Description: Frederick Delius composer. Biography, list of works, bibliography, discography. Official site of the Delius Trust and The Delius Society.
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Fritz Theodor Albert Delius was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, on 29 January 1862 to parents who had come to England from Bielefeld, Germany. Julius, his father, was a prosperous businessman in one of Yorkshire’s great Victorian industries, wool. The home was a musically cultured one, and, as a boy, Fritz learned to play both violin and piano proficiently before he reached his teens. After attending Bradford Grammar School (1874-8), he spent two years studying at the International College near Londo
Andrew J Boyle, author of the excellent book Delius and Norway presents a podcast entitled A Simple Blue Chair. Listen to Andrew tell the story around Delius’s ascent of Lesjaskog, carried by Jelka, his good friend Percy Grainger, and the Deliuses’ maid, Senta. https://shows.acast.com/north-by-norway/episodes/a-simple-blue-chair
Sea-Drift: A Life of Frederick Delius by A L Young ‘Sea-Drift’ is a new fictionalised account of the composer’s extraordinary life, weaving together letters, diaries and other sources to create a unique biographical novel of Frederick Delius, the outcome of fifty years of the author’s research and immersion in the composer’s life and music. https://www.lulu.com/shop/a-l-young/sea-drift/paperback/product-zgj9ep.html?page=1&pageSize=4&fbclid=IwAR0bLm5eljtjPgCo8kK5fnPKe-_8rh-ztKyaQSB-r-MutlYjh_2Ej46Abag