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1. MS Mus. 1745/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/2
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Piano Concerto in C minor (solo piano part)
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-19. Solo piano part, in the hand of the 'Paris Copyist': 2 gatherings, each of 5 bifolia (12-stave oblong, 272 x 350 mm.) Title-page, pp. [1]-35, with 2 pages blank (and 2 removed). Title page: in black ink, 'Concerto / for Pianoforte & Orchestre / Frederick [altered over erasure]...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
[c 1900]
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

2. MS Mus. 1745/2/8

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/8
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Draft Scores for Orchestral Works
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-11. [Paris, or Scènes Parisiennes] Threlfall, VI/14. Draft full score (pencil), pp. 28-53, lacking pp. 37-41. (For pp. 1-27, see MS Mus. 1745/1/40.) 3 bifolia, 34-stave 400 x 302 mm: paginated 28-31; 32-35; 36, 42, 43, 44. 1 bifolium, 32-stave 355 x 270 mm: paginated 45-48. 1 folio, 3...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
[1898]-[1929]
Extent:
1 file (115 folios)

3. MS Mus. 1745/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/3
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Three Concertos for String Instruments.
Scope & Content:
(1). ff.1-30. 'Concerto for Violin and Cello' Threlfall, VII/5. An incomplete draft manuscript, signed and dated '[S]pr[ing] 191[5]' at the head of the first page, and dedicated to 'May and Beatrice Harrison'. Ink, with many pencil alterations and over-writing. 15 bifolia (24-stave, 358 x 270 mm...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1915-1921
Extent:
1 file (103 folios)

4. MS Mus. 1745/2/10

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/10
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Sketches and Drafts for Early Works
Scope & Content:
(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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
[1886]-[c 1930]
Extent:
1 file (174 folios)

5. MS Mus. 1745/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/5
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Instrumental Music
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-14. Piano solo ff. 1-2. 'Pensées Mélodieuses (No. 2)'. Signed and dated 'June 10/85'. F major, C Allegro Moderato. Ink, fair copy. 2 leaves, 12 stave 336 x 263 mm. (Threlfall, IX/2.) f. 3. A single page composition, probably incomplete, with only the number 'I' as a heading. Without d...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1885-1930
Extent:
1 file (225 folios)

6. MS Mus. 1745/2/9

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/9
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Sketches and Drafts
Scope & Content:
(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 ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
[1896]-[1930]
Extent:
1 file (106 folios)

7. MS Mus. 1745/2/11/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/11/1
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Notebook 1
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1887
Extent:
1 notebook (46 folios)

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

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/11/8
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Various MSS strips containing draft material
Scope & Content:
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'.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
16 items (folios 170-187)

9. MS Mus. 1745/2/11/7

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/11/7
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Notebook 7
Scope & Content:
Apart from pencil notes on f. 168 (Violin, 5/4) and, inverted. on f. 169 (3 bars only), the notebook is entirely blank.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
[?1924]
Extent:
1 notebook (folios 167-169)

10. MS Mus. 1745/2/11/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/11/4
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Notebook 4
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
[1904]-[1920s]
Extent:
1 notebook (folios 125-139)