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 compositionN. Bush, pp. 146–64 Opus No. Title Musical forces First performance Notes Addit. refsPiano and keyboard 19211 Three Pieces for Two Pianos: 1. "On the Warpath"; 2. "Pastoral Scene"; 3. "At the Cinema" Two pianos London, 2 March 1921No. 3 published also for solo piano Piano and keyboard19212 Sonata in B Minor Solo piano London, 6 July 1921 Piano and keyboard 19279 Prelude and Fugue Solo piano London, 21 June 1927 Piano and keyboard 192811 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 194338 Esquisse: Le Quartorze Juillet Solo piano London, 17 February 1948, Kyla Greenbaum Written in commemoration of the French resistance movementPiano and keyboard 1950 Times of Day: Three children's pieces for piano Piano and keyboard 195240 Three English Song Preludes Organ London, 21 April 1954 Piano and keyboard 195646 Nocturne: piano solo London, 21 March 1958 Originally in 3 movements, two withdrawn. Piece recomposed as an orchestral work, Op. 60 Piano and keyboard 195849 Mister Playford's Tunes - A Little Suite for Piano Piano and keyboard 195850 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 196054 Suite: On Lawn and Green Harpsichord or piano Berlin, 1960 Piano and keyboard 196056 Two Occasional Pieces Organ Piano and keyboard 196765 Suite for two pianos London, 2 September 1967 Composed for Soviet Union 50th anniversary concert Piano and keyboard 197071 Sonata (No. 2) in A flat: He Epikureia Hedone