Geoffrey Bush: 'Five songs. Words by Fletcher, Constable, Peel, Anon. (Dowland?)'
Five songs for high voice and piano by Geoffrey Bush composed in 1944. Words by Fletcher, Constable, Peel and Anon. (Dowland?). Copyist's score in ink, with some additional markings in another hand, i + 14 + i pages. Published as 'Five spring songs' by Novello and Co. in 1953.
i Diaphenia like the daffadown dilly;
ii Lay a garland on my hearse;
iii What thing is love, I pray thee tell;
iv Weep you no more, sad fountains;
v Now the lusty spring is seen.
Dates
- Creation: [c 1950?]
Extent
16 pages
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark, e.g. MS. Mus. c. 659, fols. 1-2].
Shelfmark:
MS. Mus. c. 659
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 16034
Abstract
Five songs by Geoffrey Bush, [c 1950?].
Biographical / Historical
Geoffrey Bush (1920-98) was a composer. See Grove Music Online for further details.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Travis & Emery, 2011.
Dimensions
Folio
Subject
- Title
- Five songs by Geoffrey Bush
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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