Shelfmark
MS 388
Author
Title
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring [manuscript] ; The violet / [music by] Frederick Delius ; [copied out by Peter Warlock].
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London? ; Spring 1912]
Physical description
19 ms. parts ; 36 cm or smaller.
Language
Staff notation.
Note
Parts: 2 x violins I (1st half), 2 x (2nd half), 2 x violins II (1st half), 1 x violins II (2nd half), 1 x violas I, 1 x violas II, 2 x cellos I (the second copy seems incomplete and from a different hand. It doesn't include "The violet"), 1 x cellos II, 1 x double-bases, 1 x horn in F, 1 x flute, 1 x oboe, 1 x clarinets I and II, and 1 x piano (doesn't include "The violet"). Includes one sheet of blank staff paper.
Note
Titles and publication dates taken from caption on the the 1st violins part.
Note
Holograph manuscript in black ink, signed.
Note
Accompanying material: two plastic folders.
Note
"The violet" was originally published in 1900 as part of "Two songs from the Danish" and later orchestrated by the composer in 1908.
Note
All string parts are 2 pages (36 cm). The remaining parts are also 2 pages, except for the piano part, which is a single leaf. The dimensions of these parts vary.
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 388.
Provenance
Ms. inscription on the folder contining the parts: "transferred to ECL from the Music Schools/Richard Osborne".
Subject
Subject
Chamber orchestra music Parts.
Subject
Music Manuscripts.
Subject
Symphonic poems (Chamber orchestra) Parts.
Subject
Songs with piano, Arranged.
Added entry--name
Warlock, Peter, 1894 - 1930 music copyist.
Added entry--name
Delius, Frederick, 1862 - 1934 Pieces,
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B53319