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1. MS Mus. 394-396

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 394-396
Title:
MSS Mus. 394-396. Alan Bush Collection. Vols lxix-lxxi. ‘The Pageant of Labour’ (words, Matthew Anderson), for chorus and orchestra; May–Aug. 1934. Music for the pageant produced by Edward P. Genn at the Crystal Palace on 15-20 Oct. 1934, under the musical direction of Michael Tippett and Alan Bush. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:
Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, OM; CH; composer: Edward P. Genn, dramatist and producer: Matthew Anderson, writer of plays: Music by A. D. Bush for 'The Pageant of Labour' , to a script by Matthew Anderson, produced by Edward P. Genn under the musical direction of M. Tippett and A. D. Bush: 1934.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1934-Aug 1934
Extent:
3 items

2. MS Mus. 397

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 397
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Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 397. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. lxxii. ‘His War or Yours’, ballet in three scenes, for 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba and percussion; [1935]. Score, in ink. Written for the London Workers’ Ballet. ff. 14. 355 x 263mm. London Workers' Ballet: 'His War or Yours', ballet music by A. D. Bus...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1935]
Extent:
1 item

3. MS Mus. 398-403

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 398-403
Title:
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.
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Czech, English, and Slovak
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
6 items

4. MS Mus. 404-405

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 404-405
Title:
MSS Mus. 404, 405. Alan Bush Collection. Vols lxxix, lxxx. ‘Festival of Music for the People’, music for a pageant to a scenario by Randall Swingler, for military band; [1939]. The music for the pageant was organised by Bush, and included contributions by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Arnold Cooke, Elisabeth Lutyens, Edmund Rubbra, Erik Chisholm, Christian Darnton, Frederic Austin, Norman Demuth, Elizabeth Maconchy, Alan Rawsthorne and Bush himself. Performed at the Royal Albert Hall on 1 April 19...
Scope & Content:
Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM; composer: Band parts for 'Flourish for Wind Band': 1939: Copies. Randall Carline Swingler, poet and novelist: Settings of his verse in compositions of A. D. Bush: 1936-71.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1939]
Extent:
2 items

5. MS Mus. 406

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 406
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Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 406. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. lxxxi. ‘The Star Turns Red’, incidental music to the play by Sean O’Casey, for 3 trumpets, percussion, violin and piano; [1940]. Score, in ink, with annotations in red ink and pencil. The play published Macmillan, 1940. ff. 11. 280 x 380mm. Sean O'Casey,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1940]
Extent:
1 item

6. MS Mus. 407

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 407
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 407. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. lxxxii. ‘Freedom on the Air’ and ‘The Duke in Darkness’; [1940-42]. ff. 51. 359 x 264mm. 1. ff. 1-19. ‘Freedom on the Air’, six songs from the play by Randall Swingler, for two baritone soloists (Alfie and Felix), mixed chorus and piano, with optional pe...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940-1942
Extent:
1 item

7. MS Mus. 408-409

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 408-409
Title:
MSS Mus. 408, 409. Alan Bush Collection. Vols lxxxiii, lxxxiv. ‘The Living English: A Song Pageant of People based on English Folk Songs’, selected by A. L. Lloyd, with a script by Maurice Carpenter, the music arranged by Alan Bush for flute, oboe, clarinet, harp, violin, viola, ’cello, narrrator, mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists, mixed chorus and children’s chorus; [1946]. Performed at the Folk Song and Dance Festival at the Scala Theatre, London, 1946. Two volumes.
Scope & Content:
Albert Lancaster Lloyd, ballad collector: Maurice Carpenter, poet: 'The Living English', pageant to music arranged by A. D. Bush , based on English folk songs selected by Albert Lancaster Lloyd, with a script by Maurice Carpenter: [1946].
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1946]
Extent:
2 items

8. MS Mus. 410

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 410
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Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 410. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. lxxxv. ‘Macbeth’, incidental music to Shakespeare’s play, for chamber orchestra, with settings of the song-texts; [1947]. Short score, in ink. Written for the production by Michael Redgrave at the Aldwych Theatre, Dec. 1947. ff. 23. 358 x 268mm. William ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1947]
Extent:
1 item

9. MS Mus. 411-413

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 411-413
Title:
MSS Mus. 411-413. Alan Bush Collection. Vols lxxxvi-lxxxviii. ‘Communist Manifesto Centenary Pageant’, to a script by Montagu Slater, with music for military band and chorus; [1948]. The music for the pageant was organised by Bush, and included contributions by Christian Darnton, Inglis Gundry, Phil Cardew, Rutland Boughton, Gwendoline Mullings, Malcolm Arnold, Aubrey Bowman and Bernard Stevens, as well as Bush himself. Performed at the Royal Albert Hall, April 1948. Add. 69023 is a typewrit...
Scope & Content:
Montagu Slater, author: Rutland Boughton, composer: Malcolm Henry Arnold, composer: Aubrey Bowman, composer: Philip Christian Darnton, composer: Inglis Gundry, composer and writer: Bernard George Stevens, composer: Philip Cardew, clarinettist, band leader and arranger: Gwendoline Mullings, compo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1948]
Extent:
3 items

10. MS Mus. 414-415

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 414-415
Title:
MSS Mus. 414, 415. Alan Bush Collection. Vols lxxxix, xc. ‘Labour Monthly: "Fifty Fighting Years"’, film score, for clarinet, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, piano, percussion, strings and chorus; [1971]. Music for the film Fifty Fighting Years, on the history of the journal Labour Monthly, written by Stanley Forman, Ivor Montagu and Roger Woddis and co-directed by Forman and Roland Bischoff. Two volumes.
Scope & Content:
Stanley Forman, writer: Ivor Montagu, writer: Roger Woddis, writer: Roland Bischoff, film director: 'Labour Monthly: "Fifty Fighting Years"', music by A. D. Bush , for the film written by Stanley Forman, Ivor Montagu and Roger Woddis and co-directed by Forman and Roland Bischoff: [1971].
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1971]
Extent:
2 items