Frederick Delius

Frederick Delius was an English composer who forged a unique version of the Impressionist musical language of the early 20th century. His reflective, gently lyrical music has a sound that was influenced more by international trends than by British musical traditions. Delius was born in Bradford, England, in 1862. He did not come from a musical family; rather, his father owned a wool company and hoped that his son would follow a career in business. Delius, however, wanted to study music, and though his father did not approve of music as a profession, he did not discourage musi...