Delius

American  

[dee-lee-uhs, deel-yuhs] / ˈdi li əs, ˈdil yəs /

noun

1. Frederick, 1862–1934, English composer.

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Delius British  

/ ˈdiːlɪəs /

noun

1. Frederick. 1862–1934, English composer, who drew inspiration from folk tunes and the sounds of nature. His works include the opera A Village Romeo and Juliet (1901), A Mass of Life (1905), and the orchestral variations Brigg Fair (1907)

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Example Sentences

He’s drawn to the slithering sound of Frederick Delius, and to oddities like the “garish but amazing” Stokowski orchestration of Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C sharp minor.

From New York Times

By the time he arrived at Durham to study music in 1958, he had already begun composing his own works, inspired by early 20th-century Romantics such as Elgar, Delius and Vaughan Williams.

From BBC

He reads that the composer Delius, also from Yorkshire, is now blind, partly paralysed and can no longer compose, with work left unfinished.

From The Guardian

The Hallé became especially associated with British music, particularly through Barbirolli’s recordings of Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Delius.

From New York Times

I’m no expert on the composer Delius, but I do know that as a young man he spent time in Florida growing oranges.

From The Guardian