Walton's entire output is now available to scholars and performers in a definitive and fully practical edition, based on the form in which the composer ultimately wished his music to be performed. The general editor, David Lloyd-Jones - the eminent conductor, English music specialist, and founder of Opera North - invited a world-class expert to edit each volume. Carefully researched introductory essays place the works in their historical context and in the composer's oeuvre, and there are full critical notes.