This is a new edition of Eric Fenby’s famous book which has not
been available in authorised form for some years. It is a memoir of
the last six years of the composer’s life when Fenby, then a
young organist from Scarborough, volunteered to live in
Grez-sur-Loing to help the blind and partly paralysed Delius to
continue to compose. The vivid account of the painful and
exasperating process whereby Fenby was able to help Delius commit
to paper such great works as Songs of Farewell and A Song of Summer
is unforgettable. Equally gripping is the description of life in
the strange household in which Frederick and Jelka Delius received
visitors such as Balfour Gardiner, Roger Quilter, Philip Heseltine,
Percy Grainger, Thomas Beecham and Elgar. Delius died in 1934 and
Eric Fenby heeded Ernest Newman’s advice not to wait but to write
down his impressions at once. This he did and Delius As I Knew Him
was published in 1936. In 1968 the book inspired Ken Russell’s
masterly film about the composer Song of Summer. In 1980, Delius
and Fenby made an appearance in the song Delius by Kate Bush and
subsequently their extraordinary story has influenced other artists
too. Today Delius As I Knew Him remains one of the most remarkable
books about a composer ever written.
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