MS Mus. 1745/2/10

(1). ff. 1-23. Early drafts of works(s) for piano and orchestra (ff. 1-23)

• ff. 1-9. Autograph draft without title (ink over pencil with pencil additions, and in pencil only from the bottom of f. 7v). Paginated pp. [1]-18. Beginning in C# minor 3/4, in two-piano score. With some indications of orchestration. (4 bifolia and 1 folio, all 14-stave 348 x 266 mm.)
• ff. 10-13. Autograph draft without title (ink over pencil with pencil additions, and in pencil only from the bottom of f. 11). Partly paginated [3]-[10] (only pp. 4-7 bear page numbers). Again, beginning in C# minor [3/4], in two-piano score, before turning to D-flat major Allegro con moto 6/8 (marked 'last movement', f. 10). On f. 12 (p. 7), the draft appears to return to the same matter as f. 1 above. At the head of f. 12v: 'After 2nd Theme before Durchführung in F. Durchführung in E.' An early form of the Irmelin motive appears here. On the final page of the draft (f. 13) are two-stave pencil notes, passage marked 'Cadenza'. Folio 13v is blank. (2 folios and 1 bifolium, 14-stave 348 x 266 mm.)
• ff. 14-17. Beginning with two systems in ink (cf. ff. 1-2 above), followed by pencil sketches marked 'slow movement' and 'last movement'. The Irmelin motive appears again and is ringed. (1 bifolium and 2 folios, 14-stave 348 x 266 mm.)
• ff. 18-19. Beginning (ink with pencil overwriting) Pesante G minor 3/4, some material as above. Folio 18v is blank, and f. 19 contains related 2-stave rough pencil sketches. (1 bifolium, 14-stave 348 x 266 mm.)
• ff. 20-23. Headed 'Fantaisie pour Piano & Orchestre'. G minor, Mässig [Moderately], C 12/8, two-piano score (ink). From f. 21v, continuing in pencil only. (2 bifolia, 14-stave 348 x 266 mm.)

(2). ff. 24-35. Various sketches for early works

• ff. 24-25. 'Fest auf Solhaug'. Pencil draft score for full orchestra, F minor 6/4. Scored only on ff. 24-25 recto. (2 bifolia gathered, 24-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• ff. 26-28. Sketches for Paa Vidderne (overture). On f. 28v, a 23-bar 2-stave ink draft in G-flat, similar in style to Badinage. (3 folios, 16-stave 346 x 263 mm.)
• f. 29. 'Endymion'. Pencil sketch in A major 3/4, indicating flute, oboe and strings. The verso is blank. (1 folio, 14-stave 348 x 268 mm.)
• f. 30. Pencil sketch material similar to the previous folio, and including the following words: 'this is to wish Richard Le Gallienne and his fair spouse a happy new year'. (In 1897, the English poet Richard Le Gallienne married Julie Noiregard.) (1 folio, 16-stave 348 x 280 mm.)
• ff. 31-32. Two-stave pencil sketches. On f. 31v, a passage headed 'Sakuntala' (which does not refer to the work of that title), and on f. 32, the heading 'Motifs Irmelin' (again, not recognizable as such). Folio 32v is blank. (1 bifolium, 16-stave 346 x 265 mm.)
• ff. 33-35. Pencil sketches for material found in Hiawatha. Similar material is sketched in the notebook MS Mus. 1745/1/28.

(3). ff. 36-90. Various draft scores for early orchestral works.

• ff. 36-39. 'Valse Lente / I'. Pencil draft score for orchestra (strings, woodwind, and horns only). E minor, 3/4. From f. 38v, a first draft pencil score for 'Elegie' (C minor, 3/4), for which see also ff. 83v-90 below. (2 bifolia, 24-stave 340 x 265 mm.)
• ff. 40-41. The last four pages of a pencil draft full score (C major, 2/4) of an orchestral work not otherwise identified. (1 bifolium, 22-stave 353 x 270 mm). The earlier portion of this manuscript appears to be MS Mus. 1823, ff. 2-5 (entitled 'Mazurka').
• f. 42. Two pages of a pencil draft full score (C major, 2/4), slightly resembling the Marche Caprice but not otherwise identified. (1 bifolium, 24-stave 355 x 270 mm.)
• f. 43. Deleted pencil draft full score of material resembling the second theme of Paa Vidderne (overture). (1 folio, 24-stave 355 x 270 mm.)
• ff. 44-45. Pencil draft full score, including an Irmelin motive, and also the G minor theme found in the 'Fantaisie' (ff. 20-23 above). (1 bifolium, 16-stave 344 x 265 mm.)
• f. 46. Pencil draft score, 12 bars in F# major, flute theme ('last time'), as noted on the title-page of Petite Suite d'Orchestre (see MS Mus. 1745/2/1 and 1745/2/9). (1 folio, 14-stave 348 x 265 mm.)
• f. 47. Pencil draft full score (F# major, 6/8), 11 bars. (1 folio, 20-stave 352 x 270 mm.)
• ff. 48-53. Pencil draft score (numbered pp. 2-13), B major, 4/4. 'Skerzo' is pencilled across f. 48, 'mocking bird' on f. 50r, 'fireflies' on f. 52v, and 'Hiawatha' on f. 53v. (3 bifolia gathered, 20-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• ff. 54-61. Numbered pp. 56-70 complement the draft entitled 'A L'Amore' in MS Mus. 1745/1/39, ff. 19-23. The final page of pencilled notes (f. 61v, which is not numbered) appears to refer to the Scherzo of Petite Suite d'Orchestre - see MS Mus. 1745/2/1. (4 bifolia gathered, 20-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• ff. 62-68. Entitled 'Serenade' (pencil), and numbered pp. [1]-15, a full score (ink over pencil, pencil only from f. 64v). No tempo, D major 6/8. The final two pages are blank. (4 bifolia gathered, 24-stave 356 x 272 mm.)
• ff. 69-74. Entitled 'Ouverture', a draft full score in pencil. G minor 6/8 'Allegretto tranquillo'. The music also appears in part of the 'Fantaisie' (ff. 20-23 above) and also features the motive later used in the String Quartet. (3 bifolia gathered, 24-stave 356 x 272 mm.)
• ff. 75-76. Entitled 'Rhapsody Floridienne' (pencil draft, clefs in ink). D major C. (1 bifolium, 24-stave 342 x 265 mm.)
• ff. 77-82. Entitled 'Nuit en Florida' but the same music as the previous item ('Rhapsody Floridienne'). D major C, 'Allegretto'. Paginated pp. 1-10, 12. There is no p. 11, and the final page (f. 82v) is not paginated. Beginning in ink, but moving to pencil on f. 78, and pencil only thereafter. On f. 82, the dance theme used in Florida/III. (3 bifolia, 24-stave 342 x 265 mm.)
• ff. 83-90. First page blank, beginning on f. 83v and entitled 'Elegie' (two rejected titles struck-through: 'Idylle de la Nuit' and 'Plainte d'Amour'). Unfinished full score, ink over pencil and pencil only on the final two pages (f. 90). C minor 4/4 'Andante tranquillo'. For an earlier draft, see ff. 38v-39 above.

(4). ff. 91-140. Miscellaneous sketches, mostly titled but not necessarily identified.

• f. 91. 'Prelude 1st Act'. G minor 6/8, 'Adagio'. Ink. Later material resembles the theme of the Prelude to Act III of Irmelin, and also III/461. (1 folio, 26-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• f. 92. Ink sketch of the same material. Inverted, f. 92v has pencil sketch material. (1 folio, 16-stave 346 x 264 mm.)
• ff. 93-95. Beginning with the heading (?)'American Suite', miscellaneous pencil notes, including melodies used for Dance for Harpsichord and for 'Floridian Tanze' (f. 93). The bifolium was turned to draft the inner pencil material. Inserted within the bifolium, the upper portion only of a folio (f. 95) bearing the draft of ?chorus material. On f. 94v (also inverted), material relating to Maud. (1 bifolium, 20-stave 350 x 268 mm., and a partial folio showing 12 staves)
• f. 96. Pencil sketches headed 'Suite / slow movement', and music also found on f. 42 above. On f. 96v, a rejected p. 20 of full score including a violin part in ink. (1 folio, 20-stave 350 x 268 mm.)
• f. 97. Pencil draft headed 'Harmonie', in B major, scored on the back of a printed music sheet (plate 8419). The sheet has suffered damage and loss - the first bar of the draft is missing. (1 folio, 350 x 270 mm.)
• ff. 98-101. Headed 'Quartet', two pages of draft score, beginning C major C; on f. 98v, Allegro 3/2. Inserted, bifoliate manuscript strip (ff. 100-101) with a passage in pencil annotated 'quartet' and another 'sonata'; also on the strip, in Eric Fenby's hand (ink), a bar of piano accompaniment. Inverted, f. 99 contains other 2-stave material in pencil. (1 bifolium, 20-stave 360 x 282 mm., and a double manuscript strip showing 5 staves.)
• f. 102. Ink score of part of another string quartet movement, G major 6/8 Con moto. (1 folio, 20-stave 350 x 265 mm.)
• f. 103. Headed 'Symphony' (pencil), ink draft fragment. On f. 103v, pencil notes (crossed-out) for Act 3 of The Magic Fountain. (1 folio, 32-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• ff. 104-105. Pencil sketches marked 'danse' (cf. ff. 36-39 above), and material for 'Elegie' and for Dance for Harpsichord. (1 bifolium, 14-stave 348 x 268 mm.)
• f. 106. pencil sketches headed 'plainte d'amour' (i.e. 'Elegie' - see above). On f. 106v, pencil notes based on the melody of 'Rhapsody Floridienne' (see ff. 75-76 above). (1 folio, 14-stave 348 x 268 mm.)
• ff. 107-108. Pencil draft headed 'After Holger Drachmann' ('Spring Song' crossed-out). D-flat major 9/8, on 3 staves, and then 2 staves. (1 bifolium, 10-stave 345 x 260 mm.)
• ff. 109-110. Ink draft with pencil additions, headed 'Summer night (Lyse Naetter) / Symphonic Poem'. D major C. (1 bifolium, 10-stave 345 x 260 mm.)
• f. 111. Pencil short score with much over-writing, headed 'Lyse Naetter (Sommer nacht)'. (1 folio, 24-stave 356 x 270 mm.)
• f. 112. Pencil draft headed '(Sommernachte)', in C major 2/4, Allegro moderato. Includes German words, and English words on the verso. (1 folio, 20-stave 348 x 270 mm.)
• f. 113. Brief pencil draft on the first page only (verso blank) headed 'Sommernacht', the music resembling the last interlude in The Magic Fountain, Act 2. (1 folio, 24-stave 340 x 265 mm.)
• f. 114. Pencil draft headed 'Sommernacht' - four systems of orchestral score, B-flat minor 6/8. (1 folio, 24-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• ff. 115-116. Under the title 'Nocturne', the start of a score (D major C) similar to 'Nuit en Florida' (ff. 77-82 above). On f. 115v, a two-stave pencil sketch headed 'Entracte'. The recto of f. 116 is blank, and f. 116v contains further two-stave material at the bottom of the page. (1 bifolium, 24-stave 340 x 265 mm.)
• f. 117. Ink, headed 'Mineur', marked for 'Solo Cello', with accompaniment. On the verso, various notes (ink and pencil) including the 'Silver Stream' motive from Irmelin, Act 2. (1 folio, 18-stave 346 x 268 mm.)
• f. 118. Two-stave pencil sketch, without title. On the verso, ink copy 'Finale', Swedish words. (1 folio, 12-stave 340 x 260 mm.)
• ff. 119-121. Two-stave pencil sketches which include motives and harmonies found in Paris. (1 folio and 1 split bifolium, 12-stave 290 x 235 mm.)
• f. 122. Brief pencil sketch on 2 staves, 4 bars only. Verso blank. (1 folio, 18-stave 350 x 270 mm.)
• f. 123. Pencil sketches including, on the recto, the Lebenstanz motive. (1 folio, 24-stave oblong 270 x 350 mm.)
• f. 124. After an extensive contrapuntal draft in open score, there is an 18-bar 2-stave draft of a melody also found in MS Mus. 1745/1/39 (at the foot of f. 56) where it appears a tone lower in 4/4. (1 folio, 16-stave 350 x 273 mm.)
• f. 125. Marked 'Slowly', a pencil 2-stave draft of a similar melody. Further down the page, 'Introduction', a draft of the music in MS Mus. 1745/1/39 (ff. 60 and 85). (1 folio, 16-stave oblong 268 x 350 mm.)
• f. 126. Pencil drafts, including at the foot of the recto, the motive from the String Quartet/II. (1 folio, 15-stave 350 x 265 mm.)
• f. 127. Unidentified pencil workings. (1 folio, 10-stave 345 x 275 mm.)
• f. 128. Pencil workings headed 'Appassionato', E major C. (1 folio, 16-stave 345 x 265 mm.)
• ff. 129-131. Pencil drafts, of which f. 129 only is inverted and marked 'slow movement'. The material includes the central melody of In a Summer Garden. (1 bifolium and 1 folio, 18-stave 350 x 272 mm.)
• f. 132. Entirely blank except for (pencil) 2 bars and a single note at the foot of the recto. (1 folio, 24-stave 355 x 270 mm.)
• ff. 133-140. Miscellaneous fragments, including a 1910 Christmas card (f. 140) from Adine and Norman O'Neill. All, including the card, contain musical notations.

(5). ff. 141-174. Manuscripts not in Delius's hand, and copies by Delius of other composers' music.

• ff. 141-150. In Delius's hand, an extract from the vocal score of Wagner's Parsifal, Act 3, corresponding to pp. 9-60 of the full score (from G[urnemanz]: 'Von dort her kam das Stöhnen' to 'Oh Gnade! Höchstes Heil! Oh!' (cue 237). (5 bifolia, mixed paper numbered intermittently 1-[20], all approx. 350 x 270 mm.)
• f. 151, Without title, 'Andante' for strings, E-flat 2/4, in score. 9 bars in ink followed by, on the verso, 9 bars in pencil. (1 folio, 12-stave 305 x 230 mm.)
• f. 152. By Carl Maria von Weber, ink. Verso blank. (1 folio, 10 hand-drawn staves 232 x 220 mm.)
• f. 153. In Eric Fenby's hand (pencil), untitled score, 5 bars only on first page, remainder blank. (1 bifolium, 32-stave 450 x 310 mm.)
• ff. 154-166. Bound orchestral score, the original front board annotated (blue crayon): 'Score without / Name or title'. Adagio in B minor for full orchestra, chorus and brass 'en scène'. Manuscript (black ink) with instrument names printed. 25 pages (13 numbered folios, blank folios following, 36-stave 445 x 310 mm.)
• ff. 167-174. In addition, 1 folio (pencil, 'Horns in F') and 6 miscellanious bifolia.