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Finzi | Gerald Raphael | 1901-1956 | composer

 Person

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

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Additional material from the archive of Gerald Finzi

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.
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Archive of Richard Shirley Smith

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.
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Autograph and Copyists' Manuscripts of Gerald Finzi's Requiem da camera

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
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Correspondence, 1957, 1973-1987, 1992-2021

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,…
Found in: Personal papers
Shelfmark: MS. 21920/3
Extents: 1 box (2 folders)
Dates: 1957, 1973-1987, 1992-2021
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Correspondence and ephemera from contemporaries, various from 1962-2021

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…
Found in: Personal papers
Shelfmark: MS. 21920/6
Extents: 1 box (4 folders)
Dates: various from 1962-2021
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Correspondence with publishers. Pt. 1 and Miscellaneous correspondence, 1946-2005

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…
Shelfmark: MS. Rubbra 5
Extents: 387 Leaves
Dates: 1946-2005
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Gerald Finzi: 'On parent knees', Jan 1935

'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.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c. 815
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates: Jan 1935
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Letters concerning specific works by Edmund Rubbra, 1949-1966

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…
Shelfmark: MS. Rubbra 3
Extents: 180 Leaves
Dates: 1949-1966
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Letters from Gerald Finzi to Don Ray, concerning Ray's thesis on Ivor Gurney

Letters from Gerald Finzi to Don Ray, concerning Ray's thesis on Ivor Gurney
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 548, fols. 186-195
Extents: 10 Leaves
Dates: 1950-1952
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Letters to Edmund Rubbra (Correspondents A-M), 1942-1986

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…
Shelfmark: MS. Rubbra 1
Extents: 170 Leaves
Dates: 1942-1986
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Letters to Edmund Rubbra (Correspondents N-Z), 1942-1980

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 …
Shelfmark: MS. Rubbra 2
Extents: 191 Leaves
Dates: 1942-1980
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Letters to Howard Ferguson from Gerald Finzi

Letters to Howard Ferguson from Gerald Finzi
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6827
Extents: 279 Leaves
Dates: 1927-47, 1955, n.d.
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Music manuscripts of Gerald Finzi

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
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Music Manuscripts of Gerald Finzi

Manuscripts and photocopies of scores, mostly performance material hired out by Boosey & Hawkes.
Extents: 3 shelfmarks
Dates: [c. 1945-56]
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Photocopies of Gerald Finzi's correspondence

Photocopies of Gerald Finzi's correspondence, 1915-1960, n.d.
Extents: 1.8 Linear metres (12 boxes)
Dates: 1915-1960, n.d.
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Planning studies for various artworks, 1981, 1994, [2010]

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…
Found in: Artwork / Mixed mediums / Papers
Shelfmark: MS. 21920/67
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1981, 1994, [2010]
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Scores of song cycles by Gerald Finzi owned by John Carol Case

Scores of Gerald Finzi's song cycles owned and annotated by John Carol Case, 1936-1958.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c.778
Extents: 1 box (6 folders)
Dates: 1936-1958, n.d.
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William Boyce: 'Tromba II' part for his Twelve Overtures (London, 1770), in the hand of Gerald Finzi

William Boyce: 'Tromba II' part for the 'Twelve Overtures' (London, 1770), in the hand of Gerald Finzi, [1920s-1940s].
Shelfmark: Mus. 221 c. 905 (10)
Extents: 1 box
Dates: [1920s-1940s]