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MS Mus. 1745/1/30

Record Id:
040-002737367
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002016914
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100022563602.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/1/30
Title:
Frederick Delius: A Song Before Sunrise
Scope & Content:

Autograph score (ink) for small orchestra.

Threlfall, VI/24. Publication: Augener Ltd. (full score 15724). Performance: 19 September 1923, London, Queen's Hall, Sir Henry J. Wood.

  • ff. 1-6. Full score. The title appears at the top of f. 1, signed Frederick Delius and dated (1918) at the top right of the page. The dedication underneath the title ('for Philip Heseltine') is in the hand of Jelka Delius. The page also has various markings relating to the publisher, Augener Ltd. ('A1457' in red ink at top left, and the publisher's address stamp and other markings at the foot of the page).
  • The score features several publisher's queries (in pencil), with replies written alongside (see ff. 1, 1v, 2, 2v, 4 and 6). The provenance of the replies is uncertain.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Project / Collection:
Music Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002016914
033-002716836
040-002737367
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. 1745/1/30 : Frederick Delius: A Song Before Sunrise
Hierarchy:
032-002016914[0001]/033-002716836[0034]/040-002737367
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1745
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 volume (6 folios)
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Not applicable
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1918
End Date:
1918
Date Range:
1918
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:
Written on two types of music paper (both 15¾ x 12 inches): ff. 1-2, a double sheet of 32-stave paper; ff. 3-6, two double sheets of 26-stave music paper (of which, one double sheet has separated into two single sheets).
Custodial History:
Given to the Delius Trust by Augener/Galliard in 1964. Front endpaper stamped: Delius Trust Archives Accession No. 14.
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Heseltine, Philip Arnold, alias 'Peter Warlock', composer, 1894-1930,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109127321
Subjects:
Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Song before sunrise
Related Material:

Proof sheets (corrected by Jelka Delius and/or Philip Heseltine) of editions published by Augener Ltd (1921 and 1922) are held by the British Library, as follows:

  • Score: Music Collections H.403.a.(3).
  • Parts: Music Collections H.403.a.(4).
  • Arranged by Heseltine for pianoforte duet (1921): Music Collections H.403.a.(1).
  • Arranged by Heseltine for pianoforte duet (1922): Music Collections H.403.a.(2).
Related Archive Descriptions:
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