Biography

Frederick Delius was born on January 29, 1862 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a composer, known for A Village Romeo and Juliet (1992), Crush (2001) and The Yearling (1946). He was married to Helene Jelka Rosen. He died on June 10, 1934 in Grez-sur-Loing, Seine-et-Marne, France.

Fourth of fourteen children.

His amanuensis Eric Fenby and the English conductor Sir Thomas Beecham are the greatest champions of his works.

His wife, Jelka, a painter, died just one year after him as a result of the strain brought upon her health due to her devotion to her ailing husband.

Is a good friend of Eric Fenby, who became his amanuensis from 1928 up to his death in 1934, when he was already blind and paralysed and therefore could no longer compose music by handwriting.

Parents are German. Father: Julius, who is a wool businessman. Mother: Elise.