MSS Mus. 422-424. Alan Bush Collection. Vols xcvii-xcix. Choral music (without orchestra); 1927-circa 1985, n.d. Scores, in ink, unless stated otherwise. Three volumes. 360 x 275mm.
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.
MS Mus. 419. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xciv. ‘The Alps and Andes of the Living World’ (words, Shakespeare, Thomas Henry Huxley and Nancy Bush), cantata for speaker, tenor solo, mixed chorus, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion, string quintet and amplified piano, op.66; [1968]. F...
MS Mus. 421. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xcvi. ‘The Earth in Shadow’ (words, Nancy Bush), for mixed chorus and orchestra, op.102; [1984-86]. Dedicated to Nancy Bush. ff. 101. Largest size 369 x 273mm. 1. ff. 1-49. Full score, in ink. With a typewritten copy of the words (f. 3). 2. ff. 50-72. V...
MS Mus. 418. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xciii. Vocal music with orchestra; [1958]-1963. ff. 112. 355 x 265mm. 1. ff. 1-54. ‘The World is his Song’ (words, Nancy Bush), for baritone (or mezzo-soprano) solo, mixed chorus and orchestra, op.51; [1958]. Dedicated to Paul Robeson. i. ff. 1-11. Full...
MS Mus. 426. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. ci. Songs for voice and piano; [1958-61, 1974-77]. ff. 99. 367 x 274mm. 1. ff. 1-32. ‘Life’s Span’ (words, Nancy Bush and Cecil Day Lewis), four songs for mezzo-soprano and piano, op.77 [listed as op.79]; [1958, 1961, 1974]. The first two songs were orig...
MS Mus. 420. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xcv. Vocal music with orchestra; [1976-85]. ff. 114. 367 x 272mm. 1. ff. 1-19. ‘Africa is my Name’ (words, Nancy Bush and from African songs), for mezzo-soprano solo, mixed chorus and accompaniment for piano or orchestra, op.84 [listed as op.85]; [1976]....
MS Mus. 425. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. c. Songs for voice and piano; [1929-74]. ff. i + 89. Largest size 382 x 282mm. 1. ff. 1-6. ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’ (words, W. B. Yeats), song for voice and piano; [circa 1926]. 2. ff. 7-9. ‘Down by the Salley Gardens’ (words, W. B. Yeats), song for...