Frederick Delius
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2014: A year of anniversaries

19. Frederick Delius
Delius died 80 years ago on 10 June 1934. The year before, Elgar visited Delius and the two men took to each other. A warm correspondence ensued until Elgar's death in February 1934. Elgar described Delius as ‘a poet and a visionary’.