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51. MS Mus. 367-370

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MS Mus. 367-370
Title:
MSS Mus. 367-370. Alan Bush Collection. Vols xlii-xlv. Draft short score, in pencil, with occasional annotations in ink; [1950]. The score is mainly written as a piano reduction, and is complete, with the following exceptions: the Prelude; certain pages of the Minstrel’s song at the start of Act II; the Interlude between scenes 1 and 2 of Act II; and Margaret’s song from the start of Act II, scene 3. In this score and the vocal score (MSS Mus. 371, 372), Act II, scene 3 is given its original...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1950]
Extent:
4 items

52. MS Mus. 367-376

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MS Mus. 367-376
Title:
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...
Scope & Content:
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

53. MS Mus. 367-393

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 367-393
Title:
C. Operas.
Scope & Content:
Alan Dudley Bush, composer and pianist: Music manuscripts: 1924-91: Mainly autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1950-1967]
Extent:
27 items

54. MS Mus. 368

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MS Mus. 368
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Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 368. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xliii. Act I, from scene 2, fig. 113 to the end. ff. 131.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

55. MS Mus. 369

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MS Mus. 369
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Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 369. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xliv. Act II, up to scene 2, fig. 96. ff. 101.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

56. MS Mus. 370

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MS Mus. 370
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Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 370. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xlv. Act II, from scene 2, fig. 96 to the end. ff. 107.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

57. MS Mus. 371

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MS Mus. 371
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Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 371. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xlvi. Prologue and Act I. ff. i + 153. includes: f. i David Ellenberg, pianist and conductor: Diana Ellenberg, wife of David Ellenberg: Letter from A. D. Bush to David and Diana Ellenberg: 1950: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

58. MS Mus. 371-372

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MS Mus. 371-372
Title:
MSS Mus. 371, 372. Alan Bush Collection. Vols xlvi, xlvii. Vocal score; [1950], n.d. Photostats of the composer’s ink score of the piano reduction, with autograph title pages. With a letter from the composer to David and Diana Ellenberg, dated 6 Oct. 1950, explaining that the overture and passages linking scenes have not yet been composed and are therefore not included (MS Mus. 371, f. i). Purchased from Peter Moore, Esq., 5 Jan. 1999. Two volumes. 368 x 263mm.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1950]
Extent:
2 items

59. MS Mus. 372

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 372
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Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 372. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xlvii. Act II. ff. 113. With two later arrangements from the opera, as follows:— 1. ff. 99-102. ‘Wat Tyler’s Meditation’, from Act I, scene 2, arranged for baritone and piano duet by the composer. Score, in ink. 2. ff. 103-13. ‘John Ball’s Scene (Excer...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

60. MS Mus. 373

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 373
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 373. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xlviii. Prelude (ff. 1-16), Prologue (ff. 17-50) and Act I, up to scene 2, fig. 113. Cuts are marked from ff. 56 to 63 and 154 to 160. ff. 204.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item