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          Gerald Finzi: His Life and Music by Diana McVeagh (English) Paperback Book ; Est. delivery..

          This Saturday, the morning session of our day-long celebration of Gerald Finzi kicks off at with a song recital by Head of Vocal.

        1. Below one will find recordings of Gerald Finzi's music divided into three categories: solo vocal, choral music, and instrumental works.
        2. Gerald Finzi: His Life and Music by Diana McVeagh (English) Paperback Book ; Est. delivery.
        3. Born in Fort Vermillion, Alberta.
        4. A fully annotated edition of more than letters from and to Gerald Finzi, spanning the composer's life from ca.

          5. Gerald Finzi

          British composer (1901–1956)

          Gerald Raphael Finzi (14 July 1901 – 27 September 1956) was a British composer. Finzi is best known as a choral composer, but also wrote in other genres.

          Large-scale compositions by Finzi include the cantataDies natalis for solo voice and string orchestra, and his concertos for cello and clarinet.

          Life

          Gerald Finzi was born in London, the son of John Abraham (Jack) Finzi and Eliza Emma (Lizzie) Leverson.

          Finzi became one of the most characteristically English composers of his generation.

          Gerald Finzi.

          Despite his being an agnostic of Jewish descent, several of his choral works incorporate Christian texts.

          Finzi's father, a successful shipbroker, died a fortnight before his son's eighth birthday.[1] Finzi was educated privately.

          During World War I the family settled in Harrogate, and Finzi began to study music at Christ Church, High Harrogate, under Ernest Farrar from 1915.[2] Farrar, a former pupil of Charles Villiers