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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

THERE is no equivalent of the Bruckner organization to make propaganda for the music of Frederick Delius, and probably it’s just as well, because the art of Delius requires no apologists, although it ...

The composer Frederick Delius is often pictured as the blind, paralysed and caustic old man he eventually became, but in his youth he was tall, handsome, charming and energetic. Advertisement ...

Composer Frederick Delius lived in a French village for the last 40 years of his life. He had a lovely garden behind his cottage, and in the summer of 1908, Delius was inspired by his garden. From a ...

Frederick Delius is one of the few classical composers with a significant Florida connection. As a young man in 1884, he came from England to work at an orange plantation south of Jacksonville, and ...