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

1. 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)

2. MS Mus. 1745/1/46

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/1/46
Title:
Frederick Delius: Koanga (vocal score)
Scope & Content:
Manuscript vocal score, in a copyist's hand with additions in the hand of the composer. N.B. This volume is currently held by the Delius Trust and is therefore unavailable from the British Library.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. 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)

4. MS Mus. 1745/2/11/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/11/3
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Notebook 3
Scope & Content:
The notebook (undated) contains notes, in ink and in pencil, for several works, as follows: Koanga: 'Calinda dance' (f. 97); 'Quintette' (f. 98); 'Entracte to 3rd Act Koanga' (f. 104); and a two-page description (in English) of the 'Prelude to III Act' (ff. 123v-124, notebook inverted and revers...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1895]-[?1907]
Extent:
1 notebook (folios 97-124)

5. MS Mus. 1745/3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/3/3
Title:
Frederick Delius (Boosey & Hawkes Accessions): Koanga (vocal score by Florent Schmitt)
Scope & Content:
Opera in three Acts. Threlfall, I/4. Act I There is no title page or prelude. Jelka Delius has written at the head of the page: 'Koanga / Opera by Frederick Delius / Piano Score by Florent Schmitt'. 24-stave 354 x 270 mm. Piano part by Schmitt (mauve ink, occasionally black ink). Voice parts an...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
[c 1897]
Extent:

1 file (249 folios)

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. MS Mus. 1745/3/5/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/3/5/2
Title:
Frederick Delius (Boosey & Hawkes Accessions): Koanga, Act II (full score, in the hand of Eric Fenby)
Scope & Content:
Act II 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), verso blank, then pp. [1]-71, followed by 1 blank page. Scored in black ink on 32-stave 444 x ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1928-1929]
Extent:
1 volume (53 folios)

9. MS Mus. 1745/3/5/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/3/5/3
Title:
Frederick Delius (Boosey & Hawkes Accessions): Koanga, Act III (full score in the hand of Eric Fenby)
Scope & Content:
Act III 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 ('Koanga - Act 3'), verso blank, and pp. 1-117 (verso blank). Scored in black ink on 32-stave 444 x 310 mm. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1928-1929]
Extent:
1 volume (119 folios)