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MS Mus. 1745/3/3
- Record Id:
- 040-002749930
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002016914
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022770656.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1745/3/3
- Title:
- Frederick Delius (Boosey & Hawkes Accessions): Koanga (vocal score by Florent Schmitt)
- Scope & Content:
-
Opera in three Acts. Threlfall, I/4.
Act I
- There is no title page or prelude. Jelka Delius has written at the head of the page: 'Koanga / Opera by Frederick Delius / Piano Score by Florent Schmitt'.
- 24-stave 354 x 270 mm.
- Piano part by Schmitt (mauve ink, occasionally black ink).
- Voice parts and English words are mainly in Delius's hand (black ink).
- German words in Jelka Delius's hand (red ink).
Act II
- Title-page (in JD's hand): 'Opera by Frederick Delius / Koanga Act II / Piano Score by Florent Schmitt / Klavierauszug'.
- Piano part by Schmitt, and also the voice parts for the first half of the Act (mauve ink).
- German words throughout by JD (red ink); English words throughout in another hand (black ink), which has also written the remaining voice parts.
- Interpolated aria for Palmyra entirely in Delius's hand (black ink), German words only (2 gathered bifolia, 14-stave 340 x 268 mm.).
- A further page in Delius's hand (black ink, 'Agitato Molto') sits between bifolia 17 and 18.
- There are pasted-over German words in various places throughout.
Act III
- Title-page (in JD's hand): 'Koanga / Act III / Piano Score by Florent Schmitt / Opera by / Frederick Delius'.
- The Act is preceded by the original 'Prélude' (not as in the published score) - this has been struck-through in red crayon.
- German words throughout (occasionally in English as well, in an unidentified hand), some of which are pasted-over.
- Voice parts are in the same hand as in Act II.
- The title-page is 24-stave 354 x 270 mm; the rest of Act III comprises 19 bifolia, 20-stave 354 x 270 mm.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002016914
033-002749006
040-002749930 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1745 : Frederick Delius: Music manuscripts from the collection of the Delius Trust
MS Mus. 1745/3 : Frederick Delius: Boosey & Hawkes Accessions to the Delius Trust
MS Mus. 1745/3/3 : Frederick Delius (Boosey & Hawkes Accessions): Koanga (vocal score by Florent Schmitt) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002016914[0004]/033-002749006[0003]/040-002749930
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1745
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 file (249 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
German - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1892
- End Date:
- 1902
- Date Range:
- [c 1897]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
- Each Act is stamped Delius Trust Archives Acc. No. 207/2.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Schmitt, Florent, composer, pianist and critic, 1870-1958
- Subjects:
- Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Koanga (Opera)