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An Englishman in New York
2012 is the 150th Anniversary of the birth of the great English composer Frederick Delius, so I guess there will be a lot of new recordings and concerts this year, especially in the UK (I don't think Delius is appreciated as much in other countries, especially not on the US where you very rarely hear Delius played.
He was a remarkable man, he spent the last 15 years of his life paralysed and blind, but still managed to compose some remarkable music with the help of Eric Fenby, who essentially wrote down and played on the piano/orchestrated every note which Delius verbally dictated to him.
All of Delius's music has a very pastoral/rural feel to it; he was greatly influenced by nature, it's very English in character like Vaughan Williams...
He was a remarkable man, he spent the last 15 years of his life paralysed and blind, but still managed to compose some remarkable music with the help of Eric Fenby, who essentially wrote down and played on the piano/orchestrated every note which Delius verbally dictated to him.
All of Delius's music has a very pastoral/rural feel to it; he was greatly influenced by nature, it's very English in character like Vaughan Williams...