Delius, Frederick AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF PART OF THE STRING QUARTET IN C MINOR, COMPRISING THE TWO HITHERTO-UNKNOWN OPENING MOVEMENTS, UNSIGNED BUT DATED ABOVE THE MUSIC ("1888-"), WITH OTHER SKETCHES two opening movements complete, the first unknown, the second almost completely unknown, written in dark brown (almost black) ink on four systems of four staves each, with extensive revisions, deletions and alterations in ink and pencil, including the conclusion to both movements rewritten, Delius's dating " 1888-1891", partly deleted in pencil. 1) "Allegro assai" in 4/4 metre, C minor, 13 pages, paginated 1-13, one leaf inserted containing a revised ending 2) "Allegro vivace" in 3/4 metre, G minor, 10 pages, paginated 14-21, including a revised version of pp.18 & 19 3) three pages of pencil sketches, some on four-stave systems, in 3/8, 3/4 and 6/8 metres 24 pages, folio ( c. 35 x 27cm), 16-stave quartet paper, one gathering of five bifolia with an inserted leaf (pp.11/12) and bifolio (pp.18-21), 1888, lower margins affected by damp, some flaking in the second half of the manuscript, affecting text on the lowest stave
Delius, Frederick AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF PART OF THE STRING QUARTET IN C MINOR, COMPRISING THE TWO HITHERTO-UNKNOWN OPENING MOVEMENTS, UNSIGNED BUT DATED ABOVE THE MUSIC ("1888-"), WITH OTHER SKETCHES two opening movements complete, the first unknown, the second almost completely unknown, written in dark brown (almost black) ink on four systems of four staves each, with extensive revisions, deletions and alterations in ink and pencil, including the conclusion to both movements rewritten, Delius's dating " 1888-1891", partly deleted in pencil. 1) "Allegro assai" in 4/4 metre, C minor, 13 pages, paginated 1-13, one leaf inserted containing a revised ending 2) "Allegro vivace" in 3/4 metre, G minor, 10 pages, paginated 14-21, including a revised version of pp.18 & 19 3) three pages of pencil sketches, some on four-stave systems, in 3/8, 3/4 and 6/8 metres 24 pages, folio ( c. 35 x 27cm), 16-stave quartet paper, one gathering of five bifolia with an inserted leaf (pp.11/12) and bifolio (pp.18-21), 1888, lower margins affected by damp, some flaking in the second half of the manuscript, affecting text on the lowest stave
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