Gerald Finzi

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Gerald Finzi was a 20th-century English composer best known for his lyrical choral and vocal music, often setting English poetry in a reflective, pastoral style.

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instanceOf English composer
composer
human
birthCountry United Kingdom
birthDate 1901-07-14
birthPlace London, England
surface form: London
causeOfDeath Hodgkin lymphoma NERFINISHED
child Christopher Finzi NERFINISHED
Nigel Finzi NERFINISHED
deathDate 1956-09-27
era 20th century
familyName Finzi NERFINISHED
founded Newbury String Players NERFINISHED
genre choral music
classical music
vocal music
givenName Gerald NERFINISHED
heritage Italian Jewish descent
influencedBy Charles Villiers Stanford NERFINISHED
Edward Elgar NERFINISHED
Gustav Holst NERFINISHED
Hubert Parry NERFINISHED
Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED
knownFor lyrical choral music
settings of English poetry
song cycles
languageOfWork English
movement English pastoral school NERFINISHED
name Gerald Finzi NERFINISHED
nationality British
English
notableWork A Young Man’s Exhortation NERFINISHED
Before and After Summer NERFINISHED
Cello Concerto NERFINISHED
Clarinet Concerto NERFINISHED
Dies natalis NERFINISHED
Dies natalis, Op. 8 NERFINISHED
Earth and Air and Rain NERFINISHED
Eclogue for Piano and Strings NERFINISHED
In terra pax NERFINISHED
Intimations of Immortality NERFINISHED
Let Us Garlands Bring NERFINISHED
Lo, the full, final sacrifice NERFINISHED
occupation composer
religion agnostic
residence Aldbourne NERFINISHED
Ashmansworth NERFINISHED
setsTextOf Robert Bridges NERFINISHED
Thomas Hardy NERFINISHED
Thomas Traherne NERFINISHED
William Shakespeare NERFINISHED
William Wordsworth NERFINISHED
spouse Joy Finzi NERFINISHED
studentOf Edward Bairstow NERFINISHED
Ernest Farrar NERFINISHED
style lyrical
pastoral

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