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''Song of Summer'' was based on Eric Fenby's memoir ''Delius As I Knew Him'' (1936, republished in 1966), which recounts his offer to transcribe Frederick Delius's music from the composer's dictation. At the time, 66-year-old Delius lived with his wife Jelka and their servants inReception
The film has often been described as the best of the biographical films Ken Russell made for the BBC in the 1960s. (He had previously made films about Bartók,Music
''Song of Summer'' uses the music of Delius throughout, except for a passage whereDetails
A theme that is quite overtly explored is the dichotomy between a composer who is an egotistical and tyrannical monster and womaniser (his blindness and paralysis were the result ofInaccuracies
* The Laurel and Hardy film shown was '' Way Out West'' (1937), which was a sound film, was made after the events of 'Song of Summer", and would not have required additional music from a theatre organ.Principals
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Song Of Summer 1968 television films 1968 films BBC television dramas British black-and-white films British docudrama films Films about classical music and musicians Films about composers Films directed by Ken Russell 1960s English-language films 1960s British films