He adapted the piece Spitfire Prelude and Fugue from the earlier work Duets for Children and wrote a viola concerto premiered by Paul Hindemith.
One of this man's overtures was inspired by a Thomas Rowlandson etching and draws upon the rhythm of the Catalan sardana. He adapted the piece Spitfire Prelude and Fugue from the earlier work Duets for Children and wrote a viola concerto premiered by Paul Hindemith. In addition to the film scores for Laurence Olivier's versions of Hamlet and Richard III, he composed the operas The (*) Bear and Trolius and Cressida, but he may be better known for a choral work with text selected by Osbert Sitwell from a Biblical story about a Babylonian king. For 10 points, name this twentieth-century British composer of the oratorio Belshazzar's Feast.
One of this man's overtures was inspired by a Thomas Rowlandson etching and draws upon the rhythm of the Catalan sardana.
William {Walton}