 Julius Delius assumed that his son would play a part in the family wool business, and for the next three years he tried hard to persuade him to do so.Delius's first job was as the firm's representative in Stroud in Gloucestershire, where he did moderately well.After being sent in a similar capacity to Chemnitz, he neglected his duties in favour of trips to the major musical centres of Germany, and musical studies with Hans Sitt.