In which British city was composer Frederick Delius born?
Frederick Delius As his skills matured, he developed a style uniquely his own, characterised by his individual orchestration and his uses of chromatic harmony. Delius's music has been only intermittently popular, and often subject to critical attacks. The Delius Society, formed in 1962 by his more dedicated followers, continues to promote knowledge of the composer's life and works, and sponsors the annual Delius Prize competition for young musicians. Delius was born in Bradford in Yorkshire. He was baptised as "Fritz Theodore Albert Delius", and used the forename Fritz until he was about 40. He was the second of four sons (there were
Frederick Delius a complete "Irmelin" for BBC Digital in 1985. In 1997 EMI reissued Meredith Davies's 1976 recording of "Fennimore and Gerda", which Richard Hickox conducted in German the same year for Chandos. Recordings of all the major works, and of many of the individual songs, have been issued at regular intervals since the Second World War. Many of these recordings have been issued in conjunction with the Delius Society, which has prepared various discographies of Delius's recorded music. Frederick Delius Frederick Theodore Albert Delius, CH ( 29 January 1862 – 10 June 1934), originally Fritz Delius, was an English composer. Born