Autographs of William Walton
Sir William Turner Walton OM (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. More about William Walton
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Born in Oldham, Lancashire, the son of a musician, Walton was a chorister and then an undergraduate at Christ Church, Oxford. On leaving the university, he was taken up by the literary Sitwell siblings, who provided him with a home and a cultural education. His earliest work of note was a collaboration with Edith Sitwell, Façade, which at first brought him notoriety as a modernist, but later became a popular ballet score.
In middle age, Walton left Britain and set up home with his young wife Susana on the Italian island of Ischia. By this time, he had ceased to be regarded as a modernist, and some of his compositions of the 1950s were criticised as old-fashioned. His only full-length opera, Troilus and Cressida, was among the works to be so labelled and has made little impact in opera houses. In his last years, his works came back into critical fashion; his later compositions, dismissed by critics at the time of their premieres, were revalued and regarded alongside his earlier works. Read even more about William Walton at Wikipedia
In middle age, Walton left Britain and set up home with his young wife Susana on the Italian island of Ischia. By this time, he had ceased to be regarded as a modernist, and some of his compositions of the 1950s were criticised as old-fashioned. His only full-length opera, Troilus and Cressida, was among the works to be so labelled and has made little impact in opera houses. In his last years, his works came back into critical fashion; his later compositions, dismissed by critics at the time of their premieres, were revalued and regarded alongside his earlier works. Read even more about William Walton at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of William Walton
The most expensive item with a signature of William Walton (William Walton Signed Letter On Malcolm Arnold - Classical Composer) was sold in February 2021 for £179.00 while the cheapest item ( WILLIAM WALTON SIGNED by his wife SUSANNA WALTON FRAMED POSTCARD) found a new owner for £2.00 in September 2012. The month with the most items sold (3) was May 2020 with an average selling price of £102.00 for an autographed item of William Walton. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2022 with £170.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £2.00 was September 2012. In average, an autographed item from William Walton is worth £40.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of William Walton were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | William Walton Signed Letter On His Home In Ischia, 1949 - Classical Composer | £170.00 | |
| AUTOGRAPH ON CARD OF COMPOSER Sir William Walton | £17.50 | |
| EL2705911 William Walton - Battle Of Britain / Carl Davis LPO - Signed | £15.00 | |
| Susana Walton Signed Letter On Her Husband William Walton - Classical Composer | £19.00 | |
| Susana Walton Signed Letter On Her Husband William Walton - Classical Composer | £16.22 | |
| Susana Walton Signed Letter On Her Husband William Walton - Classical Composer | £10.00 | |
| Susana Walton Signed Letter On Her Husband William Walton - Classical Composer | £16.00 | |
| Susana Walton Signed Letter On Her Husband William Walton - Classical Composer | £32.01 | |
| Susana Walton Signed Letter On Her Husband William Walton - Classical Composer | £36.00 | |
| Susana Walton Signed Letter On Her Husband William Walton - Classical Composer | £20.00 | |
| William Walton *COMPOSER SIGNED* + Adrian Boult Belshazzar's Feast Nixa NLP 904 | £65.00 | |
| William Walton And Arthur Bliss Signed Lunch Menu - Classical Composers | £40.00 | |
| William Walton Autograph - English Classical Composer | £20.00 | |
| William Walton Autograph and Picture | £20.00 | |
| William Walton Signed Letter On Composing 'The Twelve' - Classical Composer | £103.88 | |