Beschreibung:
Chris Walton studied at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Zurich and Munich. He was head of the Music Department of the ZentralbibliothekZürich for ten years before being appointed chair of music at the University of Pretoria. He moved back to Switzerland in 2008 and lives today inSolothurn. He is an Honorary Professor at Africa Open Institute (Stellenbosch University) and runs two research projects at the Bern University of the Arts for the Swiss National Science Foundation. He has published widely on Austro-German and Swiss music.
The first extensive study of the life and music of the Swiss composer, Richard Flury (1896-1967).