MS Mus. 1745/2/13/1

(1). Piano Concerto (ff. 1-105)

• Threlfall, VII/4.

(a) ff. 1-15. Various separate sheets of drafts of earlier versions in full score, comprising:

• ff. 1-3. Paginated pp. 19-20 and pp. 21-24 (1 folio and 1 bifolium, 26-stave 400 x 302mm.): ink over pencil, partly scored on p. 19, with the piano part only at the foot of subsequent pages (some pages showing evidence of erasure). The material bears no close resemblance to other surviving versions of the work, although the same thematic material is involved.
• ff. 4-15. paginated 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 22, 41, 43, 48, 49, and 51 (28-stave 446 x 310 mm.). Most of the material resembles the 'Fantasy' version (cf. MS Mus. 1745/1/11). At a subsequent date, Delius used the versos of these sheets (except pp. 16 and 22) for other works. Thus, with the exception of pp. 16 and 22, the material in this file consists of photocopies of the Piano concerto material on the rectos; the original folios (which include faint pencil details that have not photocopied well) have been placed according to the material on the versos, as follows: pp. 8, 48, 49, and 51 (A Village Romeo and Juliet) are placed in MS Mus. 1745/2/13/2, and pp. 10, 11, 13, 15, 41 and 43 (Appalachia) are placed in MS Mus. 1745/2/13/5.

(b) ff. 16-105. Full score of the 3-movement version of the Piano Concerto (lacking 2nd movement):

• On single sheets (pasted to guards) of 28-stave paper 446 x 310 mm. Originally bound, but covers and endpapers removed.
• Ink and ink over pencil, comprising material for the first and third movements only.
• 1st movement, paginated as pp. 3-26, 31, 33-46. Scored on the rectos only, except for p. 26 which has material on the un-paginated verso.
• 3rd movement, pp. 57-103, scored (and paginated) on recto and verso, as follows:
• p. 57. Maestoso - con moto Moderato, 5/4.
• p. 67. Molto Tranquillo, 4/4. (The verso of p. 73 is blank and not paginated.)
• p. 83. Again, 5/4.
• p. 92. Molto Tranquillo, 4/4.
• p. 97. Lento / ad libitum (quasi una Improvisazione).
• p. 99. Passionato - Piu mosso. (The verso of p. 100 is blank and not paginated.)
• p. 101. Meno mosso.
• p. 103. ralldo. molto to end.
• There are conductor's markings in blue and red crayon from early performances, with some remarks and overworking in pencil in the composer's hand.
• The musical text agrees with the two-piano version (MS Mus. 1745/1/10) and the solo part with the manuscript attributed to the 'Paris copyist' (MS Mus. 1745/2/2).
• Hinged slips (apparently by Theodor Szántó) survive on pp. 3, 4 (1 chord only, largely torn away), 5, 6, and 16. Szántó's ink additions to the score appear on pp. 10, 11, 12, 19, 35, 41, 42 and the verso of p. 44.

(2). 'Paris' (ff. 106-137).

• Threlfall, VI/14.
• Autograph full score in ink, pp. 1-56, preceded by a 'fly-leaf' containing: (recto) orchestral details, and (verso) the title of the work, Delius's signature and the span of composition ('Oct. 1899 Feb 1900'), and a poem beginning 'Mysterious city!' in English and in German.
• Title ('fly leaf' verso): 'Paris / Impressions de nuit / 'Ein Nachtstück'.
• 14 bifolia, 36-stave 542 x 350 mm. With original marbled endpapers.
• The manuscript was used for some early performances, evident from conductor's markings including cue numbers.
• The score is almost identical to the final, published version; it agrees with the two-piano arrangement by Julius Buths (MS Mus. 1745/1/18).
• 4 bars have been crossed out in blue crayon on p. 30.