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MS Mus. 1745/1/2
- Record Id:
- 040-002721989
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002016914
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022560645.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1745/1/2
- Title:
- Frederick Delius: Paa Vidderne (Melodrama)
- Scope & Content:
-
Autograph full score (ink), paginated by the composer. The reciter's text in the score is in German.
For solo voice and orchestra. Threlfall, III/1. Publication: 1988, Boosey & Hawkes, Collected Edition, Vol. 14. Performance: 7 Feb. 1984, London, St. John's Smith Square, Kensington Symphony Orchestra, cond. Leslie Head, narrator Allan Hendrick (English text, trans. L. Carley); 15 July 1984, Cheltenham Town Hall, Hallé Orchestra, cond. Sir Charles Groves, narrator Svein Sturla Hungnes (Norwegian text).
- f.1. Autograph title-page (ink): 'Paa Vidderne / Auf dem Hochgebirge / Gedicht von H. Ibsen. / Melodrama / von / Fritz Delius [signature] 1888. / Edvard Grieg gewidmet.' At the foot of the page, instructions in German requesting that the conductor take into consideration the strength of the reciter's voice.
Nine movements, corresponding to the nine sections of Ibsen's poem ('Paa Vidderne'), as follows:
- ff. 1v-10. Movement 1.
- ff. 10v-17. Movement 2.
- ff. 17v-24. Movement 3.
- ff. 24v-28. Movement 4.
- ff. 28v-30v. Movement 5.
- ff. 31-36. Movement 6.
- ff. 36v-41. Movement 7.
- ff. 41v-50v. Movement 8.
- ff. 51-61. Movement 9.
The title 'Paa Vidderne' ['On the Heights'] is the title of the poem (1859) by Henrik Ibsen on which the work is based. For the text, in Norwegian and in English, see the next volume, MS Mus. 1745/1/2A.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002016914
033-002716836
040-002721989 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1745 : Frederick Delius: Music manuscripts from the collection of the Delius Trust
MS Mus. 1745/1 : Frederick Delius: Scores (as bound by the Delius Trust)
MS Mus. 1745/1/2 : Frederick Delius: Paa Vidderne (Melodrama) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002016914[0001]/033-002716836[0002]/040-002721989
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1745
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (ff. 1-61)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- German
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1888
- End Date:
- 1888
- Date Range:
- 1888
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Originally unbound, written on 30 double sheets and 1 single sheet of 20-stave music paper, 14 x 10½ inches (upright format), B & H. Nr. 12.0.
- Custodial History:
- Front endpaper stamped: Delius Trust Archives Accession No. 1.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Paa vidderne (Melodrama)