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1. MS Mus. 1745/1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/1/11
Title:
Frederick Delius: Fantasy for Orchestra and Pianoforte
Scope & Content:
Threlfall, VII/4. Lowe comments (Catalogue, p. 55): 'Both in its material and in the cyclic repetition of the first section, this one movement fantasy form can be considered the true parent of the piano concerto as we know it in its final version'. Autograph full score (ink and pencil) with muc...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 volume (39 folios)

2. MS Mus. 1745/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/1/10
Title:
Frederick Delius: Piano Concerto in C minor
Scope & Content:
Threlfall, VII/4. 'The compositional history of this work is probably the most tortuous of any in the Delius canon' (Threlfall 1990, p. 189). Publication: 1907 [dated 1897], lithographed full score, Harmonie-Verlag; 1951, full score ed. Beecham, Boosey & Hawkes (8864); 1990, rev. ed., ed Bee...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 volume (ff. 37)

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)