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MS Mus. 424
- Record Id:
- 040-001946601
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001946468
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000248.0x000132
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 424
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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MS Mus. 424. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xcix. Choral music; 1972 – circa 1985, n.d.
ff. 72.
1. ff. 1-12. ‘Song for Angela Davis’ (words, Nancy Bush), for mixed chorus and piano, [op.75]; March-April 1972. With a typewritten copy of the words, dated 28 Jan. 1972 (f. 2), and a typewritten note by the composer stating that the work may also be performed unaccompanied, or as a unison song with piano (f. 3). Published Workers’ Music Association, 1972.
2. ff. 13-19. ‘Earth has Grain to Grow’ (words, Cecil Day Lewis), part-song for unaccompanied mixed chorus; 1972. With autograph corrections in blue ink and engraver’s annotations in pencil, and with a typewritten copy of the words (f. 14). Published Novello, as a supplement to The Musical Times, no.1553 (July 1972).
3. ff. 20-35. ‘The Earth Awaking’ (words, Nancy Bush), carol for girls’ chorus and organ, op.74; [1972]. Written for the Perse Girls’ School, Cambridge.
i. ff. 20-27. Draft score, in pencil.
ii. ff. 28-35. Score, in ink.
4. ff. 36-7. ‘It’s up to Us’ (words, Etta Frennell), ‘for Unison Chorus and Piano with Audience Participation’; circa 1985.
5. ff. 38-50. ‘Three Negro Songs’ (words and melody traditional American), arranged for tenor solo and unaccompanied male chorus; n.d.
i. ff. 39-40. Typewritten copy of the words.
ii. ff. 41-4. ‘Hurry on, my weary soul’. Draft score, in pencil (ff. 41-2); – score, in ink (ff. 43-4).
iii. ff. 45-6. ‘Many thousand go’. Draft score, in pencil (f. 45) and score, in ink (f. 46).
iv. ff. 47-50. ‘It makes a long time man feel bad’. Draft score, in pencil (f. 47), score, in ink (ff. 48-9) and solo part, in ink (f. 50).
6. ff. 51-2. ‘The People’s Paper’ (words unattributed), for soloist, mixed chorus and piano; n.d. A song concerning The Daily Worker.
7. ff. 53-66. ‘Song of Age’ (words, Randall Swingler), for female chorus and piano; n.d.
8. ff. 67-70. ‘Song of the Peace-lover’ (words, Randall Swingler), for baritone solo, mixed chorus and piano; n.d. [circa 1939-42]. With a typewritten copy of the words (f. 67).
9. ff. 71-2. ‘Song of the Engineers’ (words, Rhoda Fraser), for solo voice, unison chorus and piano; n.d.
includes:
- ff. 1-12, 20-35 Nancy Rachel Bush, wife of Alan Bush, composer: Libretti, poems and translations, set to music by A. D. Bush: circa 1943-1986.
- ff. 13-19 Sir Cecil Day-Lewis, poet: Songs by A. D. Bush , to words by C. Day-Lewis: 1958-74.
- ff. 20-35 Perse School for Girls; Cambridge: 'The Earth Awaking', carol by A. D. Bush , written for the Perse School for Girls (Cambridge): [1972].
- ff. 36-7 Etta Frennell, writer: 'It's up to Us', song by A. D. Bush , to words by Etta Frennell: circa 1985.
- ff. 53-70 Randall Carline Swingler, poet and novelist: Settings of his verse in compositions of A. D. Bush: 1936-71.
- ff. 71-2 Rhoda Fraser, writer: 'Song of the Engineers' by A. D. Bush , to words by Rhoda Fraser: n.d.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001946468
036-001946590
037-001946598
040-001946601 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 326-673 : Alan Bush Collection
MS Mus. 416-426 : E. Other vocal music.
MS Mus. 422-424 : MSS Mus. 422-424. Alan Bush Collection. Vols xcvii-xcix. Choral music (without orchestra); 1927-circa 1985, n.d. Scores, in…
MS Mus. 424 : MS Mus. 424. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xcix. Choral music; 1972 – circa 1985, n.d. ff. 72. 1. ff. 1-12. ‘Song for Angela… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001946468[0005]/036-001946590[0002]/037-001946598[0003]/040-001946601
- 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:
- 1934
- End Date:
- 1990
- Date Range:
- 1934-1990
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bush, Nancy Rachel, wife of Alan Bush composer, 1907-1991
Fraser, Rhoda, writer
Frennell, Etta, writer
Lewis, Cecil, poet, 1904-1972
Perse School for Girls, Cambridge
Swingler, Randall Carline, poet and novelist, 1909-1967