Delius

Japanese: ディリアス

British composer. Also known as Delius. Born in Bradford in the north of England to German parents, he showed early talent in piano and violin. He moved to various parts of Europe to help his father's company, and in 1884 he took a job on an orange plantation in Florida, but he devoted himself to music. From 1886 to 1888 he became an auditor at the Leipzig Conservatory, where he became friends with Grieg. He then lived in Paris, where he became friends with M. Ravel, Strindberg, Munch, and Gauguin, and in 1897 he settled in Grez-sur-Loing, outside of Paris. He lost his sight in his later years, but continued to compose with the dedicated help of E. Fenby, a musician from Yorkshire. His works, influenced by R. Wagner, Grieg, and modern French music, are characterized by their own lyricism and subtle sense of color, and he left behind many masterpieces in orchestral, chamber, choral, and opera works. Widely known are orchestral pieces such as In the Summer Garden (1908, revised in 1913), the Mass of Life for soloist, chorus and orchestra by Nietzsche (1904-1905), and the Cello Concerto (1921). → Beecham → Related topics Impressionism | Tudor | Russell

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英国の作曲家。ディーリアスとも。ドイツ人を両親としてイングランド北部のブラッドフォードに生まれ，早くからピアノとバイオリンに才能を示す。父の会社の手伝いでヨーロッパ各地に移り住み1884年フロリダのオレンジ農園の仕事に就くが，音楽に没頭。1886年―1888年ライプチヒ音楽院の聴講生となり，同地でグリーグと親交を結ぶ。その後はパリに暮らし，M.ラベル，ストリンドベリ，ムンク，ゴーギャンらと交友，1897年パリ効外のグレ・シュル・ロアンに定住。晩年失明するが，ヨークシャー出身の音楽家E.フェンビーの献身的な助力を得て作曲を続けた。作品はR.ワーグナー，グリーグ，フランス近代音楽などの影響のもとに独自の抒情性と精妙な色彩感をたたえ，管弦楽曲，室内楽曲，合唱曲，オペラなどに多くの名作を残した。《夏の庭園で》（1908年，改訂1913年）などの管弦楽曲，ニーチェによる独唱，合唱と管弦楽のための《人生のミサ》（1904年―1905年），《チェロ協奏曲》（1921年）などが広く知られる。→ビーチャム
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