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Grieg and Delius - A Chronicle of Their Friendship in Letters (Hardcover, New)
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Grieg and Delius - A Chronicle of Their Friendship in Letters (Hardcover, New)
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When the Norwegian composer Christian Sinding introduced his young
friend Frederick Delius (1862-1934) to Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) in
Leipzig in 1887, it was to be a memorable occasion for each of
them. Delius in particular was later to write of this first meeting
with Grieg with great fondness and affection: 'I was very proud of
having made his acquaintance, for since I was a little boy I had
loved his music. I had as a child always been accustomed to Mozart
and Beethoven and when I first heard Grieg it was as if a breath of
mountain air had come to me.'. It was, for both men, the beginning
of a long and deep personal friendship that, despite the inevitable
vissitudes of time, survived until death was to claim each of them.
Of all Grieg's English friends, Delius was by far the closest; and
Grieg, in turn, played an important role in Delius's development
both as a man and a composer. A contributory factor to their
friendship was Delius's profound commitment to and interest in
Norway even before he met Grieg. Throughout his life he was drawn
to Norway's breathtaking landscape, its literature, its art and the
character of its people. Much the larger part of many letters
exchanged between Edvard and Nina Grieg and Frederick Delius,
usually conducted in German, has remained unpublished until today.
Now, for the first time, the entire correspondence, with the
fascinating insights which it offers into some extraordinary lives,
has been brought together and arranged in chronological order and
widely commented upon. Dr Lionel Carley, adviser and archivist to
the Delius Trust and author of four books on Delius, has thus
created a biographical double portrait. As well as revealing a
wealth ofopinions and comments upon the music and manners of their
contemporaries and a varied discussion of the many problems
involved in the labours of composition, Grieg and Delius offer a
singular number of glimpses into their deep, and occasionally
troubled, emotional lives. Delius often discussed his affaires de
coeur with the Griegs - although probably more with Grieg's wife
Nina than with Grieg himself. 'Rattling' was the Griegs' codeword
for Delius's affairs and a 'rattlesnake' was the object of his
attention; terms that mainly Nina would use in her role as the
younger man's confidante and counsellor. Grieg's own complicated
romantic life - and the occasionally rocky nature of his marriage
to Nina - are also referred to, as is Christian Sinding's apparent
preference for married women. The publication of Grieg and Delius,
A Chronicle of Their Friendship in Letters is intended to make a
contribution to the growing literature dedicated to a deeper
understanding of the music of our age.
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