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1. MS Mus. 1745/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2
Title:
Frederick Delius: Sir Thomas Beecham Accession to the Delius Trust
Scope & Content:
Under the terms of an agreement (1982) between the Delius Trust and the Sir Thomas Beecham Trust, all the Delius material in the Beecham Library was passed to the Delius Trust as a single accession (Accession 218). The material transferred was subsequently sorted and arranged by Robert Threlfall...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Danish, English, French, German, and Swedish
Date Range:
1885-[1931]
Extent:
29 files

2. MS Mus. 1745/2/11

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/11
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Notebooks
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1887-[?1924]
Extent:
7 notebooks, plus various manuscript 'strips'

3. MS Mus. 1745/2/12

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/12
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Irmelin
Scope & Content:
Autograph full score (ink) of the complete opera, bound in three volumes. The score was used by Sir Thomas Beecham for his 1953 production (New Theatre, Oxford) and includes his dynamics and other markings in blue pencil throughout. Bar numbers were added in pencil by Beecham's librarian, George...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1890]-[1931]
Extent:
3 volumes

4. MS Mus. 1745/2/13

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/13
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Various Scores and Draft Material in Large Format
Scope & Content:
Various manuscript full score material on large-size paper, from drafts to final scores, for the following works: Piano concerto; Paris; A Village Romeo and Juliet; Margot La Rouge; A Mass of Life; Cynara; Songs of Sunset (Songs of Twilight & Sadness); Fennimore and Gerda; Appalachia; The So...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
[1897]-[1929]
Extent:
8 files

5. 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)

6. MS Mus. 1745/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/7
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Sketches and Drafts for the Early Operas
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-10. Irmelin: miscellaneous sketch pages (including some material for The Magic Fountain) f. 1. Ink sketches on 3 staves, followed by pencil sketches of the Irmelin motive: 'End of Act 1st' / 'Vorspiel to last Act'. (16-stave 344 x 265 mm.) ff. 2-4. Ink draft of scene with Nils and the...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
[1890]-[1904]
Extent:
1 file (315 folios)

7. MS Mus. 1745/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/6
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Vocal Music
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-20. Words for songs Words for songs, including translations, all in the hand of Jelka Delius unless otherwise indicated: Danish translations (from the Norwegian) of two poems by A. O. Vinje, 'Tytebaeret' (complete) and 'Vaaren' (first six lines only). Both poems were set by Grieg in ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Danish, English, French, German, and Swedish
Date Range:
1888-[c 1930]
Extent:
1 file (233 folios)

8. MS Mus. 1745/2/11/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/11/2
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Notebook 2
Scope & Content:
A small, undated music notebook, with a label to the inside front cover: 'H. Lard, 25 Rue Feydeau, Paris'. The contents (all notation) are chiefly written in pencil, with some in ink. In addition to the stationer's label pasted to the inside front cover (H. Lard), Delius has noted there in penci...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1890]
Extent:
1 notebook (folios 47-96)

9. MS Mus. 1745/2/12/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/12/2
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Irmelin Act 2
Scope & Content:
Irmelin Act 2, autograph full score (black ink), bound. Paginated pp. 113-229, consecutive with the previous volume. Threlfall, I/2. Introduction, p. 11. Scene I, p. 122 (bar 92). Scene II, p. 156 (bar 315). Scene III, p. 182 (bar 488). Scene IV, p. 193 (bar 551). Scene V, p. 208 (bar 658). End ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1890]
Extent:
1 volume (59 folios)

10. MS Mus. 1745/2/12/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/12/3
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Irmelin Act 3
Scope & Content:
Irmelin Act 2, autograph full score (black ink), bound. Paginated pp. 230-381, consecutive with the previous volume. Threlfall, I/2. Introduction, p. 230. Scene I, pp. 242-327 (bars 95-704). Prelude, p. 328 (bar 705). [Scene II], p. 336 (bar 766). Fine, p. 381 (bar 1072). On the recto of the fol...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1890]
Extent:
1 volume (81 folios)