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Archive Reference (shelfmark) MS Mus. 326-673 Language English Name Bush, Nancy Rachel, wife of Alan Bush composer, 1907-1991

1. MS Mus. 329-331

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MS Mus. 329-331
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MSS Mus. 329-331. Alan Bush Collection. Vols iv-vi. Concerto for piano and orchestra, op.18; 1936-37. The last movement includes a setting of words by Randall Swingler for baritone solo and male chorus. Dedicated to Nancy Bush. Reduction for two pianos published Joseph Williams, 1938; full score issued by the composer in a limited edition reproduced from the autograph full score, 1956. Three volumes.
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Nancy Rachel Bush, wife of Alan Bush, composer: Compositions by A. D. Bush , dedicated to Nancy Rachel Bush: 1936-87. 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:
1936-1937
Extent:
3 items

2. MS Mus. 343

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MS Mus. 343
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MS Mus. 343. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xviii. ‘Time Remembered, A Piece for Chamber Orchestra’, op.67; [1968]. Commisssioned by the Cheltenham Festival. Dedicated to Nancy Bush. ff. 56. 355 x 259mm. 1. ff. 1-41. Sketches (ff. 2-3) and draft full score, in pencil. 2. ff. 42-56. Short score, i...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1968]
Extent:
1 item

3. MS Mus. 353

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MS Mus. 353
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MS Mus. 353. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xxviii. Chamber music; 1944-[1958]. For the score and parts of the variation on ‘I Lost my Little Basket’ for eleven instruments which Bush contributed to the corporate work ‘Diabelleries’, see Add. 59809. ff. 101. 365 x 270mm. 1. ff. 1-22. ‘Lyric Interl...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1944-1958
Extent:
1 item

4. MS Mus. 360

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MS Mus. 360
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MS Mus. 360. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xxxv. Chamber music; [1982-84]. ff. 119. 380 x 280mm. ff. 37-8 have suffered water damage. 1. ff. 1-11. ‘Scots Jigganspiel’, for piano solo, op.95; [1981-82]. Photocopy of the autograph manuscript, with photocopied and autograph correction slips added, a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1980-1985
Extent:
1 item

5. MS Mus. 362

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MS Mus. 362
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MS Mus. 362. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xxxvii. Canzona for flute, clarinet, violin, ’cello and piano, op.106; [1985]. Dedicated to Nancy Bush. ff. 103. 367 x 275mm. f. 45 has suffered water damage. 1. ff. 1-44. Draft score, in pencil. 2. ff. 45-75. Score, in ink. 3. ff. 76-103. Parts, in i...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1985]
Extent:
1 item

6. MS Mus. 363

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MS Mus. 363
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MS Mus. 363. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xxxviii. Op.108, op.109 and op.111; [1986]. ff. 78. 370 x 275mm. 1. ff. 1-22. Two preludes and fugues for violin and piano, op.108; [1986]. Score and violin part, in ink. 2. ff. 23-7. ‘Distant Fields’, for piano solo, op.109 [listed as op.109a or op.109...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1986
Extent:
1 item

7. MS Mus. 364

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MS Mus. 364
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MS Mus. 364. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xxxix. Op.113-op.117; 1984, [1986]. ff. 104. Largest size 420 x 310mm. 1. ff. 1-34. Sonata in G, for piano solo, op.113; [1986]. i. ff. 2-16. Sketches and drafts, in pencil and ink. ii. ff. 17-34. Final version, in ink. 2. ff. 35-8. ‘Three Five Beat F...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1984-1986
Extent:
1 item

8. MS Mus. 365

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MS Mus. 365
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MS Mus. 365. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xl. Chamber music; [1986 or 1987-1988]. ff. 99. 368 x 276mm. 1. ff. 1-7. Sonata for piano solo, op.117; [1986 or 1987]. In ink. Incomplete: only the start of the first movement and the end of the final (fifth) movement are present. Some of the missing po...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1986-1988
Extent:
1 item

9. MS Mus. 366

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MS Mus. 366
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MS Mus. 366. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xli. Chamber music; [1987], n.d. ff. 66. 368 x 276mm. 1. ff. 1-22. ‘The Six Modes’, for piano duet, ‘op.119’ [corrected on the title page but not elsewhere to ‘op.122’; listed as op.119A or op.122]; [1987]. Score, in ink. 2. ff. 23-43. Sonata for ’cello...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1987
Extent:
1 item

10. MS Mus. 367-376

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MS Mus. 367-376
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MSS Mus. 367-376. Alan Bush Collection. Vols xlii-li. ‘Wat Tyler’, opera in a prologue and two acts, to a libretto by Nancy Bush; [1950-51]. Commissioned by the Arts Council of Great Britain in the Festival of Britain Opera Competition. Performed privately in London in 1951 with the composer at the piano; broadcast in April 1952 by East Berlin Radio; first staged performance Leipzig, 6 Sept. 1953. Libretto published Joseph Williams, 1956; vocal score published Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1954 (i...
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Arts Council of Great Britain: Wat Tyler, rebel: Hyman Fagan, writer: 'Wat Tyler', opera by A. D. Bush , commissioned by the Arts Council of Great Britain and dedicated retrospectively to Hyman Fagan: [1950-51]. Nancy Rachel Bush, wife of Alan Bush, composer: Libretti, poems and translations, s...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1950-1951
Extent:
10 items