Lionel Carley (14 May 1936 - 28 December 2021) was an English archivist and author on musical matters.
After completing his studies, Carley worked for the British Foreign Office and became involved in the music of
Frederick Delius
Delius, photographed in 1907
Frederick Theodore Albert Delius ( 29 January 1862 – 10 June 1934), originally Fritz Delius, was an English composer. Born in Bradford in the north of England to a prosperous mercantile family, he resisted atte ...
at an early stage. Since 1966, he held the post of archivist of the Delius Trust, and since 1991 he was also ''Advisor to the Trust''.
After leaving the diplomatic service, Carley intensified his writing and publishing activities.
Publications
* ''Delius: a life in pictures''.
''Delius, a life in pictures''
on WorldCat Lionel Carley and Robert Threlfall. Publisher: Oxford: Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ...
, 1977.
* ''Delius, a life in letters''. Publisher: Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1983-
* ''Delius, a life in letters''. Publisher: London: Scolar Press, in association with the Delius Trust, 1983–1988. Edition: (v.2)
* ''Delius, a life in letters''. Publisher: London: Scolar Press, in association with the Delius Trust, 1983–1988. Edition: (v.1)
* ''Delius, the Paris years''. Publisher: ickmansworth Triad Press, 1975.
* ''Grieg and Delius: a chronicle of their friendship in letters''. Publisher: London; M. Boyars, 1993.
* ''Frederick Delius: Music, Art, and Literature''. Publisher: Aldershot; Ashgate, 1998.
References
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English music critics
British diplomats
1936 births
Living people