List of compositions by Alan Bush

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The compositional career of the British composer Alan Bush extended from the early 1920s to the mid-1980s. He died aged 94 in 1995. His oeuvre includes large-scale orchestral and/or choral works, operas and other theatrical music, chamber music, piano works, brass band arrangements and songs. This list of his compositions is mainly drawn from the list included in Alan Bush: Music, Politics and Life (Thames Publishing, London 2000), pp. 146–164. Details that are not given in this main source have been added on the basis of information provided in the "Compositions" pages of the Alan Bush Music Trust website.

A separate listing is given of the shorter songs and choruses composed or arranged by Bush for the Workers' Music Association and other choirs with which he was associated during his working life.

List of compositions by genre[edit]

Genre Year of composition[1] Opus No.[1] Title[1] Musical forces[1] First performance[1] Notes[1] Addit. refs
Piano and keyboard 1921 1 Three Pieces for Two Pianos: 1. "On the Warpath"; 2. "Pastoral Scene"; 3. "At the Cinema" Two pianos London, 2 March 1921 No. 3 published also for solo piano
Piano and keyboard 1921 2 Sonata in B Minor Solo piano London, 6 July 1921
Piano and keyboard 1927 9 Prelude and Fugue Solo piano London, 21 June 1927
Piano and keyboard 1928 11 Relinquishment Solo piano Berlin, 1928
Piano and keyboard 1935 Theme for Organ One of 4 themes submitted to an Organ Music Society project.[n 1]
Piano and keyboard 1943 38 Esquisse: Le Quartorze Juillet Solo piano London, 17 February 1948, Kyla Greenbaum Written in commemoration of the French resistance movement
Piano and keyboard 1950 Times of Day: Three children's pieces for piano
Piano and keyboard 1952 40 Three English Song Preludes Organ London, 21 April 1954
Piano and keyboard 1956 46 Nocturne: piano solo London, 21 March 1958 Originally in 3 movements, two withdrawn. Piece recomposed as an orchestral work, Op. 60
Piano and keyboard 1958 49 Mister Playford's Tunes - A Little Suite for Piano
Piano and keyboard 1958 50 Two Ballads of the Sea : 1. "The Cruel Sea captain"; 2. "Reuben Ranzo" Solo piano London, 19 November 1961 Dedicated to John Ireland
Piano and keyboard 1960 54 Suite: On Lawn and Green Harpsichord or piano Berlin, 1960
Piano and keyboard 1960 56 Two Occasional Pieces Organ
Piano and keyboard 1967 65 Suite for two pianos London, 2 September 1967 Composed for Soviet Union 50th anniversary concert
Piano and keyboard 1970 71 Sonata (No. 2) in A flat: He Epikureia Hedone Solo piano Bath, 28 May 1972
Piano and keyboard 1972 76 Toccata: Corentyne Kwe-Kwe Solo piano Bromsgrove, 2 April 1973[n 2]
Piano and keyboard 1972 Lively Minuet Solo piano [3]
Piano and keyboard 1974 80 Letter Galliard Solo piano London, 11 January 1976 Written as a tribute to Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano and keyboard 1977 84 Twenty Four Preludes Solo piano London, 30 October 1977
Piano and keyboard 1979 90 Souvenir D'Une Nuit d'Été A recomposition of two Transcendental Studies by Sergei Lyapunov
Piano and keyboard 1981–82 95 Scots Jigganspiel Solo piano
Piano and keyboard 1983 97 A Song from the North Solo piano Altringham, 6 May 1983 [3]
Piano and keyboard 1980–83 99 Six Short Pieces for piano London, 10 January 1986
Piano and keyboard 1984 114 Three Easy Five Beat First Year Pieces Solo piano
Piano and keyboard 1986 109a Distant Fields Solo piano
Piano and keyboard 1986 113 Sonata No. 3 in G (Mixolydian) Solo piano London 28 October 1986
Piano and keyboard 1986 115 Three Pieces For Nancy Solo piano
Piano and keyboard 1986 116 Prelude and Concert Piece Organ Radlett, December 1986
Piano and keyboard 1986 117 Suite for Organ Organ
Piano and keyboard 1987 118 Sonata for Organ Organ
Piano and keyboard 1987 118a Two Études for solo piano
Piano and keyboard 1987 119 Sonata No. 4 for solo piano London 1991
Piano and keyboard 1987 119a The Six Modes for piano duet London 1991
Piano and keyboard 1987 121 A Heart's Expression for solo piano Incomplete: dedicated to Nancy Bush
Piano and keyboard 1987 123 Two Preludes and Fugues for solo piano
Piano and keyboard 1988 124 Two Pieces for solo piano: "Spring Woodland" and "Summer Garden"
Piano and keyboard undated Sonata for pianoforte Incomplete [3]
Chamber/instrumental 1923 3 Phantasy in C minor Violin and piano London, 24 December 1924 [5]
Chamber/instrumental 1923 4 String Quartet in A Minor London, 4 December 1924 Carnegie award from the Royal Academy of Music
Chamber/instrumental 1923 Priscilla's Pavane Cello and piano [5]
Chamber/instrumental 1924–25 5 Quartet for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello London, 24 May 1927 According to N. Bush 2000, two movements had been heard in 1924 – no further details
Chamber/instrumental 1925–26 6 Five Pieces for Violin, Viola, Cello, Clarinet and Horn Berlin, 1928 Dedicated to John Ireland [5]
Chamber/instrumental 1929 15 Dialectic for String Quartet London, 29 March 1935
Chamber/instrumental 1931 13.2 Three Contrapuntal Studies Violin and Viola London, 10 March 1933[5]
Chamber/instrumental 1936 17 Concert Piece for Cello and Piano London, January 1937
Chamber/instrumental 1941 22a Meditation on a German Song of 1848 Violin and Piano London, 15 May 1944 See also Op. 22 in Concerto section, below
Chamber/instrumental 1944 26 Lyric Interlude Violin and Piano London, 6 January 1945
Chamber/instrumental 1947 31 Three Concert Studies Piano, Violin and Cello London, 13 February 1948
Chamber/instrumental 1951 36 Trent's Broad Reaches Horn and Piano London, 18 January 1955 Written as a tribute to Noel Mewton-Wood
Chamber/instrumental 1951 Two Easy Pieces Cello and Piano
Chamber/instrumental 1953 42a Northumbrian Impressions Oboe and Piano London, 14 December 1953
Chamber/instrumental 1954 45 Autumn Poem Horn and Piano London, 28 January 1955 Written as a tribute to Noel Mewton-Wood
Chamber/instrumental 1957 47 Two Melodies for Viola with Piano Accompaniment London, 8 January 1959
Chamber/instrumental 1960 55 Three African Sketches Flute and piano London, 19 November 1961
Chamber/instrumental 1961 59 Three Rậga Melodies Solo violin Bracknell, 25 April 1980
Chamber/instrumental 1963–64 61 Prelude, Air and Dance Solo Violin, String Quartet and Percussion London, 28 April 1964
Chamber/instrumental 1965 64 Two Dances for Cimbalom (Két Tànc) London, 10 March 1965 Commissioned by the British Hungarian Friendship Society (20th anniv. of liberation) [5]
Chamber/instrumental 1969 70 Serenade for String Quartet London, 17 January 1970 Dedicated to Ernst Mayer
Chamber/instrumental 1974 78.1/
78.2		 "Song Duet and Introduction" and "Dance Duet" Clarinet and Cello with Piano Accompaniment Cambridge, April 1974 (Song) and April 1975 (Dance) [5]
Chamber/instrumental 1974 79a Suite in English Style for String Ensemble: 1. Pavan; 2. Cheviot Rant; 3. Soliloquy; 4. March [5]
Chamber/instrumental 1975 81 Suite of Six for String Quartet London, 15 December 1975
Chamber/instrumental 1975 82 Sonatina for recorders and piano Descant, treble and tenor recorders (one player), and piano London, 11 January 1976
Chamber/instrumental 1978 88 Sonatina (viola and piano) London, 10 June 1978
Chamber/instrumental 1979 89 Rhapsody for Cello and Piano: Pro Pace et Felicitate Generis Humani London, 18 May 1979 Based on melodies from USA, UK and USSR. Dedicated to the British Bulgarian Friendship Society [5]
Chamber/instrumental 1980 91 Voices from Four Continents: Rondo for Clarinet, Cello and Piano London, 18 May 1980
Chamber/instrumental 1980 93.2 Meditation and Scherzo Double Bass and Piano London, 11 December 1980
Chamber/instrumental 1980–81 94 Concertino for Two Violins and Piano Aldeburgh, 18 June 1981
Chamber/instrumental 1983 100 Summer Fields and Hedgerows: Two Impressions for Clarinet and Piano Dedicated to Nancy Bush [5]
Chamber/instrumental 1983 105 Octet Flute, Clarinet, Horn, String Quartet and Piano
Chamber/instrumental 1984–85 104 Quintet String Quartet and Piano Birmingham, 12 December 1985
Chamber/instrumental 1985 106 Canzona Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano
Chamber/instrumental 1986 108 Two Preludes and Fugues for Violin and Piano
Chamber/instrumental 1986 111 Serenade and Duet for Violin and Piano According to Alan Bush this work was scored for piano and string orchestra, but no manuscript of this version has been located
Chamber/instrumental 1986 117a Song and Dance for Violin and Piano Op. 117 had been allocated by Bush to the Suite for Organ so this became 117a
Chamber/instrumental 1987 118 Septet Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and String Trio
Chamber/instrumental 1987 120 Sonata for Cello and Piano
Chamber/instrumental 1988 125 Summer Valley Cello and Piano
Chamber/instrumental undated Round the World Cello and Piano [5]
Choral and vocal 1926 7 Two Songs for soprano and chamber orchestra: 1. The Moth (Walter de la Mare); 2. Overheard on a Saltmarsh (Harold Monro) [6]
Choral and vocal 1927 Two Songs for voice and piano: 1. The Lake Isle of Innisfree; 2. Down by the Salley Gardens (both W. B. Yeats London, 15 June 1927 [6]
Choral and vocal 1927–28 10 "Song to the Men of England" Unaccompanied SATB chorus Text by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Written for the London Labour Choral Union. [7]
Choral and vocal 1928 Cradle Song for an Unwanted Child Voice and piano Text by Randall Swingler [6]
Choral and vocal 1929 13 Song: "The Road" Unaccompanied SATB chorus [7]
Choral and vocal 1932–33 14 Songs of the Doomed - four songs and an epilogue Tenor (or baritone), female chorus (SSAA) and piano London, 8 March 1933 Text: poems by F.C. Boden [6]
Choral and vocal 1939 19 The Prison Cycle, also known as Pages from "The Swallow Book") Mezzo-Soprano and piano London, 15 December 1939 Co-written with Alan Rawsthorne
Choral and vocal 1942 "Toulon" Mezzo-Soprano with SATB chorus and piano London, 26 May 1943
Choral and vocal 1943 "Freedom on the March" Solo voice, mixed chorus and Symphony Orchestra London, 27 June 1943 [8]
Choral and vocal 1946 29 Cantata: The Winter Journey Soprano and baritone soli, SATB chorus, string quintet, harp or piano Alnwick, December 1946 Text by Randall Swingler [8]
Choral and vocal 1947 Lidice Unaccompanied SATB chorus Lidice, August 1947
Choral and vocal 1948 "Our Song" Mezzo-Soprano or baritone solo, SATB chorus and piano accompaniment Nottingham, 7 November 1948 Commissioned for the opening of the Nottingham Co-operative Arts Centre
Choral and vocal 1949 34 "Song of Friendship" Bass solo, SATB chorus and orchestra London, 6 November 1949 Written for the British Soviet Friendship Society
Choral and vocal 1950 35 The Dream of Llewelyn Ap Gruffydd Male voice chorus and piano Treorchy, 11 April 1952
Choral and vocal 1950 The People's Paper Solo voice, SATB chorus and 0rchestra London, 12 February 1950 Written in celebratation of the 21st anniversary of The Daily Worker [8]
Choral and vocal 1953 41 Cantata: Voices of the Prophets Tenor voice and piano London, 22 May 1953 Dedicated to Peter Pears and Noel Mewton-Wood
Choral and vocal 1953 Ten English Folk Songs Mixed voice chorus, with or without piano accompanimant
Choral and vocal 1953 44 Cantata: The Ballad of Freedom's Soldier Tenor and bass-baritone soli, SATB chorus and orchestra Russe, Bulgaria, 5 April 1962 Written in memory of Major Frank Thompson, who died in action in Bulgaria in 1944 [8]
Choral and vocal 1957 44 Part song: "Like Rivers Flowing" Unaccompanied SATB chorus
Choral and vocal 1958 51 The World is his Song Baritone or mezzo-soprano solo, SATB chorus and instrumental ensemble London, 15 February 1959 Dedicated to Paul Robeson
Choral and vocal 1958 Ballade vom Marsch auf Aldermaston Speaker, SATB chorus and instrumental ensemble Weimar, 1958
Choral and vocal 1958 Nicht den Tod aus der Ferne Baritone solo, unison chorus and instrumental ensemble Weimar, 1958
Choral and vocal 1961 57 Four Seafarers' Songs: 1. "The Ship in Distress"; 2. "Ratcliffe Highway"; 3. "The Greenland Fishery"; 4. "Jack and the Jolly Tar" Baritone with piano accompaniment London, 19 November 1961
Choral and vocal 1961 "Song of the Cosmonaut" Baritone solo, and mixed chorus and piano accompaniment Dedicated to Yuri Gagarin
Choral and vocal 1961 "The Tide That Will Never Turn " Two speakers, bass or baritone solo, SATB Chorus London, 1 April 1961 Text by Hugh MacDiarmid [8]
Choral and vocal 1963 62 Part song: "During Music" Unaccompanied SATB chorus London, 4 April 1964
Choral and vocal 1968 66 Cantata: The Alps and Andes of the Living World Speaker, tenor solo, SATB chorus and orchestra Dartington, 9 August 1968 Incorporates text by William Shakespeare, Thomas Huxley and Nancy Bush [8]
Choral and vocal 1969 69 Song cycle: The Freight of Harvest Tenor and piano Dartington, 8 August 1969
Choral and vocal 1969 Songs of Asian Struggle SATB chorus and piano accompaniment London, 17 January 1970
Choral and vocal 1971 72 Men of Felling Male chorus with piano accompaniment Newcastle, 15 October 1971
Choral and vocal 1972 Carol: "The Earth Awakening"' Female chorus with organ accompaniment Cambridge, 18 December 1972
Choral and vocal 1972 Part song: "Earth has Grain to Grow " Unaccompanied SATB chorus Text by Cecil Day Lewis
Choral and vocal 1972 75 Part song: "Song for Angela Davis " Unaccompanied SATB chorus or unison song with piano accompaniment Sheffield, 25 August 1972
Choral and vocal 1958, 1961, 1974 79 Song cycle: Life's Span Mezzo-soprano and piano Bromsgrove, 4 April 1973
Choral and vocal 1973 85 Africa is My Name Mezzo-soprano solo, SATB chorus, piano or orchestra Sheffield, 20 August 1976
Choral and vocal 1976–77 86 Song cycle: De Plenos Poderes Baritone and piano London, 30 October 1977
Choral and vocal 1977 87 Song cycle: Woman's Life Soprano and piano Woking, 12 February 1978
Choral and vocal 1980 92 Two Shakespeare Sonnets (nos 18 and 60) Baritone and chamber orchestra London, 5 August 1981
Choral and vocal 1985 102 The Earth in Shadow SATB chorus and orchestra London, 1985
Choral and vocal 1985 101 Turkish Workers' Marching Song Unison Chorus, Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet, Tenor Trombone, Piano, Timpani (optional) and Percussion
Choral and vocal 1985 110 Mandela Speaking Baritone solo, SATB chorus, orchestra or piano London, 1985
Choral and vocal undated Cantata: The Youth Railway Soprano and baritone solo, mixed chorus, acc. string quintet with harp or piano
Orchestral/Concerto 1922 Festival March for Chamber Orchestra 2 cornets in Bb, 2 horns, timpani, percussion (2), strings and organ London, 17 July 1922 Unpublished work, a contribution to "A Wreath of A Hundred Roses" by Louis Napoleon Parker to mark the Royal Academy of Music centenary [9]
Orchestral/Concerto 1926–27 8 Symphonic Impressions for Orchestra London, 15 November 1929 [9]
Orchestral/Concerto 1935 12 Dance Overture London, 30 August 1935
Orchestral/Concerto 1935–37 18 Piano Concerto London, 4 March 1938 (BBC broadcast) Last movement uses text by Randall Swingler
Orchestral/Concerto 1939-40 21 Symphony No. 1 in C London, 24 July 1942 Last movement revised as Defender of the Peace - Character Study for Orchestra, Op. 39 (1952)
Orchestral/Concerto 1941 22 Meditation on a German Song of 1848 Solo Violin and String Orchestra 6 December 1941
Orchestral/Concerto 1942 23 Overture: Festal Day (later retitled Birthday Overture) London, 12 October 1942 Written for Ralph Vaughan Williams's 70th birthday
Orchestral/Concerto 1942 24 Fantasia on Soviet Themes London, 27 July 1945
Orchestral/Concerto 1946 25 Overture: "Resolution" Bedford, 1 February 1946 Based on Prologue for a Workers' Meeting for brass band, Op. 16 (1935) [9]
Orchestral/Concerto 1945–46 27 Homage to William Sterndale Bennett String Orchestra London, 9 February 1946 Based on Piano Sonata The Maid of Orleans by William Sterndale Bennett [9]
Orchestral/Concerto 1945–46 28 English Suite String Orchestra London, 9 February 1946
Orchestral/Concerto 1946–47 30 Symphonic Suite: Piers Plowman's Day Prague, October 1947 (radio broadcast)
Orchestral/Concerto 1946–48 32 Violin Concerto London, 25 August 1949 Dedicated to Max Rostal who performed the premiere
Orchestral/Concerto 1949 33 Symphony No. 2: "The Nottingham Symphony" Nottingham, 27 June 1949 commissioned by the Nottingham Co-operative Society to celebrate 500th anniversary of the city's founding
Orchestral/Concerto 1952 37 Concert Suite for Cello and Orchestra Budapest, 1952
Orchestral/Concerto 1952 39 Defender of the Peace – Character Study for Orchestra Vienna, 24 May 1952 Re-composition of last movement of Symphony No. 1, Op. 21 (1939–40) [9]
Orchestral/Concerto 1955 Allegro Molto London, 16 May 1955 Part of a set of variations by eight composers on a theme by Alfred Scott-Gatty
Orchestral/Concerto 1959 52 Dorian Passacaglia and Fugue for Orchestra London, 10 June 1961
Orchestral/Concerto 1959–60 53 Symphony No. 3: "The Byron Symphony" Orch. with baritone and SATB chorus Leipzig, 20 March 1962 G. F. Handel prize work, presented by the City Council of Halle in 1962 [9]
Orchestral/Concerto 1961 58 "For a Festal Occasion", for Organ and Orchestra Hereford, 3 September 1961 An arrangement of Two Occasional Pieces for Organ, Op. 56 (1960)
Orchestral/Concerto 1962 60 Variations, Nocturne and Finale on an English Sea-Song Piano and Orchestra Cheltenham, 7 July 1965 Originally written as piano solo: Nocturne, Op. 46 (1956) [9]
Orchestral/Concerto 1965 63 Partita Concertante Dartford, May 1975
Orchestral/Concerto 1968 67 "Time Remembered" for Chamber Orchestra Cheltenham, 8 July 1969
Orchestral/Concerto 1969 68 Scherzo for Wind Orchestra with Percussion Brass, wind and percussion London, 29 July 1969
Orchestral/Concerto 1972 73 Africa – Symphonic Movement Piano and Orchestra Halle, 16 October 1972
Orchestral/Concerto 1971–72 74 Concert Overture for an Occasion London, 5 July 1972 Written for RAM sesquicentennial (150 yrs) celebrations
Orchestral/Concerto 1973 77 The Liverpool Overture Liverpool, 1 May 1973 Commissioned by Liverpool trades Council for their 125th anniversary
Orchestral/Concerto 1973 78 Festival March of British Youth Wind Orchestra, Guitars, Percussion and Double Bass Berlin, August 1973
Orchestral/Concerto 1981–82 96 Song and Dance for Junior String Orchestra
Orchestral/Concerto 1982–83 98 Symphony No. 4 - '"Lascaux Symphony" Manchester, 25 March 1986 Inspired by a visit to the prehistoric cave paintings at Lascaux, France [9]
Orchestral/Concerto 1985 107 Meditation for Orchestra in Memory of Anna Ambrose
Orchestral/Concerto 1986 109 Song Poem and Dance Poem Piano and String Orchestra
Brass, wind and pipes 1930 12a Dance Overture for Military Band London, 25 April 1931
Brass, wind and pipes 1935 16 Prologue to a Workers' Meeting, for Brass Orchestra Later re-written as the "Resolution" Overture for Orchestra, Op. 25 (1943) [10]
Brass, wind and pipes 1942 20 "Russian Glory" for military band London, 15 March 1943 Based on "Song of the Fatherland" (Isaac Dunayevsky) and the Trio from "Song of Stalin" (Aram Khachaturian) [10]
Brass, wind and pipes 1942 Fantasia on Soviet Themes for Military Band London, 15 March 1943 "Dedicated in affectionate homage to Madame Agnes Maisky, for so long the gracious representative of the Soviet People, as a humble tribute to whom this work is designed." [10]
Brass, wind and pipes 1945–46 "The Cutty Wren" Brass band Arrangement [10]
Brass, wind and pipes 1953 42 Three Northumbrian Impressions for Northumbrian Small Pipes London, 28 October 1979 See also "Northumbrian Impressions for Oboe and Piano", Op. 42a
Brass, wind and pipes 1953 43 Pavane for the Castleton Queen, for Brass Band Castelton, Derbyshire, 1953
Brass, wind and pipes 1976 83 Suite for pipes: "Compass Points" Treble, alto, tenor and bass bamboo pipes Canterbury, August 1976
Stage/screen 1935 Ballet: His War or Yours 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba and percussion London, 28 March 1936 Scenario by Michael Tippett [11]
Stage/screen 1935 Ballet: Mining London, undated Scenario by Michael Tippett [11]
Stage/screen 1940 Incidental theatre music: The Star Turns Red 3 trumpets, percussion(2), violin and piano London, 12 March 1940 Incidental music to the play by Seán O'Casey at the Unity Theatre
Stage/screen 1942 Incidental theatre music: The Duke in Darkness London, 8 October 1942 Incidental music to the play by Patrick Hamilton at the Aldwych Theatre
Stage/screen 1946 Operetta The Press Gang or The Escap'd Apprentice St.Christopher's School, Letchworth, 7 March 1947 Operetta for children, text by Nancy Bush
Stage/screen 1947 Incidental theatre music: Macbeth (Shakespeare) London, 18 December 1947 Aldwych Theatre production by Michael Redgrave
Stage/screen 1948–50 Opera: Wat Tyler Leipzig, 6 September 1953 Libretto: Nancy Bush. Commissioned by the Arts Council of Great Britain in the Festival of Britain Opera Competition
Stage/screen 1953–55 TV film music: Hiroshima Flute and harp BBC transmission 15 August 1951
Stage/screen 1953 Operetta The Spell Unbound Bournemouth, 6 March 1955 Operetta for girls. Text by Nancy Bush
Stage/screen 1954–55 Opera: Men of Blackmoor Weimar, 18 November 1956 Libretto: Nancy Bush
Stage/screen 1961 Operetta The Ferryman's Daughter Letchworth, 6 March 1964 Operetta for schools. Text by Nancy Bush
Stage/screen 1962–65 Opera: The Sugar Reapers Leipzig, 11 December 1966 Also known as Guyana Johnnie. Libretto: Nancy Bush
Stage/screen 1965–67 Opera: Joe Hill - The Man Who Never Died Berlin, 29 September 1970 Libretto: Barry Stavis
Stage/screen 1971 Film soundtrack: Fifty Fighting Years Piano, percussion, strings and chorus Film premiere National Film Theatre, London, 10 June 1973
Pageant 1934 "The Pageant of Labour" Mixed chorus and orchestra London, 15 October 1934 Organised by the Central Women's Organisation Committee to the London Trades Council. [12]
Pageant 1938 "Towards Tomorrow" - A Pageant of Co-operation Mixed chorus and military band London, 2 July 1938 Performed by members of the London/South Suburban/Watford Co-operative Societies
Pageant 1939 "Festival of Music for the People" Brass, woodwind, percussion and organ London, 1 April 1939
Pageant 1946 "The Living English" SATB choir, children's chorus, small orchestra London, 26 October 1946 Part of the 1946 Folk Song and Dance Festival [12]
Pageant 1948 Communist Manifesto Centenary Pageant Mixed choir and military band London, April 1948

Songs and arrangements[edit]

The Alan Bush Music Trust[13]

  • 1926 "Song to Labour"
  • 1930 "Song to Freedom"
  • 1931 "Question and Answer "
  • 1934 "Song of the Hunger Marchers"
  • 1935 "Red Front"
  • 1936 "Labour's Song of Challenge"
  • 1939 "Make your Meaning Clear "
  • 1939 "Against the People's Enemies "
  • 1939 "Song of the Peace-Lovers "
  • 1940 "The Ice Breaks"
  • 1940 "Freedom on the Air"
  • 1940 "March of the Workers "
  • 1941 "Unite And Be Free"
  • 1942 "Britain's Part "
  • 1944 "Comrade Dear, Come Home "
  • 1944 "Song of the Commons of England"
  • 1946 Twenty "Sing for Pleasure" songs accompanied or unaccompanied singing
  • 1946 "A World for Living "
  • 1948 "The Internationale" (arrangement)
  • 1950 "Shining Vision : Song for Peace "
  • 1969 Four songs of Asian struggle (arrangements)
  • 1982 "N'kosi Sikeleli Afrika" (African National Congress Anthem) (arrangement)
  • 1985 "It's up to Us"
  • undated: "From the Five Continents
  • undated: Miscellaneous Folk Song Arrangements (published 1965)
  • undated: "Once is Enough"
  • undated: "Song of Age "
  • undated: "Song of the Engineers"
  • undated: "Song of the Peatbog Soldiers" (arrangement of song written in a German concentration camp)
  • undated: "The Sailor"
  • undated: "There's a Reason" (published 1971)
  • undated: "Till Right is Done"

References[edit]

Notes

  1. ^ Benjamin Britten, Constant Lambert and William Walton also contributed to the project, for the improvisation of a four movement work in the form of a symphony by the organist André Marchal.[2]
  2. ^ The Bromsgrove date is given by the Alan Bush Music Trust[3] The Nancy Bush listing places the first performance in London, undated.[4]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f N. Bush, pp. 146–64
  2. ^ "Compositions: Organ music/music for pipes". The Alan Bush Music Trust. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d "Compositions: piano works". The Alan Bush Music Trust. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  4. ^ N. Bush, p. 159
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Compositions: Chamber Music". The Alan Bush Music Trust. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  6. ^ a b c d "Compositions: Solo Song". The Alan Bush Music Trust. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Compositions: Songs and Arrangements". The Alan Bush Music Trust. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Compositions: Choral Music". The Alan Bush Music Trust. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h "Compositions: Orchestral Works". The Alan Bush Music Trust. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  10. ^ a b c d "Compositions: Wind Band/Brass Band". Alan Bush Music Trust. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Compositions: Ballet". The Alan Bush Music Trust. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  12. ^ a b "Compositions: Pageant". The Alan Bush Music Trust. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Compositions: Songs and arrangements". The Alan Bush Music Trust. Retrieved 23 May 2015.

Source book

  • Bush, Nancy (2000). Alan Bush: Music, Politics, Life. London: Thames Publishing. ISBN 0-905210-83-2.
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