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. 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.
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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.
MS Mus. 396. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. lxxi. ‘Men and Machines, Ballet with Choral Finale adapted from the Pageant of Labour’, arranged by the composer for brass, percussion, piano and chorus; [1934]. Score, in ink. ff. 9. 263 x 357mm.
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...
MS Mus. 398. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. lxxiii. Full score. Part 1 (ff. iii + 87). With lists of the movements (f. 1) and the instruments (f. 2). 1. ff. 3-4. ‘Bonny Green Garters’, arranged by Bush. 2. ff. 5-8. ‘The Beaux of the City of London’, arranged by Bush. 3. ff. 9-13. ‘Lucky Locket’ a...
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.
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.
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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.
MS Mus. 399. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. lxxiv. Full score. Part 2 (ff. 66). 1. ff. 1-33. ‘War Ballet’. 2. ff. 34-7. ‘The Red Flag’. Two arrangements. For another orchestral arrangement of ‘The Red Flag’ by Bush, see MS Mus. 411, ff. 85-7. 3. ff. 38-9. ‘Scots, Wha Hae’, arranged by Bush. An ar...