Editing Frederick Delius (section)

==Memorials and legacy==
[[File:Quatrefoil for Delius.jpg|thumb|left|The sculpture ''A Quatrefoil for Delius'', by Amber Hiscott, unveiled in Delius's honour, in Exchange Square, Bradford, on 23 November 1993]]
Just before his death, Delius prepared a [[Codicil (will)|codicil]] to his [[Will and testament|will]] whereby the royalties on future performances of his music would be used to support an annual concert of works by young composers. Delius died before this provision could be legally effected; Fenby says that Beecham then persuaded Jelka in her own will to abandon the concerts idea and apply the royalties towards the editing and recording of Delius's main works.<ref>Fenby (1981), p. 255</ref> After Jelka's death in 1935 the Delius Trust was established, to supervise this task. As stipulated in Jelka's will, the Trust operated largely under Beecham's direction. After Beecham's death in 1961 advisers were appointed to assist the trustees, and in 1979 the administration of the Trust was taken over by the [[Musicians' Benevolent Fund]]. Over the years the Trust's objectives have been extended so that it can promote the music of other composers who were Delius's contemporaries.<ref>{{cite web|title= The Delius Trust: History|url= http://www.delius.org.uk/history.htm|publisher= The Delius Society|year= 2010|access-date= 19 January 2011|archive-date= 18 August 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100818065139/http://www.delius.org.uk/history.htm|url-status= dead}}</ref> The Trust is a co-sponsor of the Royal Philharmonic Society's Composition Prize for young composers.<ref>{{cite web |title= RPS Composition Prize |url= http://royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/images/uploads/Comp_Prize_poster_and_form_for_web.pdf |publisher= The Royal Philharmonic Society |access-date= 13 May 2016 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160807182535/http://royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/images/uploads/Comp_Prize_poster_and_form_for_web.pdf |archive-date= 7 August 2016 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>

[[Herbert Stothart]] made arrangements of Delius's music, particularly ''Appalachia'', for the 1946 film ''[[The Yearling (film)|The Yearling]]''.<ref>[http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/Jan02/Delius_North_Beecham.htm#ixzz4rN9BznfA Music Web International]. Retrieved 1 September 2017</ref><ref>[http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/new/cds/detail.cfm?cdID=369 Film Score Monthly]. Retrieved 1 September 2017</ref>

In 1962, enthusiasts for Delius's music who had gone to Bradford for the centenary festival formed the Delius Society; Fenby became its first president.<ref name= F257/> With around 400 members, the Society is independent from the Trust, but works closely with it. Its general objectives are the furtherance of knowledge of Delius's life and works, and the encouragement of performances and recordings.<ref name= DSoc/> In 2004, as a stimulus for young musicians to study and perform Delius's music, the Society established an annual Delius Prize competition, with a prize of £1,000 to the winner.<ref>{{cite web|title= The Delius Prize|url= http://www.delius.org.uk/thedeliusprize.htm|publisher= The Delius Society|year= 2010|access-date= 19 January 2011|archive-date= 16 May 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130516161220/http://www.delius.org.uk/thedeliusprize.htm|url-status= dead}}</ref> In June 1984, at the [[Grand Theatre, Leeds]], the Delius Trust sponsored a commemorative production of ''A Village Romeo and Juliet'' by [[Opera North]], to mark the 50th anniversary of Delius's death.<ref>{{cite book|title= A Village Romeo and Juliet (theatre programme)|publisher= Opera North|date= 6 June 1984}}</ref>
[[File:Christopher-Gable-Max-Adrian-Song-of-Summer.jpg|thumb|[[Ken Russell]]'s ''[[Song of Summer]]'' with [[Max Adrian]] as Delius, right, and [[Christopher Gable]] as Eric Fenby|alt=young bespectacled white man reading to an older, blind, man in a garden]]
Public interest in Delius's life was stimulated in the UK in 1968, with the showing of the [[Ken Russell]] film ''[[Song of Summer]]'' on BBC Television. The film depicted the years of the Delius–Fenby collaboration; Fenby co-scripted with Russell. [[Max Adrian]] played Delius, with [[Christopher Gable]] as Fenby and [[Maureen Pryor]] as Jelka.<ref name= F258>Fenby (1981), pp. 258–60</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Song of Summer: Frederick Delius|url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063628/|publisher= Internet Movie Database|access-date= 20 January 2011}}</ref>

In America, a small memorial to Delius stands in Solano Grove.<ref>{{cite web|title= Delius Collection|url= http://www.jaxpubliclibrary.org/coll/delius/index.html|publisher= Jacksonville (Florida) Public Library|access-date= 23 January 2011|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101213063034/http://jaxpubliclibrary.org/coll/delius/index.html|archive-date= 13 December 2010|df= dmy-all}}</ref> The Delius Association of Florida has for many years organised an annual festival at Jacksonville, to mark the composer's birthday. At Jacksonville University, the Music Faculty awards an annual Delius Composition Prize.<ref name= F257/> In February 2012 Delius was one of ten prominent Britons honoured by the [[Royal Mail]] in the "Britons of Distinction" stamps set.<ref>{{cite web|title= Britons of Distinction|publisher= The British Postal Museum & Archive|url= http://postalheritage.wordpress.com/tag/kathleen-ferrier/|date= 23 February 2012|access-date= 26 February 2012}}</ref>

Beecham stresses Delius's role as an innovator: "The best of Delius is undoubtedly to be found in those works where he disregarded classical traditions and created his own forms".<ref>Beecham (1975), p. 217</ref> Fenby echoes this: "the people who really count are those who discover new ways of making our lives more beautiful. Frederick Delius was such a man".<ref name= F258/> Palmer writes that Delius's true legacy is the ability of his music to inspire the creative urge in its listeners and to enhance their awareness of the wonders of life. Palmer concludes by invoking [[George Eliot]]'s poem ''The Choir Invisible'': "Frederick Delius&nbsp;... belongs to the company of those true artists for whose life and work the world is a better place to live in, and of whom surely is composed, in a literal sense, 'the choir invisible/Whose music is the gladness of the world'".<ref>Palmer, p. 193</ref>