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MS Mus. 1745/1/10
- Record Id:
- 040-002736531
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002016914
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022561276.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100062729440.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1745/1/10
- Title:
- Frederick Delius: Piano Concerto in C minor
- Scope & Content:
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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 Beecham, Boosey & Hawkes, Collected Edition, Vol. 29a. Performance: 24 October 1904 (version in 3 movements), Elberfeld, Stadthalle, Julius Buths, Elberfelder Konzertgesellschaft, cond. Hans Haym; 22 October 1907 (published version), London, Queen's Hall Orchestra, Thodor Szántó, cond. Henry J. Wood.
1. 'Piano Concerto' (ff. 1-19v). Arrangement for two pianos.
- f. 1. Title-page, in Delius's hand: 'Piano Concerto / Spring 1897'. The remainder of the score is in the hand of a copyist (except f. 8); the copyist is probably Julius Buths.
- ff. 1v-13. [Movement] I, C minor 4/4. 'Klavier - Concert' is written at the head of f. 1v.
- f. 8. Four-bar amendment in Delius's hand, pasted at the top of f. 7v.
- ff. 13v-17. [Movement] II, D flat major 4/4.
- ff. 17v-19v. [Movement] III, C minor 5/4-4/4. Movement incomplete.
2. 'Concerto' (ff. 20-37). Solo piano part to the Fantasy version of the Concerto (cf. the next volume, MS Mus. 1745/1/11).
- f. 20. Title-page in Delius's hand: 'Concerto / [signature] 1897'. The remainder of the score is in the hand of a copyist except for the folios in Delius's hand noted below.
- f. 22. In Delius's hand, 11 bars (ink).
- ff. 26-30. In Delius's hand (ink, scored only on the rectos of each folio), f. 26 headed Lento molto tranquillo.
- ff. 34-35v. In Delius's hand (ink).
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002016914
033-002716836
040-002736531 - 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. 1745/1/10 : Frederick Delius: Piano Concerto in C minor - Hierarchy:
- 032-002016914[0001]/033-002716836[0013]/040-002736531
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1745
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (ff. 37)
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100062729440.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1897
- End Date:
- 1897
- Date Range:
- 1897
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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- The first score (for two pianos) is written on 9 double sheets and 1 single sheet of 12-stave music paper (14 x 10¾ inches), upright format.
- The second score (for solo piano) is written on 5 double sheets of 12-stave music paper (10½ x 13¾ inches), oblong format. Added to this score are three additions in Delius's hand, as follows: f. 22 (oblong format, as above); ff. 26-30 (5 single sheets of 11-stave music paper, 11¼ x 9¼ inches, upright format); ff. 34-35 (a double sheet of 18-stave music paper, 13½ x 10½ inches, upright format).
- Custodial History:
- Front endpaper stamped: Delius Trust Archives Accession No. 1.
- Information About Copies:
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Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=MS_Mus._1745/1/10
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)