Gerald Finzi : his life and music / Diana McVeagh.
| Author/creator | McVeagh, Diana M., 1926- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Woodbridge : Boydell Press, 2005. |
| Description | x, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : music ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | London and Yorkshire 1901-22 -- Gloucestershire 1922-26. Early songs ; By footpath and stile ; Motets ; Severn rhapsody ; Requiem da camera ; Only the wanderer -- London 1926-28. Nocturne, prelude, drummond elegies ; A young man's exhortation ; Dies Natalis I ; Violin concerto -- Midhurst and marriage 1928-35. Milton sonnets ; Grand fantasia -- Beech knoll 1935-38. Oboe interlude, bridges partsongs ; Earth and air and rain -- The Munich crisis 1938-39. Dies Natalis II -- Ashmansworth 1939-41. Single songs -- At the ministry 1941-45. Prelude and fugue, elegy, bagatelles ; Let us garlands bring ; Farewell to arms -- For St Cecilia 1945-47. Lo, the full, final sacrifice ; Love's labour's lost ; For St Cecelia -- Consolidation 1947-48. Before and summer -- Intimations of immortality 1948-50. Clarinet concerto ; Intimations of immortality -- And of mortality 1950-51 -- Speculation 1952-53. Magnificat, anthems ; White-flowering days -- Men of goodwill 1953-54. Love's labour's lost II ; Grand fantasia and toccata ; Eclogue, romance ; In terra pax -- Return to chosen hill 1955-56. Cello concerto -- Epilogue. Late harvest -- Appendix. Newbury string players' repertory ; Joy Finzi's memoir of Gerald. |
| Abstract | Gerald Finzi is one of the best known 20th century English composers. While he is especially famous as a song-writer, for his sensitive settings of poets such as Hardy and Wordsworth, he also wrote in other genres: notable works include the exquisite contata Dies Natalis, his cello and clarinet concertos. In this study of his life and works, the author has made use of interviews with the main figures in his life, correspondence with contemporaries such as Vaughan Williams, Edmund Blunden, Arthur Bliss, Edmund Rubbra, Howard Ferguson and Herbert Howells, and her access to previously unpublished material in the form of his widow, Joy's unpublished journal. The Finzi that emerges is a multi-faceted and complex character. The author shows how he developed from a solitary introverted youth into a man with strong views on everything from education, pacifism, vegetarianism, to the Arts and Crafts movement, the English pastoral tradition, English apple varieties, and the significance of ancestry, friendship, and marriage in an artist's life. She also discusses every work within the narrative of Finzi's life, and shows what makes his output so outstanding. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliography and indexes. |
| ISBN | 1843831708 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.F4565 M38 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |