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Frederick Delius (1862–1934) was an English composer. Born in the north of England to a prosperous mercantile family, he was sent to
Florida in 1884 to manage an orange plantation. Influenced by
African-American music,
he began composing. After a brief period of formal musical study in
Germany from 1886, he embarked on a full-time career as a composer in
France, living in
Grez-sur-Loing with his wife
Jelka.
His first successes came in Germany in the late 1890s; it was not until
1907 that his music regularly appeared in British concerts.
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