Composer Frederick Delius arrived at Solano Grove, on the banks of the St. John’s River, in March 1884. His father had hopes that the young man would show more initiative in managing an orange ...
When white-haired, British-born Frederick Delius died in 1934 after twelve years of paralysis and nine of total blindness, he was still one of the least appreciated of eminent modern composers. Though ...
A major concert of Bradford-born composer Frederick Deliu’s work will take place in the city this autumn. The concert, on October 18, is part of a four-day festival organised by the Manchester-based ...
A SERIES of events to celebrate the work of Bradford-born composer Frederick Delius is being hosted by the charity Artworks Creative Communities. Tomorrow Delius: Love, Loss and Longing - an evening ...
The life and music of Frederick Delius whose uncompromising artistic vision was matched only by the tragedy of his final years of illness. Donald Macleod begins by exploring Delius's early ...
The world’s No. i admirer of the music of English Composer Frederick Delius (1862-1934) is crusty Sir Thomas Beecham, founder of a society in Delius’ honor, conductor of most of the available ...
Sir Thomas Beecham is often said to have "championed" the music of Frederick Delius. This sounds noble enough, but it hardly begins to describe the conductor's extraordinary half-century crusade on ...
HE’S known throughout the jazz world as an award-winning cornet player, and as an ex-librarian has an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of jazz music. But Digby Fairweather has looked further afield for ...
We’re winging it this week, with ornithological excerpts by Respighi, Delius, and Messiaen. None of the works, however, are swan songs. Italian composer Ottorino Respighi was no stranger to ...