1862–1934 · English

Delius, Frederick

The great English pastoral composer whose Brigg Fair, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring and Sea Drift evoke a world of nature and autumnal beauty.

Orchestral Work (28)

BriggFair
Brigg Fair (English Rhapsody)1907
OnHearing
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring1912
SummerNight
Summer Night on the River1911
AppalachiaRTII2
Appalachia, RT II/2
AvantquetunetenaillesRTV31
Avant que tu ne t'en ailles, RT V/31
CynaraRTIII5
Cynara, RT III/5
EventyrRTVI23
Eventyr, RT VI/23
FennimoreundGerda
Fennimore und Gerda
Florida
Florida
Folkeraadet
Folkeraadet
IBrasilRTV28
I-Brasil, RT V/28
IdylledeprintempsRTVI5
Idylle de printemps, RT VI/5
IrmelinRoseDCW60
Irmelin Rose, DCW 60
ALateLarkRTIII6
A Late Lark, RT III/6
Lgende
Légende
LaluneblancheRTV26
La lune blanche, RT V/26
MargotlarougeRTI7
Margot la rouge, RT I/7
TheNightingale
The Nightingale
NorthCountrySketchesRTVI20
North Country Sketches, RT VI/20
none 4OldEnglishLyricsRTV30
4 Old English Lyrics, RT V/30
OncraigDduRTIV2
On craig Ddu, RT IV/2
none 2PiecesforSmallOrchestra
2 Pieces for Small Orchestra
none 5Pieces
5 Pieces
SeaDrift
Sea-Drift
SilkenShoesDCW59
Silken Shoes, DCW 59
none 3SmallTonePoemsRTVI7
3 Small Tone-Poems, RT VI/7
TheSplendourFallsonCastleWallsRT
The Splendour Falls on Castle Walls, RT IV/6
ToBeSungofaSummerNightontheWater
To Be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water, RT IV/5

Tone Poem (2)

EnglishRhap
In a Summer Garden1908
ParisSong
Paris: The Song of a Great City1899

Choral Work (3)

SummerSong
A Song of the High Hills1911
SeaRift
Sea Drift1903
MassOfLife
A Mass of Life1904–05

Violin Concerto (1)

ViolinConc
Violin Concerto1916

Cello Concerto (1)

CelloConc
Cello Concerto1921

Piano Concerto (2)

PianoConc
Piano Concerto in C minorC minor1897–1906
PianoConcertoRTVII4
Piano Concerto, RT VII/4

Suite (6)

HassanMus
Hassan (incidental music)1920–23
AirandDanceRTVI21
Air and Dance, RT VI/21
DanceforHarpsichord
Dance for Harpsichord
ADanceRhapsodyNo1RTVI18
A Dance Rhapsody No.1, RT VI/18
ADanceRhapsodyNo2RTVI22
A Dance Rhapsody No.2, RT VI/22
LifesDance
Life's Dance

Opera (3)

Koanga
Koanga (opera)1895–97
VillageRomeo
A Village Romeo and Juliet (opera)1900–01
FennimoreGerda
Fennimore and Gerda (opera)1909–10

String Quartet (1)

StringQtetD
String Quartet1916

Sonata (4)

ViolinSonata1
Violin Sonata No. 11914
CelloSonataRTVIII7
Cello Sonata, RT VIII/7
ViolinSonataNo1RTVIII6
Violin Sonata No.1, RT VIII/6
ViolinSonataNo2RTVIII9
Violin Sonata No.2, RT VIII/9

Chamber (2)

ViolinSonata2
Violin Sonata No. 21923
ViolinSonata3
Violin Sonata No. 31930

Sacred & Choral (2)

Requiem
Requiem1914–16
SongsOfFarewell
Songs of Farewell1930

Concerto (2)

DoubleConc
Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra1915
ConcertoforViolinCelloandOrchest
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, RT VII/5

Piano Piece (2)

AnArabesque
An Arabesque
none 3PreludesRTIX8
3 Preludes, RT IX/8

Song (12)

Chansondautomne
Chanson d'automne
LiedernachGedichtenvonFriedrichN
Lieder nach Gedichten von Friedrich Nietzsche, RT V/19
none 2MlodiesRTV16
2 Mélodies, RT V/16
MidsummerSong
Midsummer Song
ASongbeforeSunriseRTVI24
A Song before Sunrise, RT VI/24
ASongofSummer
A Song of Summer
none 2SongsforChildrenRTV29
2 Songs for Children, RT V/29
none 7SongsfromtheNorwegianRTV9
7 Songs from the Norwegian, RT V/9
SongsofSunsetRTII5
Songs of Sunset, RT II/5
WanderersSongRTIV3
Wanderer's Song, RT IV/3
none 7DanishSongsRTIII4
7 Danish Songs, RT III/4
none 5Lieder
5 Lieder