Brigg Fair
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RRP £7.25 historic list price — see live Amazon pricing below
- Performers
- Nzso:Fre
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- Naxos Classics
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- 9786310168043
Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934)Paris: Nocturne, The Song of a Great CityBrigg Fair: An English RhapsodyEventyr (Once Upon a Time), ballad after Asbj?©rnsenIrmelin PreludeLa CalindaFrederick Delius was born in the Northern English industrial city of Bradfordin 1862 into a family of German extraction, and joined his father's business,once his schooling was over. Unsuited to the career his father had intended forhim, he borrowed from his father enough money to set himself up in a business ofhis own, as an orange plantation owner in Florida. Here he was able to furtherhis musical interests, notably with lessons from Thomas Ward in Jacksonville andby contact with the various musicians either living there or visiting the townin the winter months. He later moved to Danville in Virginia, abandoning hisplantation and seeking now to earn a living as a musician. It was at this timethat his father agreed to allow him to train as a musician at LeipzigConservatory, which Delius entered in the summer of 1886, studying with Reinecke,Jadassohn and Sitte and forming an important friendship with Grieg. It wasthrough the latter that paternal support was extended to Delius, allowing him tomove to Paris and settle there as a composer. His meeting with the young painterJelka Rosen led to a liaison. In 1897 they set up house together inGrez-sur-Loing and married in 1903.Much of the rest of the life of Delius was spent at Grez-sur-Loing. Duringthe war years it was necessary to take refuge in England,
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