MSS Mus. 425, 426. Alan Bush Collection. Vols c, ci. Songs for voice and piano; [1929-81]. The score of ‘Cradle Song for an Unwanted Child’ (words, Randall Swingler), arranged for solo voice and piano, is Add. 52464 B, ff. 3-7. Two volumes.
MSS Mus. 332, 333. Alan Bush Collection. Vols vii, viii. Symphony no.1 in C, for orchestra, op.21; June 1939 – Aug. 1940. The last movement was revised to form ‘Defender of Peace’, op.39 (see MS Mus. 340, ff. 83-106). Full score published Joseph Williams, 1956, reproduced from the autograph full score. Two volumes.
MS Mus. 336. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xi. ‘Overture: Resolution’, for orchestra, op.25 [originally numbered ‘op.24’; corrected to ‘op.25’]; 1943. Full score, in ink, with conductor’s markings in blue crayon and pencil. Based on the composer’s ‘Prologue for a Workers’ Meeting’, for brass band, ...
Alan Bush Collection. Correspondence with the composer John Ireland
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Alan Bush Collection. Correspondence with the composer John Ireland. This correspondence is published in The correspondence of Alan Bush and John Ireland, 1927-1961, ed. R. O’Higgins (Aldershot, 2006).
MS Mus. 354. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xxix. ‘Three African Sketches’ and ‘Two Occasional Pieces’; [1960-61]. For sketches of the Suite for harpsichord or piano, op.54, see Add. 59810, ff. 53-67. ff. 70. 367 x 278mm. 1. ff. 1-33. ‘Three African Sketches’, for flute with piano accompaniment, o...
Alan Bush Collection. Correspondence with Sir Thomas Armstrong.
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Alan Bush Collection. Correspondence with Sir Thomas Armstrong. For official correspondence with Armstrong as Principal of the Royal Academy of Music, see MSS Mus.650-652.