[Literature & Art] [Whitman, Walt. (1819–1892)] Delius, Frederick. (1862–1934)

Sea-Drift, Words by W. Whitman (U?bersetzt von Jelka-Rosen), for Baritone Solo Mixed Chorus and Grand Orchestra ... Complete Score for Pianoforte and Voices by Siegfried Fall.

Berlin: Harmonie. [1906]. Folio. 39 pp. Lithographed. [PN] 168. First edition of the piano-vocal score. Lower left corner of wrappers torn with small losess, toned, else very good. Threlfall II/3.


Among the composer's larger-scale musical works, Sea-Drift was completed in 1903-1904 and first performed in 1906. A setting for baritone, chorus and orchestra of words by Walt Whitman, the text is drawn from the poem Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking, though it does not use the full text. (10842)


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