British Library: Music Collections Frederick Delius: Music manuscripts from the collection of the Delius Trust (1885-1984) (MS Mus. 1745) Table of Contents Frederick Delius: Music manuscripts from the collection of the Delius Trust (1885–1984) Key Details........................................................................................................................................ 1 Arrangement..................................................................................................................................... 1 Provenance........................................................................................................................................ 1 Publications....................................................................................................................................... 2 MS Mus. 1745/2/11 Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Notebooks (1887–[?1924])....................... 80 MS Mus. 1745/2/12 Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Irmelin ([1890]–[1931])........................... 86 MS Mus. 1745/2/13 Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Various Scores and Draft Material in Large Format ([1897]–[1929])........................................................................................................ 88 MS Mus. 1745/3/5 Frederick Delius (Boosey & Hawkes Accessions): Koanga (full score, in the hand of Eric Fenby) (1928–1929).................................................................................................. 105 MS Mus. 1745/3/7 Frederick Delius (Boosey & Hawkes Accessions): Hassan ([1923]–1940)................. 109 MS Mus. 1745/3/8 Frederick Delius (Boosey & Hawkes Accessions): Settings of Walt Whitman (1930–1967)...................................................................................................................................... 114 Key Details Collection Area British Library: Music Collections Reference MS Mus. 1745 Creation Date 1885-1984 Extent and Format 3 metres Languages of Material English; German; French; Norwegian; Danish; Swedish Access Conditions Unavailable as awaiting cataloguing Not known Title Frederick Delius: Music manuscripts from the collection of the Delius Trust (1885-1984) Former Internal Reference Deposit 95/28 Scope and Content Music composed by Frederick Theodore Albert Delius (b. 1862, d. 1934), comprising autograph and copy scores formerly in the possession of the Delius Trust. The collection is divided into four parts, reflecting the provenance of the material. • MS Mus. 1745/1. Bound volumes (1-49) formerly held by the Delius Trust. The material was originally arranged and catalogued by Rachel Lowe: A Catalogue of the Music Archive of the Delius Trust (1974). The sequence of the volumes is retained in the present catalogue. • MS Mus. 1745/2. Under the terms of an agreement (1982) between the Delius Trust and the Sir Thomas Beecham Trust, all the Delius material in the Beecham Library was passed to the Delius Trust. The material transferred was subsequently sorted and arranged by Robert Threlfall, and described in Threlfall, Frederick Delius: A Supplementary Catalogue (Delius Trust: London, 1986). Threlfall's arrangement has been retained. • MS Mus. 1745/3. In 1976, Messrs Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited passed to the Delius Trust all the Delius manuscripts they held. The material comprises, in the main, manuscripts relating to the early operas and dramatic works (particularly to Hassan), and a number of Stichvorlagen of the later works (most of which are in the hand of Eric Fenby). Originally described by Threlfall (1986). • MS Mus. 1745/4. Various manuscripts that were acquired by the Delius Trust at different times as separate accessions. Arrangement • MS Mus. 1745/1: Scores (as bound by the Delius Trust). • MS Mus. 1745/2: Sir Thomas Beecham Accession to the Delius Trust. • MS Mus. 1745/3: Boosey & Hawkes Accessions to the Delius Trust. • MS Mus. 1745/4: Individual Accessions to the Delius Trust. Provenance Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Immediate Source of Presented by the Delius Trust, 29 November 1995. Acquisition Custodial History The provenance of manuscripts is indicated within the catalogue (at File or Volume level) where the manuscripts are individually described. A few manuscripts are still held by the Delius Trust. These are listed here for completeness but are not available for consultation at the British Library. Where this is the case, a note to this effect is included in the description. Page 1 2021-07-17 Publications • Rachel Lowe, A Catalogue of the Music Archive of the Delius Trust (London: Delius Trust, 1974 and 1986). • Robert Threlfall, A Catalogue of the Compositions of Frederick Delius: Sources and References (London: Delius Trust, 1977). • Robert Threlfall, Frederick Delius: A Supplementary Catalogue (London: Delius Trust, 1986). • Robert Threlfall, Frederick Delius Complete Works: Editorial Report (London: Delius Trust, 1990). MS Mus. 1745/1 Frederick Delius: Scores (as bound by the Delius Trust) (1888-1977) Collection Area British Library: Music Collections Reference MS Mus. 1745/1 Creation Date 1888-1977 Extent and Format 54 volumes (including 12 volumes currently held by the Delius Trust) Languages of Material English; French; German; Norwegian Access Conditions Unavailable as awaiting cataloguing Not known Title Frederick Delius: Scores (as bound by the Delius Trust) (1888-1977) Scope and Content Bound volumes (1-49) formerly held by the Delius Trust, as arranged and catalogued by Rachel Lowe: A Catalogue of the Music Archive of the Delius Trust (1974). The sequence of the volumes (some of which are divided into two parts, designated A and/or B), and Lowe's original foliation, is retained. The present description of the manuscripts is indebted to the scholarship of both Rachel Lowe and Robert Threlfall, whose publications should be consulted in conjunction with the present catalogue. For ease of cross-reference, Threlfall's classification of Delius's works ( Catalogue, 1977, pp. 10-11) is noted in the description of each manuscript. Twelve volumes are currently held by the Delius Trust: 5B, 18B, 21, 22, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46. 47, 48B, and 49. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Immediate Source of Delius Trust, 1995. Acquisition Custodial History Volumes 1-45 comprise five accessions received by the Delius Trust between March 1963 and January 1966. Volumes 1-43 came directly from the Delius house in Grez-sur-Loing, France. Volumes 44-49 were subsequently acquired separately by the Trust, either by purchase or by gift: specific details are given in the catalogue entry for each volume. See also, Rachel Lowe, A Catalogue of the Music Archive of the Delius Trust (1974). • Rachel Lowe, A Catalogue of the Music Archive of the Delius Trust (London: Delius Trust, 1974 and 1986). • Robert Threlfall, A Catalogue of the Compositions of Frederick Delius: Sources and References (London: Delius Trust, 1977). • Robert Threlfall, Frederick Delius: A Supplementary Catalogue (London: Delius Trust, 1986). Page 2 2021-07-17 • Robert Threlfall, Frederick Delius Complete Works: Editorial Report (London: Delius Trust, 1990). MS Mus. 1745/1/1 Frederick Delius: Hiawatha (1888) Collection Area British Library: Music Collections Reference MS Mus. 1745/1/1 Creation Date 1888 Extent and Format 1 volume (i, 36 folios) Languages of Material English; German Title Frederick Delius: Hiawatha (1888) Physical Characteristics The score is written on 35 sheets of 22-stave music paper, upright format, 13¾ x 10½ inches (B & H. Nr. 13. C.) Scope and Content Autograph full score (ink over pencil), paginated 1-90 by the composer, lacking pp. 4-17 and 46-53. Tone poem for orchestra. Threlfall, VI/2. Publication: 2008, Boosey & Hawkes, Collected Edition, Supp. Vol. 6. • f. i. Original front cover, with original white label bearing autograph title, incorporated into the re-binding: 'Hiawatha / ein Tongedicht für Orchester / nach Longfellow / von / Fritz Delius [signature] 1888 / Januar'. • New front endpaper stamped 'Delius Trust Archives / ACC. No. 1'. • f. 1. Title-page, autograph with signature and date ('1888 / Januar'), and a quotation from Longfellow (ten lines) beginning: 'Ye who love the haunts of Nature'. • ff. 1-36. Autograph score, with autograph marks in pencil and mauve pencil (except 'Schluss' at the top of f. 32v which appears to be in another hand). • Blank sheet between folios 35 and 36, with pressed flower stain. • f. 36v. Short score pencil sketch (9 bars) at the top, and a short score pencil sketch (3 bars) at the bottom. Pressed flower stain. • New endpaper. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Custodial History Front endpaper stamped: Delius Trust Archives Accession No. 1. Page 3 2021-07-17 MS Mus. 1745/1/2 Frederick Delius: Paa Vidderne (Melodrama) (1888) Collection Area British Library: Music Collections Reference MS Mus. 1745/1/2 Creation Date 1888 Extent and Format 1 volume (ff. 1-61) Languages of Material German Title Frederick Delius: Paa Vidderne (Melodrama) (1888) Physical Characteristics Originally unbound, written on 30 double sheets and 1 single sheet of 20-stave music paper, 14 x 10½ inches (upright format), B & H. Nr. 12.0. Scope and Content Autograph full score (ink), paginated by the composer. The reciter's text in the score is in German. For solo voice and orchestra. Threlfall, III/1. Publication: 1988, Boosey & Hawkes, Collected Edition, Vol. 14. Performance: 7 Feb. 1984, London, St. John's Smith Square, Kensington Symphony Orchestra, cond. Leslie