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MS Mus. 407
- Record Id:
- 040-001946577
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001946468
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000248.0x000121
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 407
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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MS Mus. 407. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. lxxxii. ‘Freedom on the Air’ and ‘The Duke in Darkness’; [1940-42].
ff. 51. 359 x 264mm.
1. ff. 1-19. ‘Freedom on the Air’, six songs from the play by Randall Swingler, for two baritone soloists (Alfie and Felix), mixed chorus and piano, with optional percussion; [1940]. Score, in ink. The titles of the songs and of the play are not written on this score. Published Workers’ Music Association, 1940; no.5 reprinted in Peace Songs, ed. J. Jordan, Kahn & Averill, 1989, p.26.
i. ff. 1-4. ‘Thrillers’.
ii. ff. 5-7. ‘Leave Your Brains In Bed’.
iii. ff. 8-10. ‘And Then’.
iv. ff. 11-12. ‘There’s a Reason’.
v. ff. 13-16. ‘The Ice Breaks’ (elsewhere titled ‘The Hope Concealed’). Score and separate chorus part (f. 16).
vi. ff. 17-19. ‘Truth is on the March’. Published title: ‘Truth on the March’.
2. ff. 20-51. ‘The Duke in Darkness’, incidental music to the play by Patrick Hamilton, for chamber orchestra; [1942]. Score, in ink. The play published Constable, 1943.
Randall Carline Swingler, poet and novelist: Settings of his verse in compositions of A. D. Bush: 1936-71.
includes:
- ff. 20-51 Patrick Hamilton, dramatist: Incidental music by A. D. Bush to the play 'The Duke in Darkness': [1942].
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001946468
036-001946557
040-001946577 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 326-673 : Alan Bush Collection
MS Mus. 394-415 : D. Other stage works, incidental music and film scores.
MS Mus. 407 : MS Mus. 407. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. lxxxii. ‘Freedom on the Air’ and ‘The Duke in Darkness’; [1940-42]. ff. 51. 359 x… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001946468[0004]/036-001946557[0006]/040-001946577
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 326-673
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1940
- End Date:
- 1942
- Date Range:
- 1940-1942
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Hamilton, Patrick, dramatist
Swingler, Randall Carline, poet and novelist, 1909-1967