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ROBIN WALKER AT 60

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2013

David Matthews
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Abstract

The composer Robin Walker is 60 this year. David Matthews, who has known Walker and his music well since the composer was 23, gives an overview of his life and the development of his musical language from serial modernism to what Walker calls ‘modal chromaticism’ – essentially a renewal of tonality, with strong links to both Wagner and Sibelius. The thinking that led to this development, which is linked to Jungian psychology, is discussed, and there is an examination of five major works from Walker's extensive catalogue, including his seminal orchestral piece The Stone Maker.

Type
Research Article
Information
Tempo , Volume 67 , Issue 265 , July 2013 , pp. 50 - 56
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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References

1 Walker, Robin: ‘Form and Meaning: the inner life of music’ in Reviving the Muse: Essays on Music After Modernism, ed. Davison, Peter (Brinkworth: Claridge Press, 2001), p. 118Google Scholar.

2 Tippett, Michael, ‘Music and Life’ in Music of the Angels, ed. Bowen, Meirion (London: Eulenberg Books, 1980), p.31Google Scholar.

3 ‘Form and Meaning’, p.112.

4 ‘Form and Meaning’, p.115.

5 ‘Form and Meaning’, p.116.

6 Personal communication.