The musical compositions of Frederick Delius (1862–1934) cover numerous genres, in a style that developed from the early influences of composers such as Edvard Grieg and Richard Wagner into a voice that was uniquely Delius's.
It was a further ten years before his work was generally accepted in concert halls, and then more often in Europe than in his home country, England.
Ill-health caused him to give up composition in the early 1920s and he was silent for several years, before the services of a devoted amanuensis, Eric Fenby, enabled Delius to resume composing in 1928.
[1] A definitive catalogue of the works of Delius was produced by Robert Threlfall in 1977, and a supplement to it in 1986.
For example, A Village Romeo and Juliet is, according to Threlfall's counting, the sixth piece of dramatic work Delius composed.