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1. MS Mus. 367-370

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MS Mus. 367-370
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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

2. MS Mus. 373-376

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MS Mus. 373-376
Title:
MSS Mus. 373-376. Alan Bush Collection. Vols xlviii-li. Full score, in ink; [1950-51]. Four volumes. 365 x 270mm. Blue buckram bindings with gilt lettering on the spine and cover.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1950-1951]
Extent:
4 items

3. MS Mus. 371-372

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MS Mus. 371-372
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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

4. 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

5. MS Mus. 367

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MS Mus. 367
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MS Mus. 367. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xlii. Prologue and Act I, up to scene 2, fig. 113. ff. 168.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

6. MS Mus. 373

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MS Mus. 373
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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

7. 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

8. MS Mus. 369

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

9. 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

10. MS Mus. 376

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MS Mus. 376
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Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 376. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. li. Act II, from scene 2, fig. 139 to the end. ff. 74.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item