Miscellaneous material
[Classification: notated music, manuscript, partly autograph, sketch]
Librettist: C.F. Keary
This item contains (i) the remainder of the draft libretto for Act II contained in British Library MS Mus. 1645/1/39 (ii) various sketch sheets for the opera in ink and pencil (iii) drafts for Act I in vocal score (iv) a prompter's vocal score from the 1904 premiere.
Notes and sketches
[Classification: notated music, manuscript, autograph, short score, sketch]
Librettist: C.F. Keary
2 folios.
This item contains (i) notes in the hand of C.F. Keary for the libretto of
Koanga and (ii) brief sketches entitled 'Palmyra's Dance' and 'He will meet her when the sun goes down'.
Notes
[Classification: notated music, manuscript, autograph, sketch]
24 folios.
This source is a notebook containing notes and sketches for 'Calinda dance' and the beginning of Act III, among other sketches.
Autograph full score
Composer: Frederick Delius
According to RT.1986, the autograph contains the German translation in red ink added by Jelka Delius, and with conductor's markings in blue pencil (presumably by Fritz Cassirer).
Carl S. Swisher Library, Jacksonville University, Florida, USA.
La Calinda (1887)
[Classification: notated music, manuscript, copy, score, fair copy]
Scribe: Eric Fenby
This source is Fenby's copy of 'La Calinda', the second section of the first movement of
Florida, dated 1887, which would later be used by Delius in
Koanga. This source is distinct from Fenby's more famous later arrangement of
La Calinda, described in the Appendix.
Florent Schmitt's vocal score
[Classification: notated music, vocal score]
Arranger: Florent Schmitt
c. 1897.
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Title page: This manuscript has no title page, but Jelka Delius has headed the first page of score: 'Koanga/Opera by Frederick Delius/Piano Score by Florent Schmitt'. The score consists of a piano part by Schmitt, voice parts and English text by Delius, and German words in Jelka Delius's hand.
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'Paris copyist's' copy
This manuscript is identified by RL and RT as the work of an unidentified 'Paris copyist'. There are alterations and corrections in various hands, and English stage directions in Delius's own hand. While it is catalogued by the British Library as part of Jelka Delius's original bequest to the Delius Trust, this volume is currently retained by the Trust.
Eric Fenby's vocal score
[Classification: notated music, manuscript, copy, vocal score, printer's copy, complete]
Scribe: Eric Fenby
This item consists of (i) two versions of the libretto in English: a typescript of C.F. Keary's original with additions by Jelka Delius to reflect alterations made for the 1904 production, and the revised version used for the 1935 production (ii) Fenby's vocal score prepared for Beecham's 1935 production and (iii) chorus parts for that production.
Full score
[Classification: notated music, manuscript, copy, score, complete]
Scribe: Eric Fenby
3 vols.
Fenby originally began preparing this copy from the parts at Grez-sur-Loing in 1928-9, but completed his work based on the rediscovered autograph score. This score was used by Sir Thomas Beecham for his 1935 production of the opera, and contains his dynamics markings throughout. It also became the publisher's
Stichvorlage.
Vocal score
[Classification: notated music, print, vocal score, first edition, complete]
Librettist: C. F. Keary
Arranger: Eric Fenby
Editors: Sir Thomas Beecham, Edward Agate
Translator: Jelka Delius
Winthrop Rogers, London 1935.
Vocal score, revised edition
[Classification: notated music, print, vocal score, complete]
Arranger: Eric Fenby
Librettists: Douglas Craig, Andrew Page
Boosey & Hawkes, London 1974.
Douglas Craig and Andrew Page's revised libretto was initially prepared for a revival of the opera at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, 17 May 1972.
Study score
[Classification: notated music, print, score, complete]
Editor: Thomas Beecham
Eric Fenby
Librettists: Douglas Craig, Andrew Page
Boosey & Hawkes, London 1980.
Threlfall's introduction to the collected edition volume for
Koanga indicates that this study score, based on Fenby's copy of the full score, incorporates Beecham's editing and the revised libretto.
Published full score
[Classification: notated music, print, score, complete]
Editors: Thomas Beecham, Eric Fenby
Boosey & Hawkes, [S.I.] 1991.
This volume of the Collected Edition is a reissue of the 1980 study score.
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