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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sea Drift canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | choral-orchestral work ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | English musical renaissance ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Poems by Walt Whitman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | RT VI/2 ⓘ |
| composer | Frederick Delius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| emotionalTone |
contemplative
ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ nostalgic ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1906 ⓘ |
| genre |
choral music
ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ secular cantata ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Walt Whitman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | Sheffield Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Sheffield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | T. Fischer & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Meredith Davies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Hickox NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Charles Groves NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Beecham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByComposer |
A Mass of Life
NERFINISHED
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Sea Drift (piano arrangement) NERFINISHED ⓘ Songs of Sunset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scoring |
baritone solo
ⓘ
mixed chorus ⓘ orchestra ⓘ |
| style | impressionism ⓘ |
| subject |
lost love
ⓘ
the sea ⓘ |
| textAuthor | Walt Whitman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 19th-century American seashore ⓘ |
| usesMotif |
bird calls
ⓘ
memory and nostalgia ⓘ sea imagery ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.