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MS Mus. 1745/1/9
- Record Id:
- 040-002736474
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002016914
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022561107.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1745/1/9
- Title:
- Frederick Delius: Over the Hills and Far Away and Appalachia
- Scope & Content:
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Two copyist scores of Over the Hills and Far Away (the first of which includes a folio in Delius's hand, f. 11), and the autograph score of Appalachia.
1. Over the Hills and Far Away (ff. 1-14).
Fantasia. Threlfall, VI/11. Publication: 1950, ed. Beecham, G. Schirmer Inc., New York; 1990, Boosey & Hawkes, Collected Edition, Vol. 23a. Performance: 13 November 1897, Elberfeld, Elberfelder Konzert-Gesellschaft, Hans Haym.
Copyist's hand (except f. 11), ink. Originally paginated as pp. 1-26, altered following the insertion of f. 11 to pp. 1-28.
- f. 1. Stamped 'Delius Trust Archives / ACC. No. 13'.
- f. 11. Folio in Delius's hand, ink over pencil.
- Emendations in Delius's hand (ink over pencil) on ff. 2, 2v, 5, 6, 9, 10v, 13v, 14 and 14v.
- Delius erasure of piccolo part on ff. 7-8 (with slight damage to folio).
- Delius deletion (struck-through) of five bars on f. 12.
- With orchestral numbers and occasional accidentals and nuances in blue crayon.
2. Over the Hills and Far Away (ff. 16-44). Copyist hand (ink), with some marks and remarks by Delius. Paginated as 1-55. With Beecham's marks in blue pencil throughout.
- f. 15 stamped 'Delius Trust Archives / ACC. No. 16/2', otherwise blank.
- f. 16. In Delius's hand (ink): '"Over the hills & far away" / Fantasia / for Orchestra'.
- f. 27. In Delius's hand (pencil), at the top of the folio: 'Sunshine & clouds'.
3. Appalachia: American Rhapsody for Orchestra (ff. 46-74). Autograph full score (ink and ink over pencil), dated 1896. Paginated by the composer as pp. 1-29, although lacking p. 15 (nonetheless, foliation continuous).
Threlfall, VI/12. Publication: 1990, Boosey & Hawkes, Collected Edition, Vol. 23a.
- f. 45 stamped 'Delius Trust Archives / ACC. No. 1', otherwise blank.
- ff. 46 and blank folio at end of the volume used as outer wrapper, with title, signature and date (1896) on f. 46.
- f. 47. Second title-page, also signed and dated (1896).
- f. 47v. Score begins. Thereafter, the score is written on the recto only of each folio, except f. 51v (the score on f. 51 is struck-through).
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002016914
033-002716836
040-002736474 - 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. 1745/1/9 : Frederick Delius: Over the Hills and Far Away and Appalachia - Hierarchy:
- 032-002016914[0001]/033-002716836[0011]/040-002736474
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1745
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (ff. 74)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1895
- End Date:
- 1896
- Date Range:
- [1895]-1896
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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1. Over the Hills and Far Away: 6½ double sheets of 22-stave music paper (13½ x 10¾ inches), upright format, and (f. 11) a single sheet of 24-stave music paper (13¾ x 10½ inches), upright format.
2. Over the Hills and Far Away: 24-stave music paper in two gatherings of 6 double sheets and 1 single sheet, and 7 double sheets and 2 single sheets (13½ x 10½ inches), upright format.
3. Appalachia: 27 single and 2 double sheets of 32-stave music paper (14 x 10⅝ inches cream), upright format, except for ff. 62-67 (13½ x 10⅝ inches white). Note also that f. 47 and f. 62 have been cut away at the top, leaving them about one half inch shorter than the rest of the paper to which they belong.
- Custodial History:
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Over the Hills and Far Away (ff. 1-14) presented to the Delius Trust in 1964 by Eric Fenby. Over the Hills and Far Away (ff. 15-43) purchased by the Delius Trust in 1966.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Appalachia (1896)
Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Over the hills and far away