Façade Entertainments
William Walton Edition vol. 7
Format:Sheet music
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
These performing materials incorporate all the research from the full score (Walton Edition vol. 7), and present new editions of Facade Entertainment, and Facade 2, and four hitherto unpublished numbers all in new, clear engraving. A detailed preface in the full score explains the fascinating history of the work, with full textual notes and an appendix of the poems. The set of parts comprises Flute and piccolo, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone in E flat, Trumpet in C, Percussion, Cello, and Cello A and B for Facade 1. Score and parts are also available from the OUP Hire Library.
It is particularly rewarding finding a twentieth-century British composer's work produced to such a high standard . . . Lloyd-Jones claims that when the edition is completed, "no British composer born in the twentieth century will have been better served by his publisher". That could well be true. * Peter Dickinson, Music and Letters, May 2002 *
As for the new score, it is nicely produced . . . and feels good . . . The commentary on each item is thorough, and worth reading even by those who normally ignore the small print . . . But congratulations to the editor and publisher for at least putting the whole of the Façade material together in one volume with full explanation. * Clifford Bartlett, Brio, Spring/Summer 2001 *
ISBN: 9780193593855
Dimensions: 342mm x 259mm x 29mm
Weight: 1612g
272 pages
Full score