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Geoffrey Bush

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Geoffrey Bush (23 March 1920 – 24 February 1998) was a British composer, organist and scholar of 20th-century English music. Geoffrey Bush was born in London, became a chorister at Salisbury Cathedral at the age of 8 and studied informally with the composer John Ireland. He moved on to Lancing College and completed his education at Balliol College, Oxford, as Nettleship Scholar and Masefield Memorial Student in Music, graduating BMus (1940) and DMus (1946); he also received a Master of Arts in classics in 1947.

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  1. A Little Concerto on Themes of Thomas Arne: IV. Vivace
  2. Consort Music: Song without Words
  3. Consort Music: Valse
  4. Consort Music: Ballad
  5. Consort Music: Cradle Song
  6. Consort Music: Caprice
  7. Consort Music: Finale
  8. A Little Concerto on Themes of Thomas Arne: III. Siciliano
  9. A Downland Suite (Arr. for String Orchestra): II. Elegy: Lento espressivo (arr. J. Ireland)
  10. A Downland Suite (Arr. for String Orchestra): III. Minuet: Allegretto grazioso (arr. J. Ireland)
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  1. A Downland Suite (completed by G. Bush): II. Elegy
  2. A Downland Suite (Arr. for String Orchestra): IV. Rondo: Poco allegro (arr. G. Bush)
  3. A Downland Suite (Arr. for String Orchestra): I. Prelude: Allegro energico (arr. G. Bush)
  4. Yorick
  5. A Downland Suite: III. Minuet
  6. A Downland Suite (completed by G. Bush): III. Minuet
  7. A Downland Suite: I. Prelude
  8. A Downland Suite (completed by G. Bush): I. Prelude
  9. Make We Merry
  10. A Downland Suite: II. Elegy
  11. A Little Concerto on Themes of Thomas Arne: II. Allegro
  12. A Downland Suite (completed by G. Bush): III. Rondo
  13. A Little Love Music: II. The maidens came when I was in my mother's bow'r
  14. Trumpet March
  15. Yorick: Overture
  16. A Little Love Music: No. 2. The maidens came when i was in my mother's bow'r
  17. 2 Symphonic Studies (arr. G. Bush): No. 1. Fugue: Pesante
  18. A Little Concerto on Themes of Thomas Arne: I. Andante
  19. 2 Symphonic Studies (arr. G. Bush): No. 2. Toccata: Lento
  20. It was a Lover and His Lass
  21. Consort Music
  22. Overture, Yorick: Overture, Yorick
  23. Divertimento: Lento ma non troppo
  24. Songs of the Zodiac: No. 8, Scorpio
  25. Songs of the Zodiac: No. 1, Aries
  26. Songs of the Zodiac: No. 4, Cancer
  27. Symphony No. 1: II. Poco lento e con malinconia
  28. Songs of the Zodiac: No. 11, Aquarius
  29. Songs of the Zodiac: No. 2, Gemini
  30. Songs of the Zodiac: No. 5, Leo
  31. Elegiac Meditation (arr. G. Bush for orchestra)
  32. A Downland Suite: IV. Rondo
  33. Songs of the Zodiac: No. 3, Taurus
  34. Songs of the Zodiac: No. 6, Virgo
  35. Songs of the Zodiac: No. 7, Libra
  36. Songs of the Zodiac: No. 9, Sagittarius
  37. Songs of the Zodiac: No. 10, Capricorn
  38. Songs of the Zodiac: No. 12, Pisces
  39. Concerto for light orchestra: III. Notturno
  40. Symphony No. 1: III. Molto moderato - Allegro di molto
  41. Consort Music: III. Ballad
  42. Symphony No. 1: I. Molto moderato - Allegro deciso
  43. A Christmas Cantata
  44. 8 Songs: Sigh no more, ladies
  45. Song Without Words
  46. Symphony No. 2 "The Guildford"
  47. Natus est Immanuel
  48. Sinfonietta Concertante: I. Allegro moderato
  49. Two Miniatures: II. Promenade
  50. Music for Orchestra
  51. To Mr. Harold Arlen
  52. Divertimento: Deciso - Allegro
  53. Trumpet March for Organ
  54. Cradle Song
  55. Overture, Yorick
  56. Suite Champetre: III. Hornpipe
  57. Concerto for light orchestra: I. Introduction and Toccata
  58. Consort Music: Ballade
  59. Valse
  60. Caprice
  61. Finale
  62. III. Ballad
  63. Concerto for light orchestra: IV. Hornpipe
  64. Sinfonietta concertante; II. Poco Lento + III. Tempo Primo
  65. Farewell Earth's Bliss: No. 4, Fear No More the Heat o' the Sun
  66. Concerto for light orchestra: II. Siciliana
  67. Two Miniatures: I. Lullaby
  68. Farewell Earth's Bliss: No. 2, O, the Month of May
  69. Love for such a cherry lip
  70. archy at the zoo
  71. Wind Quintet: I. Comodo
  72. Piano Sonatina No. 1: I. Comodo
  73. Divertimento: Allegro molto
  74. IV. Vivace
  75. Tributes
  76. A Christmas Cantata: Tua Bethlem Dref
  77. Trio: Poco Lento - Vivace
  78. 4 Songs: No. 1, The Impatient Lover
  79. Songs of the Zodiac: Cancer: the Crab
  80. A Summer Serendade No. 4; Dirge. "O Rose, thou are sick"
  81. Dialogue: March: Con Moto Alla Marcia
  82. Dialogue: Preamble: Vivo
  83. Quintet: Con Moto Molto Moderato
  84. A Christmas Cantata: Lullay, Jesu, Lullay
  85. A Christmas Cantata: As I Outrode This Enderes Night
  86. A Christmas Cantata: The First Good Joy That Mary Had
  87. Tributes: To Mr. Artie Shaw
  88. Quintet: Comodo
  89. Trio: Adagio Maestoso - Vivace
  90. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, Act I Scene 1: "O What a Wonderful Evening"

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