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MS Mus. 1745/1/32
- Record Id:
- 040-002737418
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002016914
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022564399.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1745/1/32
- Title:
- Frederick Delius: A Poem of Life and Love and A Song of Summer (arrangements for two pianos, and for solo piano)
- Scope & Content:
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The volume comprises: (1) Two copies of A Poem of Life and Love arranged for two pianos by Balfour Gardiner and Eric Fenby; (2) selected material from A Poem of Life and Love (a short score for solo piano dictated to Fenby by Delius); (3) A Song of Summer arranged for two pianos by Fenby.
(1) Two copies of A Poem of Life and Love (1918), arranged for two pianos, scores in the hands of Balfour Gardiner and Eric Fenby. Without date, but known to be 1928 (Fenby, Delius As I Knew Him). There is no title-page.
- ff. 1-13v. The first copy of the score, entirely in the hand of Balfour Gardiner.
- ff. 14-25v. The second copy of the score, which is lacking the final 16 bars. In Gardiner's hand until f. 23v. Score continues in Fenby's hand, ff. 24-25.
- f. 14. A heading by Fenby (with signature): 'Arrangement by Balfour Gardiner in 1928 of "A Poem of Life and Love" made to be ready for my arrival at Grez that year to form the basis of our first work by dictation. Most of this work was rejected and the material used for A Song of Summer. Eric Fenby.'
- f. 21. The score breaks off after 2 bars, resuming at the top of f. 22 with music corresponding to the first bar of f. 10 in the first copy of the score.
(2) A Poem of Life and Love. Short score for solo piano of selected material, taken down at dictation by Fenby from Delius. In blue ink, with some overworkings and passages cancelled in pencil.
- ff. 26-30. Short score, headed 'Opening bars' on f. 26.
- f. 30v. Eight bars struck-through by pencil.
- f. i is blank.
(3) A Song of Summer (1929). Arranged for two pianos by Eric Fenby, in his hand. Two identical copies, without date (but known to be 1929). With dynamics in blue and lead pencil, and bar numbers in black and red pencil.
- f. 31. Title-page to the score (for Piano I): 'A Song / of / Summer / by / Frederick Delius / (arranged for two pianos / Eric Fenby ) / Piano I'. The folio is stamped 'Frederick Delius / Grez-sur-Loing / S. et M.'
- ff. 32-40v. Copy of the score (for Piano I), with the title again at the head of f. 32, and once again with Delius's personal stamp.
- f. ii is blank.
- f. 35 is a one-bar amendment pasted onto f. 34.
- f. 36 is a two-beat amendment pasted onto f. 34v.
- f. 38 is a two-bar amendment pasted onto f. 37.
- f. 41. Title-page to the second copy of the score (for Piano II), with text and stamp as on f. 31.
- ff. 42-47v. Copy of the score (for Piano II).
- f. 48 is a two-bar amendment pasted onto f. 47.
- f. iii is blank.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002016914
033-002716836
040-002737418 - 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. 1745/1/32 : Frederick Delius: A Poem of Life and Love and A Song of Summer (arrangements for two pianos, and for solo piano) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002016914[0001]/033-002716836[0036]/040-002737418
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1745
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (ff. 1-47/48 + i-iii)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1928
- End Date:
- 1929
- Date Range:
- 1928-1929
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Scored on several different types of music paper, as follows:
- ff. 1-21. 20-stave paper (14¼ x 10½ inches);
- ff. 22-25. 14-stave paper (approx. 14 x 10½ inches);
- ff. 26-30 + i. 14-stave paper (approx 14 x 10½ inches);
- f. 31. 12-stave paper (14¼ x 10½ inches);
- ff. 32-40. 14-stave paper (13¾ x 10½ inches);
- ff. ii-41. 12-stave paper (14¼ x 10½ inches);
- ff. 42-47. 12-stave paper (13¾ x 10½ inches);
- f. iii. 12-stave paper (14¼ x 10½ inches).
- Custodial History:
- Front endpaper stamped: Delius Trust Archives Accession No. 1.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Fenby, Eric, composer and amanuensis, 1906-1997
Gardiner, Henry Balfour, composer, 1877-1950 - Subjects:
- Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Poem of life and love
Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Song of summer