he was still a teenager when he was introduced to the composer delius, who lived in france. they became good friends and philip made piano arrangements of some of delius’s music. later he wrote a book about delius. he studied in germany for a time, and then at oxford where he studied classics. he learned about music by teaching himself. he did not fight in world war i. he was a conscientious objector, but also, his health was not good enough for him to be in the army.