Tags: Classical Music Composition.
A Song of Summer is a tone poem for orchestra by Frederick Delius completed in 1931. A Song of Summer derived from an unpublished 1918 symphonic work originally called Poem of Life and Love. In 1921 Delius told Peter Warlock that he had misplaced most of that score. Delius resumed work on this composition after becoming blind dictating the notes to his amanuensis Eric Fenby to whom the score was dedicated.Sir Henry J. Wood conducted the premiere in London on 17 September 1931.