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032-002016914 Language English Name Fenby, Eric, composer and amanuensis, 1906-1997

1. MS Mus. 1745/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/4
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Hassan
Scope & Content:
Incidental music for tenor and baritone soloists, chorus and orchestra, written for the poetic drama of the same name (published 1922) by James Elroy Flecker. The manuscripts comprise: elements of the composer's autograph score; additional copy material in the hand of Jelka Delius; an arrangemen...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1920]-[1930]
Extent:
1 file (110 folios)

2. MS Mus. 1745/1/40

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/1/40
Title:
Frederick Delius: Sketches for Paris
Scope & Content:
Autograph full-score sketches and short-score workings, for the most part in pencil. Preceded by an extract from a related letter (1935, photocopy) from Eric Fenby to Sir Thomas Beecham. Threlfall, VI/14. ff. 1-3r. Letter extract (photocopy). Grez-sur-Loing, [19 January 1935], Eric Fenby to Sir...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1898]-1935
Extent:
1 volume (32 folios)

3. MS Mus. 1745/3/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/3/4
Title:
Frederick Delius (Boosey & Hawkes Accessions): Koanga (vocal score by Eric Fenby), with English libretto
Scope & Content:
In the hand of Eric Fenby (with additions by others), a vocal score prepared for Sir Thomas Beecham's revival of the work in 1935. The file includes two typescripts of the English libretto, attached to the earliest of which is a brief internal Boosey & Hawkes memorandum (1953). 1. Libretto ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935-1953
Extent:
1 box (186 folios)

4. MS Mus. 1745/3/5

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/3/5
Title:
Frederick Delius (Boosey & Hawkes Accessions): Koanga (full score, in the hand of Eric Fenby)
Scope & Content:
In three volumes, the score from which Sir Thomas Beecham conducted, 23 September 1935, London, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. With Beecham's markings in blue pencil throughout. Engraver's annotations are also visible (the score subsequently became the publisher's Stichvorlage). On the title...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928-1929
Extent:
3 volumes

5. MS Mus. 1745/3/12

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/3/12
Title:
Frederick Delius (Boosey & Hawkes Accessions): A Late Lark (piano score by Eric Fenby)
Scope & Content:
Piano score (black ink) 'for voice and orchestra' by Eric Fenby (ff. 1-6). English words, with German words by Jelka Delius (ff. 7-8). Threlfall, III/6. 12-stave 350 x 270 mm. An outer bifolium containing 6 leaves pasted together and paginated 1/2, 3/4 and 5/blank. English words by W. E. Henley...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1931
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

6. MS Mus. 1745/3/11

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/3/11
Title:
Frederick Delius (Boosey & Hawkes Accessions): A Late Lark (full score in the hand of Eric Fenby)
Scope & Content:
Full score (black ink) in the hand of Eric Fenby, with German words added by Jelka Delius. For tenor solo and orchestra. Thelfall, III/6. 34-stave 402 x 300 mm. (2 bifolia). Title-page (verso blank), followed by 5 un-numbered pages, and 1 blank page. The date of composition by Delius is given a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1931
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

7. MS Mus. 1745/2/12/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/12/1
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Irmelin Act 1, and Prelude to Irmelin
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-6. Prelude [1931] to the opera, full score in the hand (black ink) of Eric Fenby. Based on four themes from the opera, using parts of the Preludes to Acts 1 and 3. Threlfall, VI/27. Performance: 23 September 1935, London, Royal Opera House. Performed as an Interlude in Act III of Koan...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1890]-[1931]
Extent:
1 volume and 3 bifolia (63 folios)

8. MS Mus. 1745/3/9

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/3/9
Title:
Frederick Delius (Boosey & Hawkes Accessions): Cynara (full score, in the hand of Eric Fenby)
Scope & Content:
Full score (black ink) in the hand of Eric Fenby. For baritone voice and orchestra. First drafted in 1907 (noted on p. 1 of the score) and originally intended for inclusion in Songs of Sunset. Completed in 1929, with the assistance of Eric Fenby. Threlfall, III/5. 32-stave 448 x 310 mm. Title-...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
[1929]-1931
Extent:
1 volume (11 folios)

9. MS Mus. 1745/3/8/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/3/8/4
Title:
Frederick Delius (Boosey & Hawkes Acccessions): Idyll (full score in the hand of Eric Fenby)
Scope & Content:
Full score (black ink) in the hand of Eric Fenby, within Boosey & Hawkes buff paper covers. Main score: 32-stave 444 x 310 mm. Prelude: 18-stave 350 x 270 mm. f. 1. Title-page (verso blank), followed by Prelude (ff. 2-7), then main score (ff. 8-26) with a blank page following. The score was ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
[1932]-1967
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

10. MS Mus. 1745/3/5/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/3/5/1
Title:
Frederick Delius (Boosey & Hawkes Accessions): Koanga, Act I (full score, in the hand of Eric Fenby)
Scope & Content:
Act I of the score from which Sir Thomas Beecham conducted, 23 September 1935, London, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. With Beecham's markings in blue pencil throughout. Title-page (un-numbered), with descriptive introduction in pencil to Scene I on the verso, and pp. [1]-69, followed by 1 bl...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928-1929
Extent:
1 volume (61 folios)