Sea Drift

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Sea Drift is a choral-orchestral work by Frederick Delius, inspired by Walt Whitman’s poetry and noted for its atmospheric, impressionistic evocation of the sea and lost love.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral-orchestral work ⓘ
associatedMovement English musical renaissance ⓘ
basedOn Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking ⓘ
Poems by Walt Whitman ⓘ
linked to: Walt Whitman
catalogueNumber RT VI/2 ⓘ
composer Frederick Delius ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
emotionalTone contemplative ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
nostalgic ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1906 ⓘ
genre choral music ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
secular cantata ⓘ
inspiredBy Walt Whitman ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literarySourceLanguage English ⓘ
movementStructure one-movement work ⓘ
notableFor atmospheric orchestration ⓘ
evocation of the sea ⓘ
lyrical vocal writing ⓘ
orchestrationFeatures expanded harmonic language ⓘ
rich string writing ⓘ
subtle woodwind color ⓘ
partOf Delius’s choral-orchestral output ⓘ
period early 20th century ⓘ
premiereConductor Henry Wood ⓘ
linked to: Sir Henry Wood
premiereEvent Sheffield Festival ⓘ
premiereLocation Sheffield ⓘ
publisher T. Fischer & Co. ⓘ
recordedBy Meredith Davies ⓘ
Richard Hickox ⓘ
Sir Charles Groves ⓘ
Sir Thomas Beecham ⓘ
relatedWorkByComposer A Mass of Life ⓘ
Sea Drift (piano arrangement) ⓘ
Songs of Sunset ⓘ
scoring baritone solo ⓘ
mixed chorus ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
style impressionism ⓘ
subject lost love ⓘ
the sea ⓘ
textAuthor Walt Whitman ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted 19th-century American seashore ⓘ
usesMotif bird calls ⓘ
memory and nostalgia ⓘ
sea imagery ⓘ

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Frederick Delius → notableWork → Sea Drift ⓘ