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Welcome to my Delius site!

Frederick Delius (1862-1934) composed a wealth of singularly masterful musical works.  I hope you enjoy browsing through the pages, pictures, sound files and links I have collected here.   E-mail me with suggestions, problems, or comments.

Special Thanks to:
Jeff Gower - Jeff Driggers - Graeme Fyfe -  Bill Early -  Bill Marsh -  Frank Lieber -  Harry Froehlich - Harold Diamond -  Derek Cox - George Little - Alan Becker - Peter Starkey - Terry Sanderson 

-- Bill Thompson

• Festival Information
  

• Details of the Festival Concerts from Tasmin Little's website

News, Organizations and Events
 

• Join the DELIUS DISCUSSION GROUP (Jeff Gower, moderator)
• Delius-Related Organizations
• The Delius Society, Philadelphia Branch
• List of Delius Manuscripts Auctioned in May 1998
• Delius Festival in Denmark (June 1998)

Delius Fan Survey

• Fill out the Delius Fan Survey!
• Read the responses received for the Delius Fan Survey

Reference Information

• A DELIUS DISCOGRAPHY - A Reference to Current and Deleted Recordings (compiled by Bill Thompson)
  

• Brief Biography (from the Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians, 1964)
• Chronological List of Delius' Works (compiled by Jeff Gower as per Lionel Carley)
• A Catalogue of the Works of Frederick Delius (Robert Threlfall)
• Delius: The Collected Edition (Published in 33 Volumes with Supplements)
• Books about Delius and his music
• Delius: A Bibliography
• DELIUS SOCIETY JOURNALS - NOW ONLINE! (Thanks to David Tall)
  
• Articles about Delius (from newspapers, journals and magazines)
  
• "Delius Connections" (little known ways that Delius has influenced well-known artists and programs)
• Delius: Composer of the Week BBC Page (1999)
• Eric Fenby's memories of Delius, Grez-sur-Loing and the making of "SONG OF SUMMER" film
• "The Story Behind Delius' Final Works" (NY Times, May 30, 1982)
• "The Last Summer" - Article by David Howarth (1961)
  
• "The Dormant Masterworks of Frederick Delius" by Frank Corsaro
• Delius LP Review (1973) by A.D. Penchansky
• "His Country At Last Acclaims Delius" by Ernest Newman (NY Times Magazine 3-16-1930)
• Obituary of Delius by Bernard Van Dieren (Musical Times, July 1934)
• Don Gillespie's essay about an early (1885) song that Delius wrote in Florida (PDF file has scan of MS)
  
• Delius' A MASS OF LIFE: the 1972 Groves recording (liner notes and a review)
• Delius' REQUIEM (article by Dr. Lionel Carley)
  
• Quotations BY Delius
• Quotations ABOUT Delius
• Jacksonville Public Library Delius Collection
• The 1899 Concert
• The 1929 Delius Festival (WITH SCANS OF PROGRAMME FROM FIRST CONCERT)
• The 1946 Delius Festival (WITH SCANS OF HANDBILL ANNOUNCING PROGRAMMES)
• The 1962 Delius Centenary Festival in Bradford (WITH SCANS OF FESTIVAL PROGRAM)
• The KOANGA Page
• Songs of Sunset - Words by Ernest Dowson
• The 1929 Decca recording of "Sea Drift" (Article by Norman Gentieu)
• The Eric Fenby Page
• Delius and Duke Ellington
• Delius and Warlock's correspondence about pianolas (player pianos)
• Delius' last mountain journey in Norway
  
• Jacksonville University Collection of Deliana

• SEA DRIFT was performed in Houston, Texas on Nov. 8, 2003:

• Review by Bill Thompson
• Houston Chronicle review by Charles Ward

• APPALACHIA was performed in Round Top, Texas on Nov. 20, 2004:

• Houston Chronicle review by Charles Ward

• APPALACHIA was performed in Austin, Texas on Nov. 22, 2004:

• Preview of concert
• Interview with Gunther Schuller (conductor)

• ETUDE MAGAZINE article: "DELIUS IN AMERICA" (August 1950):
• Cover artwork (inspired by "In A Summer Garden")
  
• Part 1 of article
  
• Part 2 of article
  
• Portrait photo of Delius
• Photo of Solano Grove cabin (before restoration)
  
• Early photos of Delius and one of his Danville students
• College in Danville where Delius taught

• Essay on Delius' music by Dr. J. Marshall Bevil

• "Frederick Delius: Devotion, Collaboration and the Salvation of Music" by Emanuel E. Garcia, MD

• "The High Hills: Frederick Delius and the Secular Sublime" by Thomas F. Bertonneau, Ph.D. (from The Praesidium, published by The Center for Literate Values)
  

• Excerpts from Dr. Andrew Joseph Boyle's thesis "Frederick Delius: A Quest for Innocence"
• (discusses several early Delius works including HIAWATHA and RHAPSODIC VARIATIONS)
  
• Title page     p.21    p.22    p.23    p.24    p.25    p.26    p.27    p.28    p.29    p.30
  

Sound Files
 

• DELIUS RADIO: MP3 files of rare recordings (check for updates!)
  
• Yu Nakajima's OUTSTANDING Delius MIDIs and MP3s - realistic orchestral sound!
• Delius MIDI Files (featuring recently revised versions for wavetable sound cards)
• Sound Clips from BBC Film "Song of Summer" in RealAudio
• Excerpt from Eric Fenby's music for "Jamaica Inn" in RealAudio
• Eric Fenby's "Rossini on Ilkla Moor" in RealAudio
• Live Recording of "The Walk to the Paradise Garden" in RealAudio
• A "Caribbean" Irmelin in RealAudio
• NAXOS Records Site (Log In, Search on Delius, listen to Sound Files)
• "Poem of Life and Love" Sound Files
• "HIAWATHA" Sound Files page
• Duke Ellington's "In a Blue Summer Garden" in RealAudio
• "Beecham on Delius" - RealAudio files of Beecham's comments on Delius' music
• Delius' A MASS OF LIFE (sung in English - 1966) - MP3 files
  

Picture Files

• Delius' Florida 1998
• Panoramic Views of Solano Grove - 1972 & 1998
• Pictures of Solano Grove & The Delius House - 1972
• A Delius Picture Gallery
• Delius' Home and Garden in Grez-sur-Loing, France: A Photographic Survey
• Delius' Home in Grez: FLOOR PLANS (approximated)
• Recent Color Pictures of Delius' Home in Grez-sur-Loing, France - Part 1
• Recent Color Pictures of Delius' Home in Grez-sur-Loing, France - Part 2
• The 2004 Delius Festival: Photos by Bill Thompson (a shutterfly.com album)
• The 2004 Delius Festival: Photos by Donald Ricketts (a shutterfly.com album)
• Photos of the gravesite of Thomas F. Ward in Houston, Texas (a shutterfly.com album)

• Delius Postage Stamp - "British Composers" series:

• First Day Cover, Bradford Festival 1985
• Benham Silk FDC, Bradford Festival 1985

Recordings and Scores
 

• British Library Sound Archive Catalogue (contains information on both commercial and private recordings)
  
• DTR Music: Delius Organ Album & Piano Album
• Dutton Laboratories CD's (Restored Historic Recordings on CD)
• CD of Delius World Premieres from NAXOS!
• World Premiere CD Release of Delius' HIAWATHA
  
• Berkshire Record Outlet - search on "Delius" to find great prices on discontinued recordings

• Folktrax Records - Two releases include Percy Grainger's 1906 field recordings, including BRIGG FAIR:

• #135: "Unto Brigg Fair" (includes Joseph Taylor's original recordings, plus commentary by his family)
• #136: "The Seeds of Love" (includes comparative versions of Brigg Fair and other songs)

• Free PDF downloads of several Delius scores are available at IMSLP (International Music Score Library Project)
• Full score of A MASS OF LIFE (Google Books site) - LARGE PDF FILE (56 MB)
• Piano score of APPALACHIA (Google Books site) - PDF FILE (4 MB)
  
• Delius: "Brigg Fair" and other orchestral works in full score
• Boosey and Hawkes Music Publishers (select DELIUS in list of composers)  (Requires IE 5.0 or Netscape 6.0 or higher!)
• Thames Music Publishers (they publish a number of Delius books and scores)
• The Collected Works of Frederick Delius (available from Boosey and Hawkes and others)

Artists performing Delius

• Tasmin Little - Violin Virtuoso and Delius researcher
• Julian Lloyd-Webber - Cellist
• David Lloyd-Jones - Conductor          Profile on Naxos site         Interview
  
• Felix Slatkin - Conductor
• Myer Fredman - Conductor                Profile on Naxos site
  
• Thomas Hampson - Baritone
• The Beecham Society
• Sir Charles Mackerras - Conductor
• Georg Tintner - Conductor       Another page about Georg Tintner

Links to Other Delius Sites

• The Delius Society/Delius Trust Web Site (England)
• Nishihara Satoshi's Delius Site (Japan)
• BBC Film researching legends about Delius' years in Florida: "The Lost Child"
• Tore Steenslid's Delius Page (Norway)
• Jeff Gower's Delius Page (now archived by The Thompsonian Institution)
  
• Graeme Fyfe's Delius Page
• French Delius Site (thanks Fabian!)

Other Links of Interest to Delians

• The Eric Fenby Page
• The Peter Warlock Page
• British Music Society
• Percy Grainger Site
• The Grainger Museum (Melbourne, Australia)
• Roger Quilter Site
• E. J. Moeran Site (very well done - lots of audio files!)
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold Site
• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Site
• Jeff Gower's Acoustic Guitar CD features his composition "Delius"

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