Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sir William Turner Walton OM (29 March 1902 8 March 1983) was a British composer and conductor. His style was influenced by the works of Stravinsky and Prokofiev as well as jazz music, and is characterized by rhythmic vitality, bittersweet harmony, sweeping Romantic melody and brilliant orchestration. His output includes orchestral and choral works, chamber music and ceremonial music, as well as notable film scores. His earliest works, especially Edith Sitwell''s Façade brought him notoriety as a modernist, but it was with orchestral symphonic works and the oratorio Belshazzar''s Feast that he gained international recognition. In his only acting role, he played King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony in the 1983 miniseries Wagner, while Susana as the King''s wife "stood at his side in regal attire".