MS Mus. 1745/3/4

In the hand of Eric Fenby (with additions by others), a vocal score prepared for Sir Thomas Beecham's revival of the work in 1935. The file includes two typescripts of the English libretto, attached to the earliest of which is a brief internal Boosey & Hawkes memorandum (1953).

1. Libretto (folios 1-27)

• In a buff card Boosey & Hawkes folder (entitled: 'Koanga / Libretto'), libretto by C. F. Keary. Typescript in 3 Acts. Act 1 is headed (pencil) by Jelka Delius: 'Words by C. F. Keary Scenario amd music by Frederick Delius'. Act 1 (pp. 1-12). Act 2 (pp. 1-7). Act 3 (pp. 1-7). The typescript has gaps in the libretto for those elements which were altered in the 1904 production - in the gaps, a rough translation has been entered by JD in longhamd (pencil). The libretto is accompanied by an internal Boosey & Hawkes memorandum (5 February 1953) noting that 'it has been laying at Regent Street for a number of years' and should be placed with 'unpublished manuscripts'.
• In blue card covers (with white label: 'Koanga'), a typescript of the revised English libretto, as used and published in 1935. With corrections by hand in red ink. Paginated as: Prologue (pp. [1]-2) followed by Acts I-III (pp. [1]-26).

2. Vocal score by Eric Fenby (folios 56-150)

• Prepared for Beecham's revival of the work: 23 September 1935, London, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Beecham.
• Title-page (verso blank) and 'Characters' (verso blank). 2 folios, 18-stave 368 x 273 mm.
• Vocal score (ink): 12-stave 368 x 272 mm., paginated as pp. 1-184. With original English words in Fenby's hand, altered in places to the 1935 revised version by another hand.

3. Chorus parts by Eric Fenby (folios 151-186)

• 19 bifolia, 12-stave 300 x 240 mm.
• Scored in black ink.
• Together with the vocal score above, used as the publisher's Stichvorlagen. Copyright details (1935) written in red ink at the foot of the first page of the Chorus parts.