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...
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.
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.
MSS Mus. 380-382. Alan Bush Collection. Vols lv-lvii. Draft score, in pencil. The Overture (here titled ‘Prelude’) and orchestral Interludes linking scenes were previously grouped together, and a reference on one to a page-number in the ink vocal score indicates that they were written after the vocal score. Three volumes. 358 x 262mm.
MSS Mus. 392, 393. Alan Bush Collection. Vols lxvii, lxviii. Full score, in ink. Some pages are ruled up in another hand. Two volumes. 356 x 260mm. Red buckram binding with gilt-lettered labels on the spine and cover.
MSS Mus. 394, 395. Alan Bush Collection. Vols lxix, lxx. Full score, in ink, annotated in red ink and red crayon. Two volumes. 258 x 355mm. Brown buckram binding with gilt lettering on the spine and cover.
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.