List of compositions by Alan Bush
# List of compositions by Alan Bush

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

| Genre | Year of composition | Opus No. | Title | Musical forces | First performance | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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. |
| 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| Piano and keyboard | 1956 | 46 | Nocturne: piano solo | | London, 21 March 1958 | Originally in 3 movements, two withdrawn.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 | |
| Piano and keyboard | 1972 | | Lively Minuet | Solo piano | | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Chamber/instrumental | 1923 | 3 | Phantasy in C minor | Violin and piano | London, 24 December 1924 | |
| 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 | | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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) |
| 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) | |
| Chamber/instrumental | 1974 | 79a | Suite in English Style for String Ensemble: 1. Pavan; 2. Cheviot Rant; 3. Soliloquy; 4. March | | | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | | |
| 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) | | | |
| 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 | |
| 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. |
| Choral and vocal | 1928 | | Cradle Song for an Unwanted Child | Voice and piano | | Text by Randall Swingler |
| Choral and vocal | 1929 | 13 | Song: "The Road" | Unaccompanied SATB chorus | | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Orchestral/Concerto | 1926–27 | 8 | Symphonic Impressions for Orchestra | | London, 15 November 1929 | |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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." |
| Brass, wind and pipes | 1945–46 | | "The Cutty Wren" | Brass band | | Arrangement |
| 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 |
| Stage/screen | 1935 | | Ballet: Mining | | London, undated | Scenario by Michael Tippett |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| Pageant | 1948 | | Communist Manifesto Centenary Pageant | Mixed choir and military band | London, April 1948 | |

## Songs and arrangements

The Alan Bush Music Trust

* 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"
