jmc's classics
Summer season is beginning. Things are getting back to normal. Hopefully things will be back to normal. There are a lot of summer concerts in the park during summer time. Sunday was the anniversary of British composer Frederick Delius' (1862-1934) first concert in his native England. The name Delius does not sound English. It sounds like a Greek or Lithuanian surname. He wrote a version of Sleigh Ride which premiered in 1888. IT is the second part of three small tone poems. It sounds similar to the version by American composer Leroy Anderson. I did not know about this version until recently. It was not premiered until 1`946-After Delius' death! The to other poems in this series depict spring and summer. Sleigh Ride depicts a sleigh passing through the country during winter. Unlike Anderson's version it does not have works to it. The works to Anderson's version do not speak of Christmas but it is played at Christmas time and Thanksgiving. There are some theories that Delius may have been paying tribute to Edvard Greig (1843-1907) who was Norwegian. I am not sure if Anderson was influenced by this piece or other works of Delius'. I do enjoy both pieces of music. Delius is probably best remembered for his Florida Suite written in the 1880'2 when he was living in Florida managing his family's orange farm.
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