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Welcome to the FREDERICK DELIUS
COMPOSITION NOTES Page of
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Brief synopsis' of the most popular
classical music
compositions by
Frederick Delius
aka Fritz Theodore Albert Delius
English-German, Bradford, 29 JAN 1862 ~ France, 10 JUN 1934
Stage Works, Orchestral Works,
Vocal and Chamber Works
Delius, Frederick 'Appalachia'
Written in 1895 and revised in 1902. Written at the Solano Grove home he
maintained at his father's Florida orange orchards south of Jacksonville.
It is a series of sound pictures of the part of the American Southland
that Delius knew as a young man. Essentially the work is about a young
slave sold to a down river plantation and forcibly separated from his
loved ones. Composed for Baritone, Orchestra and Chorus.
Delius 'Aquarelles'
Eric Fenby made orchestrations in 1932 of two choral pieces by Delius.
Delius 'Eventyr' (A ven teer)
aka 'Once Upon a Time', is based on a Norwegian Folk Tale. This orchestral
piece by Delius was composed in 1917 and first performed under Sir Henry
Wood at the Queen's Hall on January 11, 1919.
Delius
'Florida Suite' 1887. This is the earliest surviving orchestral
work of Delius. Never published in his lifetime, nor
performed. FP in 1937 under Sir Thomas Beecham.
Delius 'Hassan' (hah SAHN)
Intermezzo and Serenade are from the score of 'Hassan' his last work for
the stage. It was FP in SEP 1923 at 'His Majesty's Theater'. The
Intermezzo and the Serenade are taken from the 'moonlight at the fountain'
scene. Hassan playing his lute for Yasmin. The work was scored for violin,
strings and har and was arranged by Sir Thomas Beecham.
Delius 'Irmelin' (ER meh lin)
Prelude an orchestral miniature.
His first opera
composed in 1892 and
dedicated to his associate Eric Fenby in 1931. This Prelude is an expansion
of the opening bars of the opera.
Delius 'Koanga' (koh AHN gah)
Delius 'La Calinda'
Originally the 1st MMT of his 'Florida Suite' of 1887. Then as part of his
opera 'Koanga'. Eric Fenby extracted this concert version of the early
Delius theme. (KAH' lin dah).
Delius 'Sea Drift'
He was 22 when he left England for his fathers
's orange groves in Northeastern Florida, south of Jacksonville. The year
was 1884. It was there he scored many of his works including 'Appalachia'
and 'Sea Drift' in 1903. The setting to 'Sea Drift' is a poem by Walt
Whitman. The images are from your own mind as you'll visualize and hear
this 'Sea Drift' for baritone, chorus and Orchestra.
Delius 'Summer Night
on the River
The woodwinds dominate this 1911 orchestral work by Frederick Delius...
evoking the scene of a 'Summer Night on the river'.
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