Frederick Delius

Silken Shoes

Silkesko over gylden Læst

Seidenschuhe

DCW 59
RT III/4
DCE 15b/supp. vol. 5

Composer: Frederick Delius
Author: J.P. Jacobsen

A setting of J.P. Jacobsen, Digte, 'Silkesko over gylden Læst' (?1873). The date of composition of the original Danish setting for voice and piano is unknown, but likely to be in the mid-1890s. The orchestral version, like the others belonging to Seven Danish Songs, dates from 1897. 

Composition: Between ?1890 and 1897.

'Silkesko over gylden Læst' (Pianoforte version)

Orchestral setting

Date: 1897.