He suffered from syphilitic blindness in his later years, causing him to dictate his music to pupil Eric Fenby. Grieg persuaded his father to allow him to compose, and some of his operas include Irmelin, Koanga, and 1910's Fennimore and Gerda. He is best known for his other works, however, producing the orchestral Appalachi
He suffered from syphilitic blindness in his later years, causing him to dictate his music to pupil Eric Fenby. Grieg persuaded his father to allow him to compose, and some of his operas include Irmelin, Koanga, and 1910's Fennimore and Gerda. He is best known for his other works, however, producing the orchestral Appalachia and the vocal work based on Whitman's poetry Sea Drift. He was the pupil of Thomas Ward from Jacksonville and in 1884 moved to Florida to work in an orange grove. FTP, identify this English composer of A Mass of Life and the opera A Village Romeo and Juliet.
He suffered from syphilitic blindness in his later years, causing him to dictate his music to pupil Eric Fenby.
Frederick {Delius}