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Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Sketches and Drafts
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(1). For works subsequently published: ff. 1-4. Piano Concerto in C minor. ff. 5-9. Early material and sketches for Lebenstanz and for Paris. ff. 10-20. Sketches for Sea Drift, including some pages marked Cynara. ff. 21-30. Two Pieces for Small Orchestra. Sketches and drafts for 'On Hearing the ...
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Sketches and Drafts for Early Works
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(1). ff. 1-23. Early drafts of works(s) for piano and orchestra (ff. 1-23) ff. 1-9. Autograph draft without title (ink over pencil with pencil additions, and in pencil only from the bottom of f. 7v). Paginated pp. [1]-18. Beginning in C# minor 3/4, in two-piano score. With some indications of or...
The notebook, which contains dated exercises (in ink) including canon and fugue, is evidence of Delius's studies at the Leipzig Conservatoire. f. 1. Flyleaf, with Delius's signature ('Fritz Delius'), dated 'March 29/87'. f. 2. The first entry (dated 'March 31/87'): 'Der Doppelte Contrapunkt'. ff...
Undated material, in pencil and some in ink, with the following headings and annotations: f. 126. A loose leaf (ruled page from a notebook of smaller size) containing a list of various books by George Meredith, Henry James, J. M. Barrie, and Gustave Flaubert (repeating many of the books included...
Most of the notebook is unused. f. 140. Heading: 'Zarathustra' above 5 bars in ink. f. 140v. Heading: 'Har du sikt Pan'. f. 143. Heading: 'Prelude 3rd Act R & J' (although the draft beneath is for the Interlude in Act 3). 'Chorus' (ink) in the right margin. ff. 144, 144v and 145 each bear th...
Label on the outside front cover: 'Norsk Musikforlag / Noder - Musikinstrumenter / Kristiania'. Written on the label in pencil, '32941' and the number '23' circled. The contents are, in the main, pencil sketch material related to Hassan, with some brief additional material relating to Fantastic ...
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Various MSS strips containing draft material
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Sixteen strips of music manuscript paper containing autograph draft material in pencil and in ink. None of the material is dated, and only two items have headings ('Orchestra Variations' and 'Dowson'). A few passages are annotated with Delius's characteristic annotation 'good'.
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Piano Concerto; Paris
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(1). Piano Concerto (ff. 1-105) Threlfall, VII/4. (a) ff. 1-15. Various separate sheets of drafts of earlier versions in full score, comprising: ff. 1-3. Paginated pp. 19-20 and pp. 21-24 (1 folio and 1 bifolium, 26-stave 400 x 302mm.): ink over pencil, partly scored on p. 19, with the piano par...
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Appalachia; The Song of the High Hills; Requiem; various sketches and drafts; and drafts for an unfinished work for piano and orchestra
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(1). Appalachia: sketches and drafts (ff. 1-44) Threlfall, II/2. Comprising material for the earlier version(s) and material for the later version. Followed by 6 large sheets on the rectos of which are pencilled part of an early score of the Piano Concerto; the versos, however, comprise draft ...
