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MS Mus. 1745/1/38
- Record Id:
- 040-002737967
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002016914
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022566024.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1745/1/38
- Title:
- Frederick Delius: Notebook
- Scope & Content:
-
Autograph sketches in ink and pencil, the notebook having been used from both ends. Some material is dated but much material is not.
- ff. 1-25 to be read front to back.
- ff. 26v-41v to be read back to front.
- ff. 25v-26r are blank (and so are ff. 22v-23r and f. 8r).
- f. 42 is a two-stave strip containing an unidentified short score working (in pencil) that was originally found folded into the notebook at f. 29.
Throughout his holiday of 1887, Delius noted down musical ideas recording the day and place the entry was made. However, this dating practice was not continued in the notebook, which spans several years. Thus, most dated material is from 1887 (ff. 1, 1v, 2v, 3v). As an exception, an incomplete orchestral piece (beginning f. 8v) is dated 1889. From the variation in Delius's hand and from the material itself, Rachel Lowe has concluded (Catalogue, p. 133) that 'this note-book accompanied [Delius] on holidays at least until the turn of the century, if not later.'
Amongst the material can be noted:
- f. 1. 'Norske Wiser'. A short score sketch (ink) of 16 bars, followed by brief workings in pencil, dated 18 July 1887.
- ff.1v-2. Five folk tunes, treble voice only.
- f. 5v. A draft of the horn tune (struck-through with pencil) from the last movement of Florida Suite.
- ff. 8v-14 (with pencil workings following) is an incomplete orchestral work headed 'Leirungs Hytte, Jotunheim, Norge, August 1889'.
- f. 20 is headed 'Hiawatha'. (For further sketch material for Hiawatha, see MS Mus. 1745/2/10, ff. 35-37.)
- f. 24. Germ material for The Song of the High Hills.
- f. 31. Under the heading 'Vorspiel', a sketch for part of the prelude to Act III of Irmelin.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002016914
033-002716836
040-002737967 - 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. 1745/1/38 : Frederick Delius: Notebook - Hierarchy:
- 032-002016914[0001]/033-002716836[0042]/040-002737967
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1745
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (ff. 1-42)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1887
- End Date:
- 1900
- Date Range:
- 1887-[c 1900]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Notebook of 41 leaves (12-stave music paper, approx. 9¾ x 6¾ inches), and an additional 2-stave strip bound at the back (f. 42). With original grey soft covers.
- Custodial History:
- Front endpaper stamped: Delius Trust Archive Accession No. 1.
- Publications:
- The notebook is discussed in Robert Threlfall, Delius's Musical Apprenticeship: Incorporating a Survey of the Leipzig Notebooks (London: Delius Trust, 1994), pp. 118-52.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Florida suite
Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Hiawatha
Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Irmelin (Opera)
Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Song of the high hills