Re: Delius...?

[mrees@pppmail.nyser.net (Michael Rees)]

Hi there, Raquel. On Jun 07, you wrote:

=> Now to the subject ;) The second song o Never Forever is called
=> Delius, right? What/who is Delius? I love that song and my curiosity
=> was not satisfied by my encyclopaedias :(( Can any of you help me?

Quoting from the New College Encyclopedia of Music:

Delius, Frederick: b. Bradford, Jan. 29, 1862; d. Grez-sur-Loing, June 10, 
1934. English composer, of German parentage, the son of a wool-merchant. 
Migrated to Florida as an orange planter, 1884, but abandoned this for music 
after a year, making a living as teacher and organist. Went to Leipzig to 
study at the Conservatorium, 1886, and there met Grieg and Sinding. Went to 
Paris to live with his uncle, 1888, and settled permanently in France. In 
Paris he met Strindberg, Gaugin, Florent Schmidt and Ravel, and married the 
artist Jelka Rosen. ... In his later years Delius became blind and 
paralysed, but with the assistance of Eric Fenby managed to dictate a number 
of compositions.

Though he was influenced by Grieg in his earlier days, his work falls into 
no ready-made category. It is marked particularly by a luscious use of 
shifting chromatic harmonies and by a style which prefers rhapsody to 
calculated construction; the basis of his melodic style, however, is 
diatonic and often shows an affinity with folksong. ... His music is, 
perhaps, most characteristic when it is intimate, but it is also frequently 
marked by a robust vigor. ...

Is that more that you wanted to know?

michael (not responsible for typos)

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