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...
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.
MS Mus. 388. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. lxiii. Act I. With three different versions of the end of the Act, the third a photocopy of a copyist’s vocal score in German, and with ‘preliminary notes to Joe-Martha scene’ appended (ff. 157-62). ff. i + 162.
MS Mus. 400. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. lxxv. 3rd clarinet, 1st and 2nd bassoons and E flat cornet. The parts for flutes, oboes, E flat clarinet and 1st and 2nd clarinets are lacking. ff. i + 125.
MS Mus. 353. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xxviii. Chamber music; 1944-[1958]. For the score and parts of the variation on ‘I Lost my Little Basket’ for eleven instruments which Bush contributed to the corporate work ‘Diabelleries’, see Add. 59809. ff. 101. 365 x 270mm. 1. ff. 1-22. ‘Lyric Interl...
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.
Scope & Content:
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.