MS Mus. 1745/2/8

(1). ff. 1-11. [Paris, or Scènes Parisiennes]

• Threlfall, VI/14.
• Draft full score (pencil), pp. 28-53, lacking pp. 37-41. (For pp. 1-27, see MS Mus. 1745/1/40.)
• 3 bifolia, 34-stave 400 x 302 mm: paginated 28-31; 32-35; 36, 42, 43, 44.
• 1 bifolium, 32-stave 355 x 270 mm: paginated 45-48.
• 1 folio, 32-stave 355 x 270 mm: paginated 49-50. Annotated: 'good - End'.
• 1 bifolium, 32-stave 355 x 270 mm: paginated 51-53 followed by un-numbered blank page. At the top of p. 53: 'End'; further down the page: '5 o'clock / strokes of the / Glockenspiel'.

(2). ff. 12-31. [In a Summer Garden]

• Threlfall, VI/17.
• Draft full score (pencil), of earlier date than the autograph full score (dated Spring 1908) which is MS Mus. 1745/1/23.
• 10 bifolia, 34-stave 355 x 270 mm.
• Un-numbered title-page, the score beginning on the verso, pp. [1]-35. The final bifolia (partly ink) is numbered pp. 18-21, forming an earlier draft score for pp. 18-23 of the autograph full score (MS Mus. 1745/1/23).
• The title-page lists ten alternative titles, all of which (except for 'Rhapsody') contain the word 'Summer'; the tenth title listed is 'In a summer garden'.

(3). ff. 32-41. 'Harmonic Dances' (i.e. 'A Dance Rhapsody [No. 1]')

• Threlfall, VI/18.
• Draft score (pencil). The beginning (headed 'End also') only includes part of the cor anglais solo (marked 'Caravanserail') and not the bass oboe. The final fast coda is not included; nor are several short intermediary sections.
• 4 bifolia and 2 folios, 34-stave 400 x 300 mm. The two single folios are pp. 15-16 and 19-20.

(4). ff. 42-82. 'North Country Sketches', including some draft scores

• Threlfall, VI/20.
• For the final autograph full score, see MS Mus. 1745/1/24.

4.1. ff. 42-56. 'Woodlands, meadows & moors' (Various sketches)

• 1 bifolium (30-stave 400 x 300 mm) which acts a wrapper to the folios listed below, and has the following title (pencil) to the outer page: 'Woodlands, meadows & moors / Dance [struck-through] / 1914 / North Country Sketches'.
• Front cover verso: 8 bars (ink) of the final version of In a Summer Garden. Followed by sketches (pencil) for 'Slow dance'.
• Within the bifolium, various pencil sketches on 13 folios (3 bifolia and 7 single leaves).
• The back page of the outer-bifolium is blank.

4.2. ff. 57-60. 'Autumn'

• Draft score (pencil), also entitled 'The wind sounds in the Forest'. 2 bifolia, 30-stave 400 x 300 mm.

4.3. ff. 61-62. 'Winter Landscape 1913'

• Draft score (pencil). 1 bifolium, 30-stave 400 x 300 mm.

4.4. ff. 63-72. 'Slow Dance'

• Draft score (pencil), with a different and struck-through introduction on p. 1 (paginated pp. 1-20). 5 bifolia, 30-stave, 400 x 300 mm.

4.5. ff. 73-76. [Part of the 4th movement]

• Draft score (pencil) of part of the 4th movement: cues 43 + 5 to 49 + 4. Paginated pp. 9-16. 2 bifolia, 30-stave, 400 x 300 mm.

4.6. ff. 77-82. '(The wind sounds in the forest)'

• A further draft score (pencil, dated 1913) of the first movement. Paginated pp. [1]-12. 3 bifolia, 36-stave 450 x 327 mm.

(5). ff. 83-96. ['A Dance Rhapsody No. 2']

• 3-stave pencil sketch. 1 bifolium, 20-stave 348 x 270 mm.
• 'Dance'. A draft score (pencil), to bar 200. Paginated pp. 1-[23] (p. 16 duplicate number). Includes short scores notes pp. 14-15 carrying the music towards the final climax. 6 bifolia, 24-stave 358 x 270 mm.
• Threlfall, VI/22.
• For the autograph full score, see MS Mus. 1745/1/28.

(6). ff. 97-115. [A Poem of Life and Love]

• Threlfall, VI/25.

6.1. ff. 97-102. Miscellaneous fragments (in the hands of Eric Fenby and Balfour Gardiner)

• f. 97. Fragment of a two-piano score (blue ink, Fenby), equivalent to pp. 14-15 of Balfour Gardiner's arrangement although the allocation between the players differs (for Gardiner's arrangement, see MS Mus. 1745/1/32, ff. 1-25). 1 folio, 14-stave 350 x 270 mm.
• ff. 98-99. Longer fragment (blue ink, Fenby), equivalent to pp. 14-16 of Gardiner's arrangement. 1 bifolium, 14-stave 350 x 270 mm. The lower portion of the second leaf is missing (torn away), and its verso is blank.
• f. 100. The ending to the arrangement, in Gardiner's hand (black ink). 1 folio, 14-stave 350 x 270 mm.
• f. 101. 'strings shimmering on the bridge 7/4'. Sketch (pencil, Fenby) for the start of A Song of Summer. On the verso, an earlier sketch (pencil, Fenby) for the same, headed 'Strings & violas all divided'. The upper portion only (6 staves) of a single folio.
• f. 102. A single page of short score sketches (pencil, Fenby) for bars 72-93 of A Song of Summer [1929]. 1 bifolium (first 3 pages blank), 20-stave 356 x 265 mm. (For sketches in Fenby's hand for bars 56-71, see MS Mus. 1745/1/31, ff. 35-36).

6.2. ff. 103-109. Fragments of the original full score (in Delius's hand)

• Originally paginated (ink) pp. 13-14 and 32-43. Taken together with the pages in MS Mus. 1745/1/31 (ff. 1-33) and further material held in the Bodleian Library, the material listed below completes the original autograph full score of the work.
• f. 103. (pp 13-14). Headed 'Requiem' (by Jelka Delius). Scored in pencil. 1 folio, 26-stave 398 x 300 mm.
• ff. 104-105. 'gradually slowing & quieting down'. Ink with pencil additions. Pp. 32-35 (with re-pagination in pencil, as pp. 25-27 by JD). 1 bifolium, 26-stave 398 x 300 mm. At the top of p. 33, JD has written 'copy from here'.
• f. 106. (pp. 36-37) Ink. 1 folio, 26-stave 398 x 300 mm.
• ff. 107-108. pp. 38-41. 'With animation but rather slower than at first & broader'. Includes orchestral cue numbers 36, 37, 38 (blue pencil) and metronome marks. 1 bifolium, 26-stave 398 x 300 mm.
• f. 109. pp. 42-43. Cue number 39. 1 folio, 26-stave 398 x 300 mm.

6.3. ff. 110-115. Pages from Jelka Delius's copy score

• Probably made in 1924, these pages from JD's copy score immediately follow ff. 24-33 in MS Mus. 1745/1/31.
• 4 bifolia, all 28-stave 400 x 302 mm, as follows: pp. 21-24 (ink); p. 25 (ink) and 3 blank pages; pp. 30-[31] (pencil) and 2 blank pages; pp. 30-[33] (pencil), with p. [32] blank except for bar lines. N.B. p. 30 in this bifolium is not the same as p. 30 in the previous bifolium.