Percy Grainger in Queen's Hall - 22 November, 1907
from Delius: A Life in Letters 1862-1908, page 314:
'last night I realized how thoro'ly brave & spiritedly experimental a being that dear Delius is. Taking lots of risk, & not content with mere "safe" well worn conventional pranks like that tiresome R. Strauss (how he wrote D Juan I cant fathom) Delius's stuff on the band sounds so poetic & full of tender & rare things...I dont say his form is convincing or that he is an out-&-out genius but he's a most sympathetic & instructive talent, with a dear abstract, compassionate, poetic soul.
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Delius, and Lionel Carley (ed.), Delius: A Life in Letters 1862-1908 (), p. 314. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1462140048163 accessed: 1 September, 2024
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Appalachia
written by Delius |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 22 November, 1907 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Percy Grainger to Karen Holten, London, 23 November 1907.
Originally submitted by verafonte on Sun, 01 May 2016 23:00:48 +0100
Approved on Wed, 26 Apr 2017 14:06:54 +0100