Frederick Delius

First published in 1998 Carley collates twelve essays by an international group of contributors reflects the truly cosmopolitan nature of Deliusâs life and his music. They reveal the manner in which he absorbed the culture of the nations he came to know their music art and literature and the influences they brought to bare on his own work. Also discussed are some of the often mixed but rarely equivocal reactions that performances of his music have reactions over the years with Lionel Carleyâs in-depth study of the first production of Foleraadet in 1897 and a wide ranging analysis by Don Gillespie and Robert Beckhard of the critical reception of Deliusâs music in the United States between 1909 and 1920. . Language: English