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MS Mus. 1745/2/11/3
- Record Id:
- 040-002747274
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002016914
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022600484.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100062732215.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1745/2/11/3
- Title:
- Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Notebook 3
- Scope & Content:
-
The notebook (undated) contains notes, in ink and in pencil, for several works, as follows:
- Koanga: 'Calinda dance' (f. 97); 'Quintette' (f. 98); 'Entracte to 3rd Act Koanga' (f. 104); and a two-page description (in English) of the 'Prelude to III Act' (ff. 123v-124, notebook inverted and reversed).
- 'Danse lente' [i.e. Badinage] on f. 99. (See also the ink drafts in MS Mus. 1745/2/5, ff. 5-7.)
- Piano Concerto (ff. 102v-103).
- Folkeraadet (ff. 107-108 and 113-114), f. 114 headed 'The poet & the girl'.
- Paris: 'Joyeuse nuit' (f. 117v), and 'Carneval' (f. 120v).
- f. 123 (inverted) is headed 'The Bells, Poe' (referring to the poem of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe).
In addition, there are four loose sheets that contain some material of apparently later date:
- f. 109. Small sheet of ruled paper headed 'Page 53 Solo Tenor' - stave drawn and tenor entry noted [from A Mass of Life]. Underneath: 'Top C instead of low C' [correction of misprint, ?1907]. Underneath this, in pencil, restaurants are listed. Verso blank.
- f. 110. Small sheet of plain paper listing various books by George Meredith, J. M. Barrie, Henry James, Gustave Flaubert, and Paul Bourget. Also listed: 'to get / Meistersinger! / Parsival / in Pocket Partitur'.
- f. 111. Small sheet of ruled paper listing a Norwegian itinerary ('try to find a Sanatorium where Jelka can paint').
- f. 112. 8-stave leaf torn from a notebook with sketch material on both recto and verso, the verso marked 'requiem / no 4'.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002016914
033-002739614
036-002747144
040-002747274 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1745 : Frederick Delius: Music manuscripts from the collection of the Delius Trust
MS Mus. 1745/2 : Frederick Delius: Sir Thomas Beecham Accession to the Delius Trust
MS Mus. 1745/2/11 : Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Notebooks
MS Mus. 1745/2/11/3 : Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Notebook 3 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002016914[0003]/033-002739614[0011]/036-002747144[0003]/040-002747274
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1745
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (folios 97-124)
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100062732215.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1895
- End Date:
- 1908
- Date Range:
- [1895]-[?1907]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Music notebook, sewn without covers. 8-stave 145 x 225 mm. With 4 loose sheets inserted.
- Information About Copies:
-
Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=MS_Mus._1745/2/11/3
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- Original foliation: 1 notebook (24 ff.) and 4 loose sheets