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Archive Reference (shelfmark) MS Mus. 1745 Subject Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Irmelin (Opera) Level [40] File

1. MS Mus. 1745/1/38

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/1/38
Title:
Frederick Delius: Notebook
Scope & Content:
Autograph sketches in ink and pencil, the notebook having been used from both ends. Some material is dated but much material is not. ff. 1-25 to be read front to back. ff. 26v-41v to be read back to front. ff. 25v-26r are blank (and so are ff. 22v-23r and f. 8r). f. 42 is a two-stave strip conta...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1887-[c 1900]
Extent:
1 volume (ff. 1-42)

2. MS Mus. 1745/1/39

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/1/39
Title:
Frederick Delius: A Volume of Sketches
Scope & Content:
f. 1-1v. Headed in the hand of Eric Fenby (green ink): 'Early attempt at piano piece'. 71 bars in 3/4 time, in G minor/B major in a mazurka style, scored in ink. f. 1v. (Upside-down), a 21-bar pencil sketch for voice and pianoforte. f. 2-2v. Headed (in pencil): 'Rhapsody good'. Harmonic plan on t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1888-[1911]
Extent:
1 volume (122 folios)

3. MS Mus. 1745/1/42

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/1/42
Title:
Frederick Delius: Irmelin (vocal score, arranged by Dennis Arundell)
Scope & Content:
A photographic copy of a manuscript pianoforte reduction, presumed to be in the hand of the arranger, Dennis Arundell. The vocal score was prepared for the Oxford production, 4 May 1953. Performed by the Oxford Operatic Society and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Thomas Beecham. Pub...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1953]
Extent:
1 volume (218 folios)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. 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)

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)