Bush, Nancy Rachel, wife of Alan Bush composer

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referencedIn MS Mus. 362. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xxxvii. Canzona for flute, clarinet, violin, ’cello and piano, op.106; [1985]. Dedicated to Nancy Bush. ff. 103. 367 x 275mm. f. 45 has suffered water damage.1. ff. 1-44. Draft score, in pencil.2. ff. 45-75. Sc..., 1985 British Library
creatorOf MS Mus. 423. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xcviii. Choral music; 1961-71.ff. 67.1. ff. 1-14. ‘Song of the Cosmonaut’ (words, Miles Tomalin), for baritone solo, mixed chorus and piano; 1961. Dedicated to Major Yuri Gagarin. Published Workers’ Music Assoc..., 1961-1971 British Library
referencedIn MS Mus. 343. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xviii. ‘Time Remembered, A Piece for Chamber Orchestra’, op.67; [1968]. Commisssioned by the Cheltenham Festival. Dedicated to Nancy Bush.ff. 56. 355 x 259mm.1. ff. 1-41. Sketches (ff. 2-3) and draft full score..., 1968 British Library
referencedIn MS Mus. 365. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xl. Chamber music; [1986 or 1987-1988].ff. 99. 368 x 276mm.1. ff. 1-7. Sonata for piano solo, op.117; [1986 or 1987]. In ink. Incomplete: only the start of the first movement and the end of the final (fifth) mo..., 1986-1988 British Library
creatorOf MS Mus. 416. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xci. Vocal music with orchestra; 1926-[1949].ff. 106. 355 x 265mm.1. ff. 1-27. Two songs for soprano and chamber orchestra, op.7; 1926. Full score, in ink.i. ff. 1-13. ‘The Moth’ (words, Walter de la Mare); Feb..., 1926-1949 British Library
creatorOf Ernest Chapman, concert manager: Nancy Rachel Bush, wife of Alan Bush, composer: Letters to Ernest Chapman from Nancy Rachel Bush: 1957-1958. British Library
referencedIn MS Mus. 364. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xxxix. Op.113-op.117; 1984, [1986].ff. 104. Largest size 420 x 310mm.1. ff. 1-34. Sonata in G, for piano solo, op.113; [1986].i. ff. 2-16. Sketches and drafts, in pencil and ink.ii. ff. 17-34. Final version, in..., 1984-1986 British Library
referencedIn MS Mus. 363. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xxxviii. Op.108, op.109 and op.111; [1986].ff. 78. 370 x 275mm.1. ff. 1-22. Two preludes and fugues for violin and piano, op.108; [1986]. Score and violin part, in ink.2. ff. 23-7. ‘Distant Fields’, for piano s..., 1986 British Library
referencedIn MS Mus. 353. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xxviii. Chamber music; 1944-[1958]. For the score and parts of the variation on ‘I Lost my Little Basket’ for eleven instruments which Bush contributed to the corporate work ‘Diabelleries’, see Add. 59809.ff. 1..., 1944-1958 British Library
referencedIn MS Mus. 360. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xxxv. Chamber music; [1982-84].ff. 119. 380 x 280mm. ff. 37-8 have suffered water damage.1. ff. 1-11. ‘Scots Jigganspiel’, for piano solo, op.95; [1981-82]. Photocopy of the autograph manuscript, with photocopi..., 1980-1985 British Library
referencedIn MSS Mus. 329-331. Alan Bush Collection. Vols iv-vi. Concerto for piano and orchestra, op.18; 1936-37. The last movement includes a setting of words by Randall Swingler for baritone solo and male chorus. Dedicated to Nancy Bush. Reduction for two pian..., 1936-1937 British Library
referencedIn MS Mus. 1699. Barrie Stavis (b.1906, d.2007): correspondence with the theatre critic Ossia Trilling (b.1913, d.1994); 1956-61. Much of the correspondence concerns the possible operatic treatment of his play ‘The Man who Never Died’ by Paul Dessau o..., 1956-1961 British Library
creatorOf Correspondence files: concerts and general; 1960 (ff. 147).includes:f. 1 Charles Edmund Rubbra, composer: Sylvia C. East, Hon. Secretary, The Henry Wood National Memorial Trust: Letter to Sylvia C. East from Charles Edmund Rubbra: 1960.f. 2 Sylvi..., 1960 British Library
referencedIn MS Mus. 366. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xli. Chamber music; [1987], n.d.ff. 66. 368 x 276mm.1. ff. 1-22. ‘The Six Modes’, for piano duet, ‘op.119’ [corrected on the title page but not elsewhere to ‘op.122’; listed as op.119A or op.122]; [1987]. Score..., 1987 British Library
creatorOf 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 Wi..., 1955 British Library
creatorOf 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]. Ded..., 1958-1963 British Library
creatorOf 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 pri..., 1950-1951 British Library
creatorOf Vol. IV (ff. 215). A-F.includes:ff. 2-15 John Mervin Addison, composer: Correspondence with E. Chapman of John Mervin Addison: 1950-1959: Partly typewritten copies and signed.ff. 16, 17 Richard Anthony Sayer Arnell, composer: Letters to E. Chapma... British Library
creatorOf 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 ..., 1934-1990 British Library
creatorOf MS Mus. 422. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xcvii. Choral music; 1927-57.ff. 68.1. ff. 1-11. ‘To the Men of England’ (words, Shelley), for unaccompanied mixed chorus, [op.10]; Dec. 1927 – Jan. 1928. With autograph annotations in red ink and engraver’s an..., 1927-1957 British Library
creatorOf 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, ..., 1958-1977 British Library
creatorOf 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 ..., 1984-1986 British Library
creatorOf MS Mus. 417. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xcii. Vocal music with orchestra; [1953]-1958.ff. 74. 355 x 265mm.1. ff. 1-25. ‘The Ballad of Freedom’s Soldier’ (words, John Manifold, incorporating a poem by Khristo Botev), cantata for tenor and bass-bariton..., 1953-1958 British Library
creatorOf 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 Be..., 1962-1965 British Library
creatorOf 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..., 1968 British Library
creatorOf 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 o..., 1976-1985 British Library
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