Beschreibung:

Autograph sketches for The Dream of Gerontius, Op.38, including early trials for the 'Profiscere' which concludes Part I ('Go forth upon thy journey, Christian soul!'), comprising two sections (i) Sketch headed "Semi-Chorus/tone higher", of the entry of the semi-chorus (Priest's Assistants) after Gerontius' initial solo, with the words "Kyrie eleison" (Part I, cue 291-3020), differing at the end from the final version, comprising ten bars, in two five-stave systems for SATB and orchestra condensed, marked at the head in pencil by Edward Speyer: "Edward Elgar: Sketches for 'The Dream of Gerontius' op.38", 1 page, in ink, with additional words and notations in pencil, cancelled in red crayon "K", filing-hole at head, 4to; (ii) Sketch for Gerontius' opening solo of Part II, preceding the entry of the Angel, when he has first intimations of her song ("Another marvel: someone has me fast/within his ample palm;.../...A uniform/And gentle pressure tells me I am not/Self-moving, but borne forward on my way./And hark! I hear a singing: yet in sooth/I cannot of that music rightly say/whether I hear, or touch, or taste the tones"), notated in a three-stave system for solo and orchestra in piano score, thirteen bars with one deleted, also marked at the head in pencil by Edward Speyer: "Edward Elgar: Sketches for 'The Dream of Gerontius' op.38", one page on a bifolium (otherwise blank), the first three bars in ink, continuing in pencil, cancelled in red crayon "K", on Breitkopf & Haertel paper, folio [probably February or March 1900]