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Subject Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Koanga (Opera)

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

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/3/5
Title:
Frederick Delius (Boosey & Hawkes Accessions): Koanga (full score, in the hand of Eric Fenby)
Scope & Content:
In three volumes, 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. Engraver's annotations are also visible (the score subsequently became the publisher's Stichvorlage). On the title...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928-1929
Extent:
3 volumes

8. 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)

9. 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)

10. 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)