Tunes for My Niece

for piano solo

General Information – Instrumentation – Manuscript – Publication – Arrangements – Recordings

General Information:

Composition:  1940. Walton later reworked these pieces into Duets for Children and the orchestral Music for Children.

First Performance:  Unknown. Possibly never performed in concert.

Duration:  About 12 minutes

Dedication:  "for Elizabeth", i.e. the daughter of Walton's brother, Noel.

Instrumentation:

Piano solo

Manuscript:

Frederick R. Koch Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Manuscript FRKF 624a. Titled "Tunes for my niece". Nine pieces for piano solo. 9 pages.

Publication:

Oxford University Press. Material available for purchase:

Arrangements:

• Duets for Children, for piano duet (1940)
  
  
• Music for Children, for orchestra (1940–1)
  See this work for additional arrangements of the music from Tunes for My Niece. 

Recordings:

This work has never been recorded in its original form. For recordings of this music, see the following arrangements:

• Duets for Children, for piano duet (1940)
• Music for Children, for orchestra ( 1940–1)

WilliamWalton.net – Catalogue of Works – Solo Instrumental Music