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Biography
Born in England 1862
Lived & worked in Florida, Germany, Norway & France
Died in France 1934
Buried in England 1935
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 London, and then some apprentice years in his father’s business.
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Tuesday 17th March 2020, 7:15pm - 9:15pm
How American Culture Changed European Music - Jack Sullivan, Professor of English at Rider University, New Jersey, picks up threads from his book 'New World Symphonies'.
Jack Sullivan is professor of English and chair of American Studies at Rider University. He is the editor of The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural and Words on Music: From Addison to Barzun and the author of Elegant Nightmares: The English Ghost Story from Le Fanu to Blackwood. He has also written on Alfred Hitchcock.
"Congenial, lively, and informative, Jack Sullivan's New World Symphonies explores how serious European composers, from Dvorak and Delius to Britten and Tippett, have drawn inspiration from America's indigenous musical culture." Morris Dickstein, City University of New York
"An engaging look at the influence of American literature, spirituals, jazz, and other forms in works by Britten, Coleridge-Taylor, Debussy, Delius, Hindemith, Ravel, Stravinsky, Varese, Weill, and numerous other British and Continental composers." Nina C. Ayoub, Chronicle of Higher Education
Non-members £10.00 – please book in advance online at https://tinyurl.com/y2so8qdk
New members are particularly welcome! Still haven't joined? Visit our membership page to view the benefits: www.delius.org.uk/delius-society/membership/
Thursday 7th May 2020 from 12.30pm
The Delius Society AGM, Annual Lunch, and Concert
12.30pm
Gather at lunch venue (The Antelope, 22-24 Eaton Terrace, London SW1W 8EZ)
Pre-lunch drinks at the bar if required, at own expense
1.00pm
Annual Lunch
We have booked the private room on the first floor. Please note that there are 18 stairs to the first floor; there is no lift
3.00pm
Leave lunch venue, walk to Cadogan Hall (about four minutes), tea and coffee on arrival
3.30pm
AGM in the Caversham Room
4.30pm
Talk (speaker and subject to be announced)
5.30pm
Drinks and snacks at the bar if required, at own expense; otherwise time to stroll around the area
7.30pm
RPO concert 'English Idylls' begins in Cadogan Hall
Vaughan Williams: Overture, The Wasps
Delius: Piano Concerto
Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme for Orchestra, Enigma, Op. 36
Mark Bebbington, piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Christoph Altstaedt, conductor
Contact RJBuckley@thedeliussociety.org.uk for more details.
Latest News
25/02/2020 Stop Press: Pianist Penelope Thwaites will be special guest at the Delius Society’s autumn event.
More details coming soon
25/02/2020 An exhibition of Delius-inspired paintings
24 March – 11 April Chris Beetles Gallery, 8-10 Ryder Street, London SW1Y 6QB Delius inspired paintings by Keith Grant Supported by the Delius Trust https://www.chrisbeetles.com/
25/02/2020 Percy & Friends: The Music of Grainger and his Circle
American pianist, Richard Masters, explores the piano works of Percy Grainger and his circle – while a student at the Hoch Conservatory, Frankfurt, Grainger studied piano with James Kwast and composition with Ivan Knorr. Knorr provided a key connection to four other composition students who would eventually be known as the Frankfurt Group. The group […]
15/01/2019 Delius operas in new productions
Northern Opera Group is planning a production of Delius’s first opera Irmelin, which will be only the second staging, (after Beecham’s in 1953). The production has the support of the Delius Trust and it is understood that a reduced orchestration will be used. Dates will be announced on the Concerts’ page in due course. www.northernoperagroup.co.uk Opera Holland […]
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