 "Paris", the final work of Delius's apprentice years, is described by Foss as "one of the most complete, if not the greatest, of Delius's musical paintings".In each of the major works written in the years after "Paris", Delius combined orchestral and vocal forces.The first of these works was "A Village Romeo and Juliet", a music drama which departs from the normal operatic structure of acts and scenes and tells its story of tragic love in a series of tableaux.