MS Mus. 1745/2/7

(1). ff. 1-10. Irmelin: miscellaneous sketch pages (including some material for The Magic Fountain)

• f. 1. Ink sketches on 3 staves, followed by pencil sketches of the Irmelin motive: 'End of Act 1st' / 'Vorspiel to last Act'. (16-stave 344 x 265 mm.)
• ff. 2-4. Ink draft of scene with Nils and the women (Act 2). (1 bifolium and 1 folio, 12-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• f. 5. Ink drafts (paginated G and H) for Nils' 'Farewell O castle old ... Farewell old Rolf so bold'. (20-stave, 350 x 270 mm.)
• f. 6. Ink draft paginated p. 72 (from Act 3): 'Knight knocks at the door of Irmelin's chamber...'; and 'Vision of Irmelin & Nils, in the woods hand in hand....' (18-stave 347 x 268 mm.)
• f. 7. In pencil, 'Albumblat' (A major, 3/4), 24 bars for piano solo, followed by different sketch material. On the verso, also in pencil, 'Entracte I' (the opening of Act 3), followed by the music at bar 494 in that Act, and then a sketch for the women's chorus in Act 2. (14-stave, 348 x 268 mm.)
• f. 8. Ink sketch. On the verso: 'Enter Nils' and 'What wouldst thou - Speak'. (16-stave, 350 x 270 mm.)
• f. 9. Early pencil sketches with various words (e.g. 'Why so pale & sad'), and notes at the bottom of the page regarding Nils's arrival at the castle. On the verso, 9 bars ink draft of 'Watawa' with motives from Acts 2-3 of The Magic Fountain. (18-stave, 350 x 270 mm.)
• f. 10. Ink notes, and some workings in pencil, of several motives, including that for the final duet. Verso blank. (24-stave, 342 x 263 mm.)

(2). ff. 11-72. The Magic Fountain

Miscellaneous sketch sheets, and ink drafts for Act 1 and 2 only.

2.1. Miscellaneous sketch sheets:

• f. 11. Ink draft: 'Talum Hadjo'. Verso blank. (Bottom portion of a folio, 10 staves remaining.)
• f. 12. Ink drafts. On the recto: 'W[atawa] & S[olano] fall asleep'. (Bottom portion of an unevenly torn folio, 15/16 staves remaining of 24.)
• f. 13. Drafts in ink. On the verso (pencil): 'Dance of spirits in the swamps'. (1 folio, 24-stave 355 x 268 mm.)
• f. 14r. Ink draft of part 3 of Paa Vidderne (melodrama). Verso: ink draft headed (pencil) 'Entract to 2 Act 1st Scene' - in fact, the end of Act 2. (1 folio, 18-stave 348 x 270 mm.)
• ff. 15-16. Ink draft: 'In the Swamps'. (1 bifolium, 24-stave 350 x 270 mm - the second page of which is torn across but present and intact.)
• f. 17. Various ink sketches, recto headed '3rd Act'. (1 folio, 24-stave 340 x 265 mm.)
• f. 18. Ink draft, [Watawa's approach to Talum Hadjo]. (1 folio, 24-stave 355 x 270 mm.)

2.2. Early drafts for Act 1 in vocal score:

• ff. 19-37. A fairly complete early draft for Act 1, mainly in ink. (8 bifolia and 3 folios gathered in, 24-stave 342 x 266 mm.)
• ff. 38-46. Portion of another similar draft, less complete. Largely in ink, with some words in pencil. (1 folio and 4 bifolia, 24-stave 355 x 268 mm.)

2.3. Early drafts for Act 2 in vocal score:

• ff. 47-72. A fairly complete ink and pencil draft, except for the ending.
• Drafted on a variety of bifolia and single folios, the first 2 folios on 20-stave paper and the remainder 24-stave paper.

(3). Koanga

3.1. ff. 73-80. Draft libretto for Act 2:

• In a green manilla Boosey & Hawkes folder, a draft libretto for Act 2 in the hand of C. F. Keary (pp. 2-9 only).
• For the first page of the draft libretto, see MS Mus. 1745/1/39 (f. 52).

3.2. Various sketch sheets:

• ff. 81-82. Ink and pencil sketches, including passage marked 'return to plantation'. (1 bifolium torn in half horizontally, 24-stave 358 x 271 mm.)
• f. 83. Pencil sketches for Act 3 at cue 12. (Upper portion of folio, 13 staves remaining of 16-stave paper 350 x 270 mm; one half of a bifolium, the other half of which, also containing Act 3 material, is below.)
• f. 84. Pencil sketch for epilogue, annotated 'good' in large hand. (1 folio, 18-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• f. 85. In ink, 'Slow' 3/4 F minor (cf. scene-change music in Act 3), followed by, on the verso, pencil sketch headed 'Banjos'. (1 folio, 18-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• f. 86. Pencil full score, 6 bars including banjos, scored on the recto, verso blank. (1 folio, 36-stave 450 x 315 mm.)
• f. 87. In ink, 'Before the feast 2nd Act / Calinda dance' (recto), and 'Transformation music to the swamps' (verso). (1 folio, 18-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• f. 88. On the recto, headed (pencil) 'Prelude' and 'Act 3' (ink); on the verso, in pencil, material used after cue 20 in Act 3. (1 folio, 16-stave 350 x 270 mm; appears to be, to judge from the shape of the tear, the second leaf inverted of the bifolium above - 'Act 3 at cue 12'.)
• f. 89. 'Prelude 3[rd] Act', and pencil sketches for the chorus 'O hail Koanga' (Act 3 , cue 6); on the verso, pencil sketch headed 'Chorus (Koanga is our chief & priest)'. (1 folio, 16-stave 350 x 270 mm.)

3.3. Early drafts (ink) for Act 1 in vocal score:

• ff. 90-91. 'Act 1', starting with the chorus later used to open Act 2: 'I will meet you when the sun goes down'. (1 bifolium, 16-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• f. 92. 'old Plantation / a group of negroes singing negro melodies'. (1 folio, 18-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• ff. 93-94. Beginning: 'Stop stop I am tired to death of dancing as we've done all day'. (1 bifolium, 18-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• ff. 95-98. Headed in pencil (large hand) 'Koanga' and beginning (ink) 'the story of Koanga and Palmyra'. (1 bifolium 16-stave 350 x 270 mm, gathering 2 folios.)
• ff. 99-101. Beginning (directions): 'Negroes one by one appear...' Perez: 'lazy lying when day is nigh'. (1 bifolium gathering 1 folio, all 18-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• f. 102. Sketch for Negro chorus and dialogue (cf. Act 1 cue 13): '... and many a sugar cane must be cut back'. (1 folio, 18-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• ff. 103-104. Continuation: 'No sir he would die I know the sort'. (1 bifolium, 18-stave, 350 x 270 mm.)
• ff. 105-106. Continuation: 'I have already chosen one'. (1 bifolium, 18-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• f. 107. Continuation. 'Tell me about your country'. (1 folio, 16-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• f. 108. 'Quartet & Chrorus' (cf. Act 1 cue 24). (1 folio, 18-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• ff. 109-110. Continuation. (1 bifolium, 16-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• ff. 111-112. Continuation. (1 bifolium, 16-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• ff. 113-114. Continuation, including quintet (cf. Act 1 cue 29). (1 bifolium, 16-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• f. 115. 'It must be beautiful in Africa? / The most beautiful of all countries is my country'. Bras Coupé's narration - cue 17 but differs. (1 folio, 16-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• ff. 116-123. Chorus and first entry of Bras Coupé, up to quartet and chorus. (4 bifolia, 18-stave 350 x 270 mm.)

3.4. ff. 124-315. Prompter's vocal score (première, 1904):

• 30 March 1904 (and two subsequent performances), Elberfeld, Stadttheater, dir. Hans Gregor. (Excerpts only first performed 30 May 1899, London, St. James's Hall; Delius orchcestral concert, cond. Alfred Hertz.)
• Three volumes, sewn, without covers, each marked 'Souffleur' in red crayon.
• 'Koanga Act I'. In an unidentified scribal hand. No orchestral introduction. German text only. Un-numbered title-page (verso blank), pp. [1]-93 (numbering begins p. 7), p. 94 blank, followed by blank un-numbered final folio. (Five gatherings sewn together, 12-stave 350 x 275 mm.)
• 'Koanga Act II / J.R.' In the hand of the 'Paris copyist'. With two insertions in Delius's hand: (1) 3 cut-down bifolia sewn between pp. 37 and 38 (Palmyra's aria); (2) paste-overs on pp. 67 and 68. English text, with German words added in red ink (except for the composer's insertions). Un-numbered title-page, score begining on the verso, pp. [1]-[80] (numbered between), with three blank pages. (Four gatherings sewn together, 12-stave oblong, 275 x 350 mm.)
• '3. Act. "Koanga" v. Delius / Clavier-Auszug'. Copyist's hand. No orchestral introduction. German text only. No separate title-page, pp. 1-66, two blank pages following. (Three gatherings sewn together, 12-stave 340 x 260 mm.)