Finzi | Gerald Raphael | 1901-1956 | composer
Person
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Additional material from the archive of Gerald Finzi
Collection
Part of the archive of the composer Gerlad Finzi consisting mainly of music manuscripts, [mid-18th cent.]-1992, n.d.
Extents: 8.0 Linear metres (92 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
[mid-18th cent.]-1992, n.d.
Archive of Richard Shirley Smith
Collection
This collection comprises material relating to Richard Shirley Smith (b 1935), including original artwork.
Extents: 7.85 Linear metres (150 boxes)
Dates:
1950-2022 and n.d.
Autograph and Copyists' Manuscripts of Gerald Finzi's Requiem da camera
Collection
Autograph and copyists' manuscripts of Gerald Finzi's Requiem da camera, for baritone solo, mixed chorus (for soprano, alto, tenor and bass solo voices) and orchestra, 1924-84.
Extents: 3 shelfmarks
Dates:
1924-84
Correspondence, 1957, 1973-1987, 1992-2021
File
Shelfmark: MS. 21920/3
Original housing labelled by Richard Shirley Smith as: 'Letters, A2.'
Additional labels have been transcribed onto acid-free paper folders within the boxComprises:Folder 1: Correspondence from Robert Jackson, Splinter Spierenberg, Charles Pugh, Nicholas Penny, Andrew Motion, Jeremy Lemmon, Timothy Wilson Smith, Charles Epson, Lord Clwyd, Brian North Lee, Rolf Jordan, Gerald Finzi (catalogues), Lord Rothschild O.M., Anne Stevens, Jessica Hughes,...
Extents: 1 box (2 folders)
Dates:
1957, 1973-1987, 1992-2021
Correspondence and ephemera from contemporaries, various from 1962-2021
File
Shelfmark: MS. 21920/6
Original housing labelled by Richard Shirley Smith as: 'Articles on important contemporaries, Articles on close contemporaries, A96' (folder 1)'A29 to A34: Ephemera etc., Whittington, Rocket, Gruffyground, Paul:Mus, Fleece, Machin, Not Archive, for Bodleian, Mixed ephemera various presses' (folders 2-4)Comprises:Folder 1: Articles, correspondence and obituaries concerning contemporaries and colleagues, including Gerald Finzi, Joy Finzi, Simon...
Extents: 1 box (4 folders)
Dates:
various from 1962-2021
Correspondence with publishers. Pt. 1 and Miscellaneous correspondence, 1946-2005
File
Shelfmark: MS. Rubbra 5
Folder A1 (fols 1-56). Miscellaneous administrative correspondence and agreements. Contains:
(fols. 1-6) Agreements between F.S.C. Ltd and Edmund Rubbra, concerning the hire-purchase of a chain saw, 15-16 Dec 1955
(fol. 7) Agreement between Buntwins Ltd and Edmund Rubbra, concerning the purchase of a timber building, 3 Aug 1956
(fol. 8) The Liverpool and London and Globe...
Extents: 387 Leaves
Dates:
1946-2005
Gerald Finzi: 'On parent knees', Jan 1935
File
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c. 815
'On parent knees'. Song for voice and piano. Words attributed to Sir William Jones, from The Persian. Music by Gerald Finzi. [Published posthumously in the cycle To a poet (Boosey & Hawkes, 1965)]Reduced colour photocopy of an autograph manuscript. The original (now in private hands) was possibly presented to Rubbra by the composer to celebrate the birth of Rubbra's eldest son, Francis in 1935.
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
Jan 1935
Letters concerning specific works by Edmund Rubbra, 1949-1966
File
Shelfmark: MS. Rubbra 3
Folder 1 (fols. 1-52). Letters concerning Rubbra's Symphony no. 5, op. 63 [first performed: 26 Jan 1949]. Contains:
(fol. 1) Manilla envelope, inscribed by Rubbra: ‘Letters re 1st performance of 5th. Symphony’. [Originally contained the letters on fols. 2-52]
(fol. 2) E. Alright, 26 Jan 1949
(fol. 3) Richard Arnell, 29 Jan 1949
(fol. 4) Jenra Bayliss...
Extents: 180 Leaves
Dates:
1949-1966
Letters from Gerald Finzi to Don Ray, concerning Ray's thesis on Ivor Gurney
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 548, fols. 186-195
Letters from Gerald Finzi to Don Ray, concerning Ray's thesis on Ivor Gurney
Extents: 10 Leaves
Dates:
1950-1952
Letters to Edmund Rubbra (Correspondents A-M), 1942-1986
File
Shelfmark: MS. Rubbra 1
Folder 1 (fols. 1-54), contains:
(fols. 1-2) Proclamation and resolution of the Second International Congress of Composers and Music-Critics held in Prague, May 20th to 29th, 1948 [printed pamphlet]
(fols. 3-4) Rubbra to William Alwyn, referring to this proclamation (fols. 1-2) [carbon copy], 8 Mar 1949
(fols. 5-7) William Alwyn, 22 May 1971; 12 Jun 1975; 17 Dec...
Extents: 170 Leaves
Dates:
1942-1986
Letters to Edmund Rubbra (Correspondents N-Z), 1942-1980
File
Shelfmark: MS. Rubbra 2
Folder 1 (fols. 1-53), contains:
(fols. 1-3) Ernest Newman, 20? May 1951; 15 Jun 1951; 9 Dec 1952
(fols. 4-5) Hugh Ottaway, 13 July 1950; 5 Aug 1955
(fols. 6-7) Edmund Rubbra to Hugh Ottaway [carbon copy], 8 Aug 1955. [More letters from Rubbra to Ottaway can be found in the Ottaway Archive]
(fols. 8-9) Hugh Ottaway, 9 Aug 1955; 12 Oct 1955
...
Extents: 191 Leaves
Dates:
1942-1980
Letters to Howard Ferguson from Gerald Finzi
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6827
Letters to Howard Ferguson from Gerald Finzi
Extents: 279 Leaves
Dates:
1927-47, 1955, n.d.
Music manuscripts of Gerald Finzi
Collection
Music manuscripts of published and unpublished works, with drafts, notes and unfinished pieces, by Gerald Finzi, with related material, 1919-1990.
Extents: 6.75 Linear metres (61 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1919-1990
Music Manuscripts of Gerald Finzi
Collection
Manuscripts and photocopies of scores, mostly performance material hired out by Boosey & Hawkes.
Extents: 3 shelfmarks
Dates:
[c. 1945-56]
Photocopies of Gerald Finzi's correspondence
Collection
Photocopies of Gerald Finzi's correspondence, 1915-1960, n.d.
Extents: 1.8 Linear metres (12 boxes)
Dates:
1915-1960, n.d.
Planning studies for various artworks, 1981, 1994, [2010]
File
Shelfmark: MS. 21920/67
Original housing labelled by Richard Shirley Smith as:'A65 Finzi Record Sleeve''A12 Duke of Devonshire & Oyster Co.'Comprises:Bundles 1-3: Three copies of Songs by Finzi and his Friends (1981) record sleeves, with painted illustrationBundles 4-5: Wood engraving test prints for The Moss Collection (2010) title pageBundles 6-11: Line drawings for The Faversham Oyster...
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1981, 1994, [2010]
Scores of song cycles by Gerald Finzi owned by John Carol Case
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c.778
Scores of Gerald Finzi's song cycles owned and annotated by John Carol Case, 1936-1958.
Extents: 1 box (6 folders)
Dates:
1936-1958, n.d.
William Boyce: 'Tromba II' part for his Twelve Overtures (London, 1770), in the hand of Gerald Finzi
Single Item
Shelfmark: Mus. 221 c. 905 (10)
William Boyce: 'Tromba II' part for the 'Twelve Overtures' (London, 1770), in the hand of Gerald Finzi, [1920s-1940s].
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
[1920s-1940s]