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.
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.
MS Mus. 374. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xlix. Act I, from scene 2, fig. 113 to the end. Cuts are marked from ff. 14 to 20, 49 to 50, 15 to 54, 57 to 59, 81 to 86, 87 to 90, 121 to 123 and 143 to 144. ff. 147.
MSS Mus. 377-379. Alan Bush Collection. Vols lii-liv. ‘Men of Blackmoor’, opera in three acts, to a libretto by Nancy Bush; [1955]. Full score, in ink. First performed at the German National Theatre, Weimar, 18 Nov. 1956. Libretto published Joseph Williams, 1959; vocal score published Berlin: Henschelverlag and London: Joseph Williams, 1959, with English and German words. Three volumes. 365 x 270mm. Blue buckram bindings with gilt lettering on the spine and cover.
Scope & Content:
Nancy Rachel Bush, wife of Alan Bush, composer: Libretti, poems and translations, set to music by A. D. Bush: circa 1943-1986.