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MS Mus. 1745/1/34

Record Id:

040-002737675

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002016914

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100022565132.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

MS Mus. 1745/1/34

Title:

Frederick Delius: Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Nos. 1 and 3

Scope & Content:

1. Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, with first proof copy (ff. 1-79), and two printed scores (both 1917).

Threlfall, VIII/6. Publication: 1917, Forsyth Bros. (see below). Performance: 24 February 1915, Manchester, Houldsworth Hall, A. Catterall and R. J. Forbes.

ff. 1-12. Sketches in Delius's autograph, largely in pencil, without title or date (attributed to 1905); f. 9v is blank. The material, which includes much deletion and reworking, relates to movements 1 and 2 only.
ff. 13-36. A fair copy of the finished Sonata in the hand of Philip Heseltine.
f. 13 (an additional small leaf hinged to f. 14) records that 'This copy is in the handwriting of Philip Heseltine'.
f. 14r. Title-page (ink): 'Frederick Delius / Sonata / for / Violin and Pianoforte / 1915'. Beneath the title, a comment in pencil (in another hand) suggests that this copy by Heseltine is the fair copy made for the publisher, Forsyth: 'Eng [Engrave] same size & style as Legende by Delius'.
f. 14v, on which the score begins, includes in pencil, at the foot of the page: 'Copyright MCMXVI by Forsyth Bros Ltd'.
ff. 37-44r. Copy (ink) of the solo violin part, in an unknown hand, which is believed to have also gone to the engraver.
f. 38 is a single stave pasted across the bottom of f. 37.
f. 44v is blank.
ff. 45-52. A second copy (ink) of the solo violin part, in a different unknown hand. It is characterised by various deletions and insertions (f. 51 is a 3-stave strip lightly attached to the bottom of f. 50v) that suggest it may represent an earlier stage of composition.
f. 52v is blank.
ff. 53-79. First Proof Copy (all folios stamped but otherwise unmarked) of which the violin part is ff. 73-79. Copyright MCMXVI, by Forsyth Bros. Ltd. Stamped as 'The Property of Sir Thomas Beecham'. Printed on folio rectos only.
There follows (ff. 80-95) the first printed copy (Forsyth Bros. Ltd., 36 Great Titchfield Street, 1917), stamped as Beecham's property, pp. 1-21, enclosing violin part, ff. 86-89.
There further follows another printed score, of the same date but from the subsequent address of the publisher, ff. 96-111 (Forsyth Bros. Ltd., 13 Mortimer Street, London, 1917): Violin part (ff. 97-100) and Violin and Piano (ff. 101-111).

2. Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 (ff. 112-122).

Threlfall, VIII/10. Publication: 1931, Hawkes & Sons (6929). Performance: 6 November 1930, London, Wigmore Hall, May Harrison and Arnold Bax.

f. 112r. Title-page: 'Third / Sonata / for / Violin and Piano / Frederick Delius / 1930'. Note beneath title: 'Clean final draft after being taken down at Delius's dictation by Eric Fenby / Grez-sur-Loing / Seine-et-Marne / France.'
ff. 113-122r. Score.
f. 122v is blank.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

Project / Collection:

Music Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002016914
033-002716836
040-002737675

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. 1745/1/34 : Frederick Delius: Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Nos. 1 and 3

Hierarchy:

032-002016914[0001]/033-002716836[0038]/040-002737675

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1745

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume (122 folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1905

End Date:

1930

Date Range:

[1905]-1930

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

ff. 1-9 are 12-stave music paper (13¾ x 10½ inches).
ff. 10-12 are 18-stave music paper (13¾ x 10½ inches).
ff. 14-23 are 12-stave music paper (11½ x 9¼ inches, white).
ff. 24-36 are 12-stave music paper (12 x 9½ inches, cream).
ff. 37-44 are 12-stave music paper (11½ x 9¼ inches, except ff. 37, 38, and 44 which are of variable reduced sizes).
ff. 45-52 are 12-stave music paper (14 x 10½ inches, except f. 51 which is a small slip of manuscript amendment).
ff. 53-79 are the printed first proof (14¼ x 10 inches).
ff. 112-122 are 12-stave music paper (13½ 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)

Notes:

Original foliation: 1 volume (ff.1-88 + i)

Names:

Fenby, Eric, composer and amanuensis, 1906-1997
Heseltine, Philip Arnold, alias 'Peter Warlock', composer, 1894-1930,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109127321

Subjects:

Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Sonatas, violin, piano, no. 1
Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Sonatas, violin, piano, no. 3

Related Archive Descriptions:

MS Mus. 1940