In Reply to: Delius - another obnoxious composer but beautiful music posted by John C. - Aussie on December 12, 2006 at 16:32:01:
I didn't realise that Delius had syphilis - this is what robbed him of his sight in his later years, and may well have been the reason for his misanthropy.In contradiction to a comment from one of the posters on this thread, it seems he did have a formal musical education (in Leipzig)
Alex
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