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1. MS Mus. 367-393

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MS Mus. 367-393
Title:
C. Operas.
Scope & Content:
Alan Dudley Bush, composer and pianist: Music manuscripts: 1924-91: Mainly autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1950-1967]
Extent:
27 items

2. MS Mus. 377-379

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MS Mus. 377-379
Title:
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.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1955]
Extent:
3 items

3. MS Mus. 380-387

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MS Mus. 380-387
Title:
MSS Mus. 380-387. Alan Bush Collection. Vols lv-lxii. ‘The Sugar Reapers’, opera in two acts, to a libretto by Nancy Bush; [1962-65]. First performed at the Opera House, Leipzig, 11 Dec. 1966, under the title ‘Guyana Johnny’. Vocal score published Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1965. Eight volumes.
Scope & Content:
Nancy Rachel Bush, wife of Alan Bush, composer: Libretti, poems and translations, set to music by A. D. Bush: circa 1943-1986.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1962-1965]
Extent:
8 items

4. MS Mus. 388-393

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MS Mus. 388-393
Title:
MSS Mus. 388-393. Alan Bush Collection. Vols lxiii-lxviii. ‘Joe Hill, the Man Who Never Died’, opera in two acts to a libretto by Barrie Stavis, after his play ‘The Man Who Never Died’; [1967]. First performed at the Deutsche Staatsoper, Berlin, 29 Sept. 1970, as part of the East Berlin Arts Festival of 1970. Six volumes.
Scope & Content:
Joel Emanuel Hägglund, alias 'Joe Hill'; songwriter and workers' leader: Barrie Stavis, writer of plays: 'Joe Hill', opera by A. D. Bush , to a libretto by Barrie Stavis: [1967].
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1967]
Extent:
6 items

5. MS Mus. 367-376

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 367-376
Title:
MSS Mus. 367-376. Alan Bush Collection. Vols xlii-li. ‘Wat Tyler’, opera in a prologue and two acts, to a libretto by Nancy Bush; [1950-51]. Commissioned by the Arts Council of Great Britain in the Festival of Britain Opera Competition. Performed privately in London in 1951 with the composer at the piano; broadcast in April 1952 by East Berlin Radio; first staged performance Leipzig, 6 Sept. 1953. Libretto published Joseph Williams, 1956; vocal score published Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1954 (i...
Scope & Content:
Arts Council of Great Britain: Wat Tyler, rebel: Hyman Fagan, writer: 'Wat Tyler', opera by A. D. Bush , commissioned by the Arts Council of Great Britain and dedicated retrospectively to Hyman Fagan: [1950-51]. Nancy Rachel Bush, wife of Alan Bush, composer: Libretti, poems and translations, s...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1950-1951
Extent:
10 items

6. MS Mus. 379

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 379
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 379. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. liv. Act III (ff. i + 122).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

7. MS Mus. 380-382

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MS Mus. 380-382
Title:
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.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
3 items

8. MS Mus. 367-370

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MS Mus. 367-370
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1950]
Extent:
4 items

9. MS Mus. 373-376

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 373-376
Title:
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.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1950-1951]
Extent:
4 items

10. MS Mus. 384-387

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 384-387
Title:
MSS Mus. 384-387. Alan Bush Collection. Vols lix-lxii. Full score, in ink. Some pages are ruled up in another hand. Four volumes.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
4 items