Delius & Maria Theresia von Paradis / Disability History / Disability Pride Month / Cute Composer

🎀 Cute Composer Series: Disability Pride Month — Disability, History & the Music That Survived ✨🎶 Frederick Delius (1862–1934) was an English Romantic composer whose lush, nature-inspired orchestral works created a uniquely atmosphere 🌿🎶 After 1918, Delius began suffering the effects of syphilis. He was going blind and losing the use of his limbs, although his mind remained sharp until his death. But he could no longer compose. In 1928 a young musician from Yorkshire, Eric Fenby, moved into the Delius home and became his amanuensis — listening as the blind, paralyzed composer dictated music note by note, word by word. Masterpieces like Songs of Farewell, A Song of Summer, Fantastic Dance, Cynara were all composed in complete blindness! Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759–1824) was an Austrian composer, singer, pianist, and music educator who was blind from early childhood. She was one of the most celebrated musicians of the Viennese Classical era, a personal friend of both Haydn and Mozart — and Mozart is believed to have composed his Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat major specifically for her 🎹  She performed across Europe as a celebrated pianist, toured with her own concert programs, and founded a school in Vienna specifically for the blind and disadvantaged 🎶💙 👉 Which one's music do you want to explore more? VOTE BELOW👇& follow @daixcompose for more Cute Composer spotlights 💙 Recordings: 🎶 Delius: A Song of Summer (London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by John Barbirolli) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AELbzOaEHzg 🎶 Maria Theresia von Paradis: Sicilienne (⚠️The Sicilienne attribution to Paradis has been disputed by some scholars; In 1924, Schott published a "Sicilienne" credited to the blind eighteenth-century keyboard virtuoso Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759-1824) as "revised and edited" by violinist Samuel Dushkin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bG0VJwE3Vc . . . #DisabilityPrideMonth #CuteComposerSeries #FrederickDelius #MariaTheresiavonParadis #BlindComposers #DisabilityInMusic #ClassicalMusic #DisabilityPride #WomenComposers #ComposerSpotlight #MusicHistory #DisabilityHistory #daixai