Contents: Contexts; The Earliest Compositions; New Beginnings; The Curlew: a Portrait of the Artist; Experiment and Consolidation (1) The Winthrop Rogers Songs; Experiment and Consolidation (2) The Early Choral Songs; Experiment and Consolidation (3) Three More Songs; Delius Revisited and Warlock Rediscovered; Rum, Beer, Good Ale and Other Frolics; Refinements; The Way Forward (1) Lillygay; The Way Forward (2) Candlelight and Jenny Gray; Three Pseudonyms (1) Amorous and Pastoral; Three Pseudonyms (2) Rumbustious and Hedonistic; Three Pseudonyms (3) Metaphysical and Introspective; Capriol and Some Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.