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MS Mus. 1745/1/6
- Record Id:
- 040-002723955
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002016914
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022560901.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- 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 1977; BBC Concert Orchestra, cond. Norman Del Mar.
Each of the three Acts has been paginated by the composer separately.
- f. 1. Original buff card front cover (back cover missing), apparently re-used, with title in the hand of Jelka Delius. 'Act I' appears to be in Delius's hand, with '[II & III]' added.
- ff. 1-2v. Overture.
- ff. 3-38. [Act 1] (f. 3 headed 'Scene I').
- ff. 39-72v. 'Act 2' (title in pencil). Overture: ff. 39-40. An additional half-sheet (f. 70) has been pasted onto the bottom half of f. 69v.
- ff. 73-118. 'Act 3' (title in pencil), with ff. 77v and 78r pasted together.
- f. 119-119v. Short score sketches (ink) on a small piece of music paper. '3rd Act' is written at the top of f. 119; 'Swamps' at the top of f. 119v.
- f. 120-120v. Short score sketches on a small 'L'-shaped piece of music paper. 'Florida' is (perhaps) written at the top of f. 120; f. 120v leads into the call of 'Watawa'.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002016914
033-002716836
040-002723955 - 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. 1745/1/6 : Frederick Delius: The Magic Fountain - Hierarchy:
- 032-002016914[0001]/033-002716836[0008]/040-002723955
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1745
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (ff. i, 120)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1893
- End Date:
- 1896
- Date Range:
- [1893-1896]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Originally unbound, 58 double sheets of 34-stave music paper (15¾ x 11¾ 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)
- Subjects:
- Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Magic fountain