{"product_id":"portrait-of-walton-9780193154186","title":"Portrait of Walton","description":"\u003cp\u003eDisplaced by Britten and later by Tippett after failing to fulfill the promise of his early masterpieces  composer William Walton was once regarded as a promising experimentalist and successor to Elgar. Here  Kennedy illuminates the complex and contradictory personality of Walton  whose moods ranged from self-critical  depressive  and jealous to witty  generous  and forgiving. Drawing on the composers correspondence with friends and colleagues--including Britten  Malcolm Arnold  and Andr Previn  and assessing his compositions  Kennedy provides a compassionate and perceptive study of the life and music of this notable twentieth-century artist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67932200304693,"sku":"ByrdShop_0193154188","price":247.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780193154186.jpg?v=1794220977","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/portrait-of-walton-9780193154186","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}