Person    | Male  Born 29/1/1862  Died 10/6/1934

Frederick Delius

Categories: Music / songs, Seriously Famous

Countries: France, Germany

Composer. Born Bradford of parents born in Germany. In America 1884-6, supposedly learning citrus farming but really developing his interest in music which he went on to study in Germany. Works include: Brigg Fair, On hearing the first cuckoo in spring. Died Grez, France, his home with wife Jelka since about 1900.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Frederick Delius

Commemorated ati

Delius

Frederick Delius, 1862 - 1934, composer, lived here, 1918 - 1919. English Her...

Read More

Other Subjects

Trinity College of Music

Trinity College of Music

Founded as the Church Choral Society by the Reverend Henry George Bonavia Hunt. with the intention of improving the teaching of church music. In 1873 it became the College of Church Music, and then...

Place, Music / songs

1 memorial
Eugène Goossens

Eugène Goossens

Conductor and violinist. Born in Bordeaux. He studied in Bruges and Brussels before moving to Britain. After working with the Carl Rosa Opera Company, he entered the Royal Academy of Music in 1891....

Person, Music / songs, Belgium, France

1 memorial
Whiskey-A-Go-Go Club

Whiskey-A-Go-Go Club

Former nightclub. It opened in the 1970s (or 1959 - see below), in the premises once occupied by the Flamingo Club. The name was adapted from the 'Whiskey a Go Go' club in Hollywood.  We know nothi...

Place, Music / songs

1 memorial
Crystal Palace Bowl

Crystal Palace Bowl

Entertainment venue. Initially it hosted classical music concerts, but after ten years started to include pop and rock events.

Place, Music / songs

1 memorial
Michael Norman Finn

Michael Norman Finn

Known professionally as Mickey Finn he was a percussionist who joined Marc Bolan in late 1969 on bongos/percussion, replacing Steve Took, & was with T-Rex until 1975.  It is said he was chosen ...

Person, Music / songs

1 memorial

Previously viewed

A. S. Ford

A. S. Ford

Killed in WW1.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Arthur Catford
War dead, WW1
2 memorials
J. Valentine
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Fanny Bowler

Fanny Bowler

Resident, aged 27.

Person

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial