Robert Matthew-Walker (Composer)
Born: 23rd July 1939, London, England
Nationality: English
Robert Matthew-Walker is an English writer, editor, marketer, producer, broadcaster and composer, mainly involved in classical music.
Robert Matthew-Walker was born in Lewisham, London, and studied at Goldsmith's College, University of London, the London College of Music and the London College of Printing (now University of the Arts, London). After leaving the Army in 1962, following service at the Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre (JARIC), the War Office and in North Africa, he studied composition privately with the French composer Darius Milhaud in Paris in 1962–63.
He was employed in the City as Company Secretary of Thom & Cook Ltd and founded the Tunnel Club rock venue in Greenwich in 1968. He joined CBS Records in 1970; three months later he was appointed head of their classical department in London.
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- Children's Pieces (5), Op. 95 'Battledore' (1)
- Divertimento on a Theme of Mozart for Piano Duet, Op. 57 (1)
- Fantasy on a Theme from Malcolm Arnold, Op. 208 (1)
- Nocturne & Aubade, Op. 154 (1)
- Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 34, 'Fantasy Sonata: Hamlet' (2)
- Shakespeare Songs (2) from ‘Music to Hear’, Op. 40 (1)
- Sinfonia Solemnis for Six Percussion Players, Op. 31 (1)
- Sonata Magna for Organ, Op. 56 (1)
- String Quartet No. 1, Op. 30 (1)
- The Evening of Memory, Op. 200 (1)
- The Fields Are White Already, Op. 153 (In Memoriam John McCabe) (1)
- Three American Pictures, Op. 157 (1)
- Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 149 (1)