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Frederick Delius's large choral work (completed 1905) setting texts from Nietzsche's Also sprach Zarathustra, notable as a rare secular, philosophically themed oratorio.

The Tudor-era ballet *Romeo and Juliet* portrays the tragic love story of two young heirs from feuding families through stylized movement, depicting their passionate romance and ultimately, their devastating deaths amidst elaborate costumes and opulent stage design.

Frederick Delius's Violin Sonata No. 2 is a 1923 work for violin and piano, first performed in London in 1924 and placed among his late chamber pieces.

English composer Frederick Delius's first Violin Sonata (1905-06) exemplifies his lyrical, Impressionist-influenced style that became characteristic of his chamber music output.

Frederick Delius's Violin Sonata No. 3 is a 1930 late work for violin and piano, dictated with Eric Fenby as Delius's blindness advanced.

Frederick Delius's Piano Concerto in C minor, originally composed in 1897 and revised in 1906 into a single movement, reflects his lyrical impressionist-influenced language.

Delius's third and final Violin Sonata (1930, revised 1932) was one of the last works completed before his death and demonstrates his mature Impressionist harmonic language.

Frederick Delius composed his second Violin Sonata in 1930, one of his late works that continues the introspective, atmospheric style found throughout his chamber music.

Frederick Delius's Violin Sonata No. 1 is a 1905-14 work for violin and piano, first performed in Manchester in 1915 and first of three numbered sonatas.

Frederick Delius's Violin Sonata No. 2 is a 1923 violin-and-piano sonata, first performed in London in 1924 as his middle numbered sonata.

Frederick Delius's Violin Sonata in B major is an 1892 early sonata first heard privately in Paris in 1893, before his three numbered sonatas.