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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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