MS Mus. 428

MS Mus. 428. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. ciii. Arrangements for chamber ensembles and piano solo; [circa 1940 – 1981, n.d. Scores, in ink, unless stated otherwise.

ff. 127. 367 x 270mm.

ff. 1-13. J. S. Bach: Concerto in D minor for two violins and orchestra, BWV1043, arranged for two violins and piano; [circa 1980?].

2. ff. 14-20. G. F. Handel: Concerto grosso no.7 in B flat major, HWV325. Continuo part, realised by Bush; [circa 1940].

3. ff. 21-5. Handel: Concerto grosso no.8 in C minor, HWV326. Continuo part, realised by Bush; [circa 1940].

4. ff. 26-32. Adolphe Henselt: ‘Valse gracieuse’, arranged for violin and piano; n.d. Score and part.

5. ff. 33-4. Stephan Hermlin: ‘Lied der Werktätigen (Song of the Workers)’, arranged for chorus, flute, clarinet, trumpet, tenor trombone, percussion and piano; n.d.

6. ff. 35-41. Aram Khachaturian: ‘Song of the Soviet Women’, arranged for flute and piano; n.d. Score and part.

7. ff. 42-63. Ernst Hermann Meyer: two movements from the opera ‘Reiter der Nacht’ (words, G. Deicke, after P. Abraham’s The Path of Thunder), arranged for voices and piano; [after 1972]. German and English. The arrangements are of the Meditation by Larry Swartz from Scene 1 and the duet between Sarie and Larry from Scene 7.

8. ff. 64-70. Moritz Moszkowski: ‘En automne’, op.26, no.4, from Huit morceaux characteristiques for piano, edited by Bush; n.d.

9. ff. 71-2. Moszkowski: ‘Berceuse’, op.38, no.2, from Quatre morceaux for piano, edited by Bush; n.d.

10. ff. 73-7. Gabriel Pierné: ‘Premier Nocturne’ for piano, edited by Bush.

11. ff. 78-86. Henry Purcell: ‘Hark, the echoing air’ from The Fairy Queen, for soprano and strings, the basso continuo realised by Bush; n.d. Score, continuo and second violin part.

12. ff. 87-93. Joachim Raff: ‘Evening’, arranged for violin and piano from ‘Abends’, no.12 of Frühlingsboten for piano, op.55; n.d. Score and part.

13. ff. 94-107. Raff: ‘Romance and Villanella’, arranged for violin, cello and piano from ^^; n.d. Scores and parts.

14. ff. 108-11. Eduard Schütt: ‘Valse Lente’ for piano, op.17, no.2, edited by Bush; n.d.

15. ff. 112-16. Dmitri Shostakovich: Preludes nos 22 and 22 from 24 Preludes for piano, arranged for flute and piano; n.d. Scores and parts.

16. ff. 117-18. ‘Ege Denizi’, march, arranged for chorus, flute, clarinet, tenor trombone, percussion and piano; n.d. Turkish.

17. ff. 119-24. Melodies transcribed by Bush from George Thomson’s The Select Melodies of Scotland (5 vols; Edinburgh: George Thomson, 1822); Oct. 1981. The melodies only, without words.

18. ff. 125. ‘Greensleeves’, arranged for piano; n.d.

19. ff. 126-7. The melodies of fifteen English folk songs, thirteen of them with words, transcribed from various sources; n.d. The melodies are grouped by mode.

includes:

• ff. 1-13 Johann Sebastian Bach, composer: Various pieces, arranged by A. D. Bush: [circa 1939-1980].
• ff. 14-25 George Frideric Handel, composer: Continuo parts of concerti grossi nos 7 and 8, realised by A. D. Bush: [circa 1940].
• ff. 26-32 Adolf Henselt, composer and pianist: 'Valse gracieuse', arranged for violin and piano by A. D. Bush: n.d.
• ff. 33-4 Stephan Hermlin, poet: 'Lied der Werktätigen', arranged by A. D. Bush: n.d.
• ff. 35-41 Aram Il'ich Khachaturian, composer and conductor: 'Song of the Soviet Women', arranged for flute and piano by A. D. Bush: n.d.
• ff. 42-63 Professor Ernst Hermann Meyer, alias 'Peter Baker'; composer and musicologist: 2 movements from the opera 'Reiter der Nacht', arranged for voices and piano by A. D. Bush: [after 1972]: Germ. and Eng.
• ff. 64-72 Moritz Moszkowski, composer: 2 piano pieces, edited by A. D. Bush: n.d.
• ff. 73-7 Henry Constant Gabriel Pierné, composer and conductor: 'Premier Nocturne' for piano, edited by A. D. Bush: n.d.
• ff. 78-86 Henry Purcell, composer and organist: 'Hark, the echoing air', from The Fairy Queen, the basso continuo part realised by A. D. Bush: n.d.
• ff. 87-107 Joseph Joachim Raff, composer: 3 pieces, arranged for chamber ensembles by A. D. Bush: n.d.
• ff. 108-11 Eduard Schütt, composer: 'Valse lente', op.17, no.2, edited by A. D. Bush: n.d.
• ff. 112-16 Dmitrii Dmitrievich Shostakovich, composer: Preludes nos 22 and 24 for piano, arranged for flute and piano by A. D. Bush: n.d.
• ff. 119-24 George Thomson, of Edinburgh; collector of Scottish music: Melodies , transcribed by A. D. Bush from Select Melodies by George Thomson: 1981.