BUSH, Alan (1900-1995)
Three autograph music manuscripts signed for the Prelude and Concert Piece for Organ, Op. 116, the Suite for Organ, Op. 117, and the Sonata for Organ, Op. 118, n.p. [Radlett], [1988-89].
69 written pages, plus blanks, across four gatherings in total, 368 x 270mm, 16 stave paper by Boosey & Hawkes, up to four three-stave systems per page, each gathering signed and titled, the latter two pieces with dedication inscriptions to Robert Crowley, autograph erasures and emendations in pen, autograph revisions on slips of paper affixed with tape, infrequent pencil annotations in autograph and another hand (the revision slips loose in places, the tape discoloured). Provenance: Sotheby’s, 21 May 2004, lot 40.
Three unpublished works by Alan Bush, among the very last pieces he composed.
BUSH, Alan (1900-1995)
Three autograph music manuscripts signed for the Prelude and Concert Piece for Organ, Op. 116, the Suite for Organ, Op. 117, and the Sonata for Organ, Op. 118, n.p. [Radlett], [1988-89].
69 written pages, plus blanks, across four gatherings in total, 368 x 270mm, 16 stave paper by Boosey & Hawkes, up to four three-stave systems per page, each gathering signed and titled, the latter two pieces with dedication inscriptions to Robert Crowley, autograph erasures and emendations in pen, autograph revisions on slips of paper affixed with tape, infrequent pencil annotations in autograph and another hand (the revision slips loose in places, the tape discoloured). Provenance: Sotheby’s, 21 May 2004, lot 40.
Three unpublished works by Alan Bush, among the very last pieces he composed.
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