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MS Mus. 1745/1/14
- Record Id:
- 040-002736757
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002016914
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022561671.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1745/1/14
- Title:
- Frederick Delius: Mitternachtslied Zarathustras
- Scope & Content:
-
Autograph full score (ink), for baritone and men's chorus with full orchestra. German text from Friedrich Nietzsche, Also sprach Zarathustra (Part IV), with English translation.
Threlfall, II/1. Performance: 30 May 1899, London, St. James's Hall, Douglas Powell, cond. Alfred Hertz.
- The binding includes at front and back the original marbled endpapers to the manuscript (ff. i, 23)
- f. 1. Title-page, including a dedication to Delius's cousin, Arthur Krönig: 'Meinem Freunde Arthur Krönig gewidmet / "Mitternachts - Lied / Zarathustra's" / aus / also sprach Zarathustra / zu / Fr. Nietzsche / für Baritone Solo, Männer chor & Orchester / Frederick Delius / 1898 / Grez sur Loing'. The anglicised version of Delius's first name has been written subsequent to 1898 over an erasure (not earlier than 1903 when Delius ceased using 'Fritz'). At the bottom of the page are the initials of Sir Henry Wood ('H[.] J.W.') in blue pencil.
- f. 1v. Orchestra list (in German).
- ff. 2-19. Full score, with ff. 7 and 8 pasted together. The score includes Delius's occasional annotations and pencil sketches, on ff. 4v, 16v, 17, 18, and 19.
- f. 19v is blank
- ff. 20-22. Text, in English translation (unknown hand), followed by a blank folio.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002016914
033-002716836
040-002736757 - 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. 1745/1/14 : Frederick Delius: Mitternachtslied Zarathustras - Hierarchy:
- 032-002016914[0001]/033-002716836[0017]/040-002736757
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1745
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 volume (i, 23 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
German - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1898
- End Date:
- 1898
- Date Range:
- 1898
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Twenty sheets of 36-stave music paper (17¾ x 12¼ inches), upright format. The text is written on three sheets (8¼ x 5¼ inches).
- 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. 1-22 + i)
- Names:
- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, philosopher, 1844-1900
- Subjects:
- Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Life's dance
Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Mitternachtslied Zarathustras