MS Mus. 1745/2/3

(1). ff.1-30. 'Concerto for Violin and Cello'

• Threlfall, VII/5.
• An incomplete draft manuscript, signed and dated '[S]pr[ing] 191[5]' at the head of the first page, and dedicated to 'May and Beatrice Harrison'. Ink, with many pencil alterations and over-writing.
• 15 bifolia (24-stave, 358 x 270 mm), pp. [1]-4, 17-64, and 69-74. Thus, pp. 5-16 and 65-68 are lacking.
• Pencil sketch material follows p. 74.
• Together with the manuscript, there is a portion of the red paper packet in which the manuscript was originally kept, bearing the title in pencil ('Incomplete Double Concerto M.S.') in Jelka Delius's hand. It also bears the date '1911' (although the final digit has been struck-through).
• For the final score, see MS Mus. 1745/1/26.

(2). ff. 31-50. [Violin Concerto]

• Threlfall, VII/6.
• A preliminary draft score, together with short score pencil sketches, as follows:
• ff. 31-36. 3 bifolia (24-stave, 358 x 270 mm) comprising the first ten pages of a preliminary draft (pencil);
• ff. 37-40. 2 bifolia (20-stave, 350 x 270 mm) comprising short score pencil sketches.
• For the final score, see MS Mus. 1745/1/27.

(3). ff. 41-103. 'Cello Concerto'

• Threlfall, VII/7.
• The material comprises pencil sketches, a draft score, a complete full score, and an arrangement for cello and piano in the hand of Philip Heseltine, as follows:
• ff. 41-42. 1 bifolium (16-stave, 340 x 265 mm) containing 2-stave and 3-stave pencil sketches. Some material marked 'Prelude'.
• ff. 43-50. 4 bifolia (20-stave, 358 x 270 mm), numbered pp. 16-31, comprising a draft score (pencil) equivalent to bars 72-154.
• ff. 51-89. Autograph full score, in pencil (24-stave, 358 x 265 mm), being the composer's final score from which the Stichvorlage was copied by C. W. Orr. Arranged and numbered as follows:
• pp. 1-57, with p. 52 missed in the pagination (14 bifolia);
• pp. 58-59, with p. 59 struck-through (1 leaf);
• pp. 59-70 (3 bifolia);
• pp. 72-75, with p. 71 missed in the pagination (1 bifolium);
• p. 76, on the verso of which is a struck-through p. 75 (1 leaf);
• an entirely blank leaf (the recto of which is numbered p. 75);
• pp. 77-78, plus two blank pages (1 bifolium).
• ff. 90-103. 'Frederick Delius / Cello Concerto (1921) / Arranged for cello and piano by P.H.'
• Cello and piano score (ink), pp. 1-20, with Universal Edition stamps (Wien, 20.6.22) on the unnumbered front title-page. 12-stave, 300 x 240 mm, separate sheets (split bifolia).
• Cello part (ink), pp. 1-5 (the verso of p. 5 is blank), plus an additional unnumbered blank leaf. 12-stave, 300 x 240 mm, separate sheets (split bifolia). The title appears above the score at the head of p. 1.