MSS Mus. 398, 399. Alan Bush Collection. Vols lxxiii, lxxiv. Full score, in pencil (MS Mus. 398, nos 5 and 6 and MS Mus. 399, nos 1 and 10 in ink). The versos of ff. 61-5 have a draft score in pencil of parts of another orchestral piece. Two volumes. 355 x 265mm.
MSS Mus. 398-403. Alan Bush Collection. Vols lxxiii-lxxviii. ‘Pageant of Co-operation’, to a scenario by Montagu Slater and André van Gyseghem, for military band and chorus; 1938. Music for the pageant produced at Wembley Stadium on 2 July 1938. Elsewhere entitled ‘Towards Tomorrow’. Six volumes.
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Montagu Slater, author: André van Gyseghem, writer: Music by A. D. Bush for a 'Pageant of Co-operation' , to a scenario by Montagu Slater and André van Gyseghem: 1938.
MS Mus. 399. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. lxxiv. Full score. Part 2 (ff. 66). 1. ff. 1-33. ‘War Ballet’. 2. ff. 34-7. ‘The Red Flag’. Two arrangements. For another orchestral arrangement of ‘The Red Flag’ by Bush, see MS Mus. 411, ff. 85-7. 3. ff. 38-9. ‘Scots, Wha Hae’, arranged by Bush. An ar...
MS Mus. 416. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xci. Vocal music with orchestra; 1926-[1949]. ff. 106. 355 x 265mm. 1. ff. 1-27. Two songs for soprano and chamber orchestra, op.7; 1926. Full score, in ink. i. ff. 1-13. ‘The Moth’ (words, Walter de la Mare); Feb. 1926. ii. ff. 14-27. ‘Overheard on a ...
MS Mus. 1171-1176. Eugene Goossens Collection Correspondence of Sir Aynsley Eugene Goossens (b. 1893, d. 1962); 1899-1977, n.d. Names of correspondents are in the index to this catalogue. Purchased from Miss Pamela Main, 27 Feb. 2003. Six volumes. Arranged alphabetically.
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Sir Aynsley Eugene Goossens, conductor and composer: Correspondence: c. 1910-1962: Eng., Fr., Ger.: Mainly autogr.
MS Mus. 1173. Eugene Goossens Collection. Vol. iii. Glyndebourne–Knight; 1931-1962, n.d. ff. 213. 280 x 275mm. includes: ff. 1-2 Sir Aynsley Eugene Goossens, conductor and composer: John Christie, founder of the Glyndebourne opera: Copy of a letter to John Christie from Sir Aynsley Eugen...
Concert Programmes, Reviews, Articles and Programme Notes I
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Folder 1 (ff.. 1-59): Programme notes by composers (such as Eleanor Firsova and Dimitri Smirnov), circa 1960. Mostly typescripts with some autograph material. Folder 2: Articles on Richard Rodney Bennett and Boulez (photocopies) as well as an invitation to speak at a seminar about 'The Crisis ...
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Music Collections
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Czech, English, French, German, Japanese, and Russian