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Delius and the Sound of Place

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Book at Lunchtime: Delius and the Sound of Place
Few composers have responded as powerfully to place as Frederick Delius (1862–1934). Born in Yorkshire, Delius resided in the United States, Germany, and Scandinavia before settling in France, where he spent the majority of his professional career. This book examines the role of place in selected works, including 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring', Appalachia, and The Song of the High Hills, reading place as a creative and historically mediated category in his music. Drawing on archival sources, contemporary art, and literature, and more recent writing in cultural geography and the philosophy of place, this is a new interpretation of Delius' work, and he emerges as one of the most original and compelling voices in early twentieth-century music. As the popularity of his music grows, this book challenges the idea of Delius as a large-scale rhapsodic composer, and reveals a richer and more productive relationship between place and music.

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TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities
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Daniel Grimley
Philip Bullock
Peter Franklin
Alexandra Harris
Charlotte de Mille
Keywords
contemporary art
literature
geography
philosophy
music
Department: The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
Date Added: 28/06/2019
Duration: 00:48:14

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