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Subject Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Magic fountain

1. MS Mus. 1745/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/1/6
Title:
Frederick Delius: The Magic Fountain
Scope & Content:
Autograph full score, ink (ff. 1-118), with composer's libretto in English. Short score sketches, also ink (ff. 119-120). Lyric drama in three Acts. Threlfall, I/3. Publication: 1990, Boosey & Hawkes, Collected Edition, Vol. 2. Studio performance for later transmission by the BBC, 30 July 1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1893-1896]
Extent:
1 volume (ff. i, 120)

2. MS Mus. 1745/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/1/7
Title:
Frederick Delius: The Magic Fountain (vocal score)
Scope & Content:
Manuscript vocal score (black ink with occasional additions in red ink) arranged and prepared by Eric Fenby (autograph), paginated by Fenby as pp. 1-192. The score is undated but is known to have been made in 1953 for Sir Thomas Beecham with a view to publication. Threlfall, I/3. Publication: 1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1953
Extent:
1 volume (108 folios)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. MS Mus. 1745/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/3/2
Title:
Frederick Delius (Boosey & Hawkes Accessions): The Magic Fountain (vocal score by Florent Schmitt)
Scope & Content:
Bound vocal score (ink), in thin card covers, with the piano part and voice parts throughout in the hand of Florent Schmitt (with the exception of part of the introduction to Act 3 which is in Delius's hand - see below). Scene directions and English words are in Delius's hand. Interlined, a Germ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1893
Extent:
1 volume (ii + 132 folios)