• Composition: 1981
• First Performance: Saturday, 10 October 1981. Wengerner Mühle [the guest house of Dr. Karl-Friedrich Still], Recklinghausen. Members of the Westphalia Symphony Orchestra, Karl Rickenbacher conductor.
• Duration: Under 1 minute
• Dedication: “For Karl” [i.e. Walton’s neighbor on Ischia, Karl-Friedrich Still, on his 70th birthday]
• Craggs Catalogue Number: C99
• Instrumentation: 7 trumpets – percussion
• Manuscript: The private collection of Dr. Karl-Friedrich Still, Recklinghausen
• Publication: Oxford University Press, 1983. Materials available for purchase:
| A Birthday Fanfare | 1983 | Full score | ISBN 019 3681145 | Buy from SheetMusicPlus.com |
| 1983 | Set of parts | ISBN 019 3681153 | Buy from SheetMusicPlus.com |
• Recordings: This work has never been recorded.