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MS Mus. 1745/1/4
- Record Id:
- 040-002722083
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002016914
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022560800.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1745/1/4
- Title:
- Frederick Delius: Sakuntala and Maud
- Scope & Content:
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1. Sakuntala (ff. 1-16)
Autograph full score (ink and ink over pencil) with separate tenor part.
Threlfall, III/2. Publication: 1987, Boosey & Hawkes, Collected Edition Vol. 15b.
- f. 1. Title-page: 'Sakuntala' / (gedicht von Holger Drachmann) / Fritz Delius' [signature].
- f. 1v. Poem by Drachmann in a German translation (first three stanzas).
- f. 2. Second title-page, with signature and date (1889); at the bottom of the page, the fourth stanza by Drachmann.
- f. 2v-14v. Full score (numbered 1-25 by the composer).
- ff. 15-16v. Tenor part.
2. Maud (ff. 17-71)
Five songs for tenor and orchestra, words by Alfred Tennyson. Autograph full score (ink over pencil). Each song separately paginated by the composer. Dated 1891 and signed on ff. 33, 40 and 46.
Threlfall, III/3. Publication: 1990, Boosey & Hawkes, Collected Edition Vol. 16.
- ff. 17-26v. 'Birds in the high Hall garden', E major Con moto ed calore.
- ff. 27-32v. 'I was walking a mile', C major Andante con tristezza.
- f. 33. Title: 'Maud' / 'Go not happy day' / Fritz Delius / 1891.
- ff. 34-39v. 'Go not happy day', G major Allegro ma non troppo.
- f. 40. Title: 'Maud' / 'Rivulet crossing my ground' / Fritz Delius / 1891.
- ff. 40v-45. 'Rivulet crossing my ground', F major Tranquillo.
- f. 46. Title: 'Come into the garden Maud' / Fritz Delius / 1891.
- ff. 46v-71v. 'Come into the garden, Maud', G major.
Bound at the back of the volume is a pink paper folder that originally housed the score for Sakuntala, with title and date (1889) in the hand of Jelka Delius (f. 72).
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002016914
033-002716836
040-002722083 - 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. 1745/1/4 : Frederick Delius: Sakuntala and Maud - Hierarchy:
- 032-002016914[0001]/033-002716836[0005]/040-002722083
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1745
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (72 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
German - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1889
- End Date:
- 1891
- Date Range:
- 1889-1891
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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1. Sakuntala
- full score: 7 double sheets of 20-stave music paper (13¾ x 10½ inches), upright format;
- tenor part: 1 double sheet of 10-stave music paper (13½ x 10 inches), upright format.
2. Maud: 26 double and 3 single sheets of 24-stave music paper (14 x 10½ inches), upright format.
- Custodial History:
- Front endpaper stamped: Delius Trust Archives Accession No. 1.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- Original foliation: 1 volume (ff. 1-71)
- Names:
- Drachmann, Holger Henrik Herholdt, poet and dramatist, 1846-1908
Tennyson, Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson, poet, 1809-1892 - Subjects:
- Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Maud
Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Sakuntala