Havergal Brian in Hartshill - 22 December, 1907

from Delius: A Life in Letters 1862-1908, page 324:

I've been going through your "Appalachia" this morning. It is an extraordinary work, its sincerity makes me weep. I dont know when such a surprise offered itself to me. The copy only arrived this morning - I took the sincere opinion of a learned musician as to its greatness in a letter I had after the London performance. We will have it here and you shall hear your music sung. Im proud to know such a genius - it is most extraordinary music. May god let you write more such music.

cite as

Delius, and Lionel Carley (ed.), Delius: A Life in Letters 1862-1908 (), p. 324. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1462193531077 accessed: 10 December, 2024

location of experience: Hartshill

Listeners

Havergal Brian
Composer
1876-1972

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Appalachia
written by Delius

Experience Information

Date/Time 22 December, 1907
Listening Environment indoors

Notes

Letter from Havergal Brian to Frederick Delius, Hartshill, Dec 22nd 1907.


Originally submitted by verafonte on Mon, 02 May 2016 13:52:11 +0100
Approved on Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:15:41 +0000