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Frederick Delius

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The Resume

    (January 29, 1862-June 10, 1934)
    Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Birth name was Fritz Theodore Albert Delius
    Composed the operas 'A Village Romeo and Juliet' (1901) and 'Fennimore and Gerda' (1910)
    Composed the orchestral works 'Florida Suite' (1887), 'Brigg Fair' (1907), 'In a Summer Garden' (1908), 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Spring' (1911) and 'A Song of Summer' (1930)

Why he might be annoying:

    He cheated on his wife.
    He contracted syphilis.
    He sang in a monotone.
    He dismissed other English composers as people 'afraid of their feelings.'
    At the centennial of his birth, musicologist Deryck Cooke wrote, 'To declare oneself a confirmed Delian is hardly less self-defamatory than to admit to being an addict of cocaine and marihuana.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was influenced by black gospel and folk tunes that he heard while managing an orange plantation in Florida.
    Edvard Grieg became an enthusiatic supporter and covninced Delius' father to let his son persue music full time.
    Although he spent most of his life in France, 'In a Summer Garden' and 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Spring' are considered quintessentially English songs.
    Despite becoming blind and paralyzed from syphilis, he continued composing by dictating to a young admirer, Eric Fenby.
    Fenby said of his music, 'It is an art which will never enjoy an appeal to the many, but one which will always be loved, and dearly loved, by the few.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 36 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 31 Votes: 77.42% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 34 Votes: 67.65% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 73 Votes: 64.38% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 104 Votes: 72.12% Annoying