Gerald Finzi (1901-56)
A
pacifist who believed that creative artists were the prime
representatives of a civilization, Gerald Finzi is perhaps best
known as a composer of songs. He believed that all texts of
artistic merit can be set by composers who wish to work with
their artistic substance; none are either too fine or too
familiar. Many of his songs are set in an aria-like style. His
accompaniments, designed to complement and support the material
of the singer, are often reminiscent of the treatment given his
short orchestral works. Finzi was influenced in his melodic and
harmonic vocabulary by the music of Elgar and Vaughan Williams.
His works also show a strong influence by the music of J.S.
Bach.- allmusic
COMPOSITIONS Finzi Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Works by Opus # ~ ~ ~ Songs
The twilit waters, voice and piano (1919, unpublished/"scrapped") [text: Fiona Macleod]
The reed player, voice and orchestra (1919, unpublished/"scrapped") [text: Fiona Macleod]
A cradle song, voice and piano (1919, unpublished/"scrapped") [text: Padraic Colum]
The fairies, voice and piano (1919; pub. 1923; withdrawn) [text: Robert Herrick]
The terrible robber man, voice and piano (1920, unpublished/"scrapped") [text: by Padraic Colum]
Tall nettles, voice and piano (1920, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: Edward Thomas]
O dear me!, voice and piano (1920, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: Walter de la Mare]
Before the paling of the stars, voice and organ (1920, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: Christina Rossetti]
Rondel, voice and piano (1920, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: Chaucer]
Ceremonies, voice and piano (1920; pub. 1923; withdrawn) [text: Robert Herrick]
A passer-by, piano (1921, unpublished/"scrapped")
The battle, voice and piano (1921, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: W.H. Davies]
Ten Children's Songs (Songs to poems by Christina Rossetti), unison and 2-part female voices and piano, op. 1 (1920-21)
Concerto for Small Orchestra and Solo Violin (1925-28; mvts 2&3 fp. 1927; full perf. 1928; pub. posth. 2001)
- Introit, violin and orchestra, op. 6 (1925; pub. 1933, rev. 1942) - revised 2nd movement of withdrawn Violin Concerto
The Mound, song cycle, voice and string quartet (1921; planned, but never composed) [text: Thomas Hardy]
Time was upon the wing, baritone solo and female chorus (1921-22, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: Robert Herrick]
- No. 4 of a planned set of "Six Elegies"; other movements moved to "Three Motets", 1922-23
By Footpath and Stile (6 songs), baritone and string quartet, op. 2 (1921-1922)
The conclusion ("Even such is Time"), unison male chorus & pf (1922, unpub./"scrapped")[text: Walter Raleigh] [retitled “Epitaph”]
The cupboard, voice and piano (1922; pub. 1923; withdrawn) [text: Robert Graves]
Allegro, for "Toy Symphony Orchestra", [ensemble] (1922, unpublished/"scrapped" )
The Brightness of This Day - Christmas Hymn, chorus, baritone solo and organ (1922-23; pub. 1925; later withdrawn)
Two Motets, baritone, chorus and orchestra or organ (1922-23; pub. 1925, later withdrawn) [first titled "Six Anthems"]
Three Motets, soloists, double chorus and orchestra (1922-23, unpublished/"scrapped") [formerly titled "Six Elegies"]
- No. 1: ???
- No. 2: My God and King, double choir and orchestra [text: Henry Vaughan]
- No. 3: The Search, baritone, double choir and orchestra (1922-23) [text: G. Herbert]
A Severn Rhapsody, chamber orchestra, op. 3 (1923; pub. 1924)
Requiem da camera, baritone, chorus and orchestra (1923-24; rev. 1930s; orchestration completed, 1984; pub. 1992)
Psalm CXIX ("How shall a young man"), chorus (c1925?, unpublished/"scrapped") [text: Byrd's Psalms, Sonnets and songs, 1588]
- intended as one of a projected set of "Three Psalms", op. 4
English hills, voice and piano (c1922-1925, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: John Freeman]
Days too short, voice and piano (1925, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: W.H. Davies]
Introit, violin and orchestra, op. 6 (1925; rev. 1942) - revised 2nd movement of withdrawn Violin Concerto
Three Short Elegies, chorus, op. 5 (1926)
Nocturne (New Year Music), orchestra, op. 7 (1926; rev. 1940s; pub. 1950)
Aria ("His golden locks"), from Farewell to Arms, voice and orchestra, op. 9 (?1926-28) [text: George Peele]
Two Sonnets by Milton, tenor or soprano and orchestra, op. 12 (1926-28; pub. 1936)
Romance, string orchestra, op. 11 (1928; pub. 1952)
A Young Man's Exhortation (10 songs), tenor and piano, op. 14 (c1926-29; pub. 1933)
Piano Concerto (late 1920s, unfinished)
- Fantasia (1928?) - part of unfinished Piano Concerto; published with Toccata (1953)
- [slow movement] (late 1920s) - part of unfinished Piano Concerto; revised in 1940s; posthumously pub. 1957 as "Eclogue", op. 10
Eclogue, piano and string orch, op. 10 (late 1920s; rev. 1940s; pub. 1957) [originally slow mvt of unfinished Piano Concerto, 1920s]
The Bud, the Blossom and the Berry, chamber orchestra (c1920s, uncompleted; piano duet versions of mvts 1 & 3 extant)
- Prelude, string orch, op. 25 (c1920s; fp.1957) [mvt 1: of the uncompleted "The Bud, the Blossom and the Berry"]
- The Fall of the Leaf (Elegy), orch, op. 20 (1926-29; rev.1940-42; pub.1958) [mvt 3:partial orchestration; compl. by H. Ferguson]
Seven Unaccompanied Part Songs on poems by Robert Bridges, chorus, op. 17 (pub. 1934)
Earth and Air and Rain (10 songs), baritone and piano, op. 15 (1928-1935; pub. 1936)
Interlude, oboe and string quartet, op. 21 (1932-1936)
Prelude and Fugue, string trio/violin, viola and cello, op. 24 (1938; pub. 1942)
Dies Natalis, soprano or tenor and string orchestra, op. 8 (1925-1939)
Elegy, violin and piano, op. 22 (1940; fp. 1954; pub. 1983)
Let Us Garlands Bring (5 songs), baritone and piano (or string orchestra), op. 18 (1929-1942; pub. 1942)
Introduction ("The helmet now"), from Farewell to Arms, voice and small orchestra, op. 9 (c1943) [text: Ralph Knevet]
Farewell to Arms, voice and small orchestra, op. 9 (?1926-28/c1943) [text: Ralph Knevet & George Peele]
Five Bagatelles, clarinet and piano, op. 23 (1938-1944; pub. 1945)
Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice, festival anthem, chorus, op. 26 (1946; pub. 1946)
Love's Labour's Lost, incidental music to Shakespeare's Play, op. 28 (1946) [for BBC radio production, 1946]
- Four Songs from Loves Labour's Lost, voice and small orchestra, op. 28a (1946; pub. 1948)
- Love's Labour's Lost, suite, orchestra, op. 28b (1946; reworked for 1952 stage production/1955)
For St. Cecilia, tenor, chorus and orchestra, op. 30 (1946-47; pub. 1948)
My Lovely One, choral anthem, chorus, op. 27, no. 1 (1947)
Before and After Summer (10 songs), baritone and piano, op. 16 (1932-1949; pub. 1949)
Clarinet Concerto, op. 31 (1948-49; pub. 1951)
Intimations of Immortality, ode, tenor, chorus and orchestra, op. 29 (1930s-1950; fp. 5 Sept 1950)
Muses and Graces, unison female chorus and piano or strings, op. 34 (1950) ["Overstone School Song"]
God is Gone Up, choral anthem, chorus, op. 27, no. 2 (1951)
Thou Didst Delight My Eyes, male chorus, op. 32 (1951)
All This Night, choral motet, chorus, op. 33 (1951)
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, choral song, chorus, op. 35 (1951)
Magnificat, soloists, chorus and organ, op. 36 (1952; orchestrated 1956)
White Flowering Days, chorus, op. 37 (1952-53) [written for "A Garland for the Queen"]
Welcome Sweet and Sacred Feast, choral anthem, chorus, op. 27, no. 3 (1953)
Toccata, piano and orchestra (1953) [used in "Grand Fantasia and Toccata", op. 38]
Grand Fantasia and Toccata, piano and orchestra, op. 38 (1928?/1953)
Cello Concerto, op. 40 (1951-52/1954-55)
To a Poet (6 songs), low voice and piano, op. 13a (1920s-56; published posthumously, 1965)
Oh Fair to See (7 songs), high voice and piano, op. 13b (1921-1956; pub. posthumously, 1965 )
Till Earth Outwears (7 songs), high voice and piano, op. 19a (1927-1956; published posthumously, 1958)
I Said to Love (6 songs), baritone and piano, op. 19b (1928-56; published posthumously, 1956)
In Terra Pax, soprano, baritone, chorus and strings, harp and cymbol (or orchestra), op. 39 (1954; rescored 1956)
. . . for listing of unfinished songs, see here
WORKS BY GENRE Finzi Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Opus # ~ ~ ~ Songs ~ top of page ~
Orchestra
Allegro, for "Toy Symphony Orchestra", [ensemble] (1922, unpublished/"scrapped" )
A Severn Rhapsody, chamber orchestra, op. 3 (1923; pub. 1924)
Nocturne (New Year Music), orchestra, op. 7 (1926; rev. 1940s; pub. 1950)
Romance, string orchestra, op. 11 (1928; pub. 1952)
The Bud, the Blossom and the Berry, chamber orchestra (c1920s, uncompleted; piano duet versions of mvts 1 & 3 extant)
- 1. Prelude, string orch, op. 25 (c1920s; fp.1957) [1st mvt of the uncompleted "The Bud, the Blossom and the Berry"]
- 2. ???
- 3. The Fall of the Leaf (Elegy), orch, op. 20 (1926-29; rev.1940-42; pub.1958) [partial orchestration; completed by H. Ferguson]
Love's Labour's Lost, suite, orchestra, op. 28b (1946; reworked for 1952 stage production/1955)
- Introduction
- Moth
- Nocturne
- The Hunt
- Dance
- Clowns (Quodlibet)
- Three Soliloquies
- So sweet a kiss the golden sun gives not
- Did not the heavenly rhetoric of thine eye
- On a day, alack the day
- Finale
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Concerto for Small Orchestra and Solo Violin (1925-28; mvts 2&3 fp. 1927; full perf. 1928; pub. posth. 2001)
- Allegro con brio [original first movement] (1925-26, discarded)
- Allegro [replacement first movement] (1927-28, discarded)
- Molto sereno [revised as: Introit, violin and orchestra, op. 6 (1925; pub. 1933, rev. 1942)]
- Hornpipe Rondo: Allegro risoluto (1926-27, discarded)
Piano Concerto (late 1920s, unfinished)
- Fantasia (1928?) - part of unfinished Piano Concerto; published with Toccata (1953)
- [slow movement] (late 1920s) - part of unfinished Piano Concerto; rev. in 1940s; posthumously pub. 1957 as "Eclogue", op. 10
Eclogue, piano and string orch, op. 10 (late 1920s; rev. 1940s; pub. 1957) [originally slow mvt of unfinished Piano Concerto, 1920s]
Clarinet Concerto, op. 31 (1948-49; pub. 1951)
Cello Concerto, op. 40 (1951-52/1954-55)
Toccata, piano and orchestra (1953) [used in "Grand Fantasia and Toccata", op. 38]
Grand Fantasia and Toccata, piano and orchestra, op. 38 (1928?/1953)
Chorus w/Orchestra
Two Motets, baritone, chorus and orchestra or organ (1922-23; pub. 1925, later withdrawn) [first titled "Six Anthems"]
- Psalm 121 ("Up to those bright and gladsome hills") [text: Henry Vaughan]
- The Recovery ("Sin! Wilt though vanquish me!") [text: Thomas Traherne]
Three Motets, soloists, double chorus and orchestra (1922-23, unpublished/"scrapped") [formerly titled "Six Elegies"]
- No. 1: ???
- No. 2: My God and King, double choir and orchestra [text: Henry Vaughan]
- No. 3: The Search, baritone, double choir and orchestra (1922-23) [text: G. Herbert]
Requiem da camera, baritone, chorus and orchestra (1923-24; rev. 1930s; orchestration completed, 1984; pub. 1992)
- Prelude (instrumental)
- August 1914 ("How still this quiet cornfield is") [text: John Masefield]
- In time of "The breaking of nations" ("Only a man harrowing clods") [text: Thomas Hardy]
- Lament ("We who are left, how shall we look again") [text: Wilfred Wilson Gibson]
For St. Cecilia, tenor, chorus and orchestra, op. 30 (1946-47; pub. 1948)
Intimations of Immortality, ode, tenor, chorus and orchestra, op. 29 (1930s-1950; fp. 5 Sept 1950) [text: William Wordsworth]
Magnificat, soloists, chorus and organ, op. 36 (1952; orchestrated 1956) [text: Book of Common Prayer]
In Terra Pax, soprano, baritone, chorus, strings, harp & cymbal (or orch), op. 39 (1954; rescored 1956) [text: R.Bridges & Bible]
Choral
Time was upon the wing, baritone solo and female chorus (1921-22, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: Robert Herrick]
- No. 4 of a planned set of "Six Elegies"; other movements moved to "Three Motets", 1922-23
The conclusion ("Even such is Time"), unison male chorus & pf (1922, unpub./"scrapped")[text: Walter Raleigh] [retitled “Epitaph”]
The Brightness of This Day - Christmas Hymn, chorus, baritone solo & organ (1922-23; pub. 1925; later withdrawn)[text: H.Vaughan]
Two Motets, baritone, chorus and orchestra or organ (1922-23; pub. 1925, later withdrawn) [first titled "Six Anthems"]
- Psalm 121 ("Up to those bright and gladsome hills") [text: Henry Vaughan]
- The Recovery ("Sin! Wilt though vanquish me!") [text: Thomas Traherne]
Psalm CXIX, How shall a young man, chorus (c1925?, unpublished/"scrapped") [text: Byrd's Psalms, Sonnets and songs, 1588]
- intended as one of a projected set of "Three Psalms", op. 4
Three Short Elegies, chorus, op. 5 (1926) [text: William Drummond]
- Life a right shadow is
- This world a hunting is
- This life, which seems so fair
God is Gone Up, choral anthem, chorus, op. 27, no. 2 (1926) [text: Edward Taylor]
Seven Unaccompanied Part Songs on poems by Robert Bridges, chorus, op. 17 (1934/1937)
- I praise the tender flower
- I have loved flowers that fade
- My spirit sang all day
- Clear and gentle stream
- Nightingales
- Haste on, my joys!
- Wherefore tonight so full of care
Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice, festival anthem, chorus, op. 26 (1946; pub. 1946) [text: Richard Crashaw]
My Lovely One, choral anthem, chorus, op. 27, no. 1 (1947) [text: Edward Taylor]
Thou Didst Delight My Eyes, male chorus, op. 32 (1951) [text: Robert Bridges]
All This Night, choral motet, chorus, op. 33 (1951) [text: William Austin]
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, choral song, chorus, op. 35 (1951) [text: Ecclesiasticus]
Magnificat, soloists, chorus and organ, op. 36 (1952; orchestrated 1956) [text: Book of Common Prayer]
White Flowering Days, chorus, op. 37 (1952-53) [text: Edmund Blunden] [written for "A Garland for the Queen"]
Muses and Graces, unison female chorus and piano or strings, op. 34 (1950) [text: Ursula Wood] ["Overstone School Song"]
Welcome Sweet and Sacred Feast, choral anthem, chorus, op. 27, no. 3 (1953) [text: Henry Vaughan]
Chamber
Interlude, oboe and string quartet, op. 21 (1932-1936)
Prelude and Fugue, string trio/violin, viola and cello, op. 24 (1938; pub. 1942)
Solo Instrument
Five Bagatelles, clarinet and piano, op. 23 (1938-1944; pub. 1945)
- Prelude
- Romance
- Carol
- Forlana
- Fughetta
Elegy, violin and piano, op. 22 (1940; fp. 1954; pub. 1983)
Piano
A Passer-by, piano (1921, unpublished/"scrapped")
Vocal see also Songs by Title Finzi Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Opus # ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
The twilit waters, voice and piano (1919, unpublished/"scrapped") [text: Fiona Macleod]
The reed player, voice and orchestra (1919, unpublished/"scrapped") [text: Fiona Macleod]
A cradle song, voice and piano (1919, unpublished/"scrapped") [text: Padraic Colum]
The fairies, voice and piano (1919; pub. 1923; withdrawn) [text: Robert Herrick]
The terrible robber man, voice and piano (1920, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: by Padraic Colum]
Tall nettles, voice and piano (1920, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: Edward Thomas]
O dear me!, voice and piano (1920, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: Walter de la Mare]
Before the paling of the stars, voice and organ (1920, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: Christina Rossetti]
Rondel, voice and piano (1920, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: Chaucer]
Ceremonies, voice and piano (1920; pub. 1923; withdrawn) [text: Robert Herrick]
The battle, voice and piano (1921, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: W.H. Davies]
Ten Children's Songs (Songs to poems by Christina Rossetti) , unison and 2-part female voices and piano, op. 1 (1920-21)
- The lily has a smooth stalk (unison)
- Dancing on the hill-tops (unison)
- Lullaby, oh lullaby (2-part or unison)
- Rosy maiden Winifred (2-part)
- Dead in the cold (2-part)
- Margaret has a milking-pail (2-part)
- Ferry me across the water (2-part or unison)
- There's snow on the fields (2-part)
- A linnet in a gilded cage (2-part)
- Boy Johnny (2-part or unison)
The Mound, song cycle, voice and string quartet (1921; planned, but never composed) [text: Thomas Hardy]
By Footpath and Stile (6 songs), baritone & str qt, op. 2 (1921-22; pub. 1925; withdrawn 1934; rev. pub. 1984) [text: Thomas Hardy]
- Paying calls ("I went by footpath and by stile") (rev. 1941)
- Where the picnic was (?rev. 1941)
- The oxen (rev. 1941)
- The master and the leaves
- Voices from things growing in a churchyard
- Exeunt omnes
The conclusion ("Even such is Time"), unison male chorus & pf (1922, unpub./"scrapped")[text: Walter Raleigh] [retitled “Epitaph”]
The cupboard, voice and piano (1922; pub. 1923; withdrawn) [text: Robert Graves]
English hills, voice and piano (c1922-1925, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: John Freeman]
Days too short, voice and piano (1925, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: W.H. Davies]
Two Sonnets by Milton, tenor or soprano and orchestra, op. 12 (1926-28; pub. 1936) [text: John Milton]
- When I consider how my life is spent
- How soon hath Time
A Young Man's Exhortation (10 songs), tenor and piano, op. 14 (c1926-29; pub. 1933) [text: Thomas Hardy]
- A young man's exhortation (1926)
- Ditty (1928)
- Budmouth dears (1929)
- Her temple (1927)
- The comet at Yell'ham (1927)
- Shortening days (1928)
- The sigh (1928)
- Former beauties (1927)
- Transformations (1929)
- The dance continued (?c1926-29)
Earth and Air and Rain (10 songs), baritone and piano, op. 15 (1928-1935; pub. 1936) [text: Thomas Hardy]
- Summer schemes (1932-35)
- When I set out for Lyonnesse (1932-35) [also arr. by Finzi for voice and orchestra]
- Waiting both (1929)
- The Phantom (1932)
- So I have fared (1928)
- Rollicum-rorum (1932)
- To Lizbie Browne (1932)
- The clock of the years (1932)
- In a churchyard (1932)
- Proud songsters (?1932)
Dies Natalis, soprano or tenor and string orchestra, op. 8 (1925-1939) [text: Thomas Traherne]
- Intrada (instrumental) (?c.1926-29, with likely later revisions)
- Rhapsody (Recitativo stromentato) (?c.1926-29, with likely later revisions)
- Air (The world) (discarded fragment, c1926)
- The Rapture (Danza) (1939)
- Wonder (Arioso) (1926-27, with likely later revisions)
- The Salutation (Aria) (1925-26, with likely later revisions)
Let Us Garlands Bring (5 songs), baritone and piano (or string orchestra), op. 18 (1929-1942; pub. 1942) [text: Shakespeare]
- Come away, come away, death (1938)
- Who is Silvia? (1941)
- Fear no more the heat o' the sun (1929)
- O mistress mine (1942)
- It was a lover and his lass (1940)
Farewell to Arms, tenor and small orchestra, op. 9 (1926?-28/c1943; pub. 1945)
- Introduction ("The helmet now") (c1943) [text: Ralph Knevet]
- Aria ("His golden locks") (?1926-28) [text: George Peele]
Four Songs from Loves Labour's Lost, voice and small orchestra, op. 28a (1946; pub. 1948) [text: Shakespeare]
- When daisies pied (Song of Ver)
- When icicles hang by the wall (Song of Hiems)
- If she be made of white or red (Riddle Song)
- Is it not sure a deadly pain (False Concolinel) [text: Anon.)
Before and After Summer (10 songs), baritone and piano, op. 16 (1932-1949; pub. 1949) [text: Thomas Hardy]
- Childhood among the ferns (1949)
- Before and after summer (1949)
- The self-unseeing (1949)
- Overlooking the river (1940)
- Channel firing (1940)
- In the mind's eye (The best she could) (1949)
- The too short time (1949)
- Epeisodia (?1932)
- Amabel (1932)
- He abjures love (1938)
To a Poet (6 songs), low voice and piano, op. 13a (1920s-56; published posthumously, 1965)
- To a poet a thousand years hence (1920s; rev. c1940) [text: James Elroy Flecker]
- On parent knees (1935) [text: attrib. to Sir William Jones]
- Intrada (?c1920s; 1956) [text: Thomas Traherne]
- The birthnight (1956) [text: Walter de la Mare]
- June on Castle Hill (1938-42) [text: Frank Laurence Lucas]
- Ode on the rejection of St Cecilia (1943) [text: George Barker]
Oh Fair to See (7 songs), high voice and piano, op. 13b (1921-1956; published posthumously, 1965)
- I say I'll seek her (1929; rev. 1950) [text: Thomas Hardy]
- Oh fair to see (1929) [text: Christina Rossetti]
- As I lay in the early sun (1921; rev. 1956) [text: Edward Shanks]
- Only the wanderer (1925) [text: Ivor Gurney]
- To Joy (1931) [text: Edmund Blunden]
- Harvest (1956) [text: Edmund Blunden]
- Since we loved (1956) [text: Robert Bridges]
Till Earth Outwears (7 songs), high voice and piano, op. 19a (1927-1956; published posthumously, 1958) [text: Thomas Hardy]
- Let me enjoy the earth (1936)
- In years defaced (1936)
- The market-girl (1927; rev. 1942)
- I look into my glass (?1937)
- It never looks like summer (1956)
- At a lunar eclipse (1929)
- Life laughs onwards (1955)
I Said to Love (6 songs), baritone and piano, op. 19b (1928-56; published posthumously, 1956) [text: Thomas Hardy]
- I need not go (1936)
- At Middle-Field Gate in February ("The bars are thick with drops that show") (1956)
- Two lips ("I kissed them in fancy") (1928)
- In five-score summers (1956)
- For life I had never cared greatly (1956)
- I said to love (1956)
. . . for listing of unfinished songs, see here
Incidental
Love's Labour's Lost, incidental music to Shakespeare's Play, op. 28 (1946)
Songs by Title Finzi Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
A cradle song, voice and piano (1919, unpublished/"scrapped") [text: Padraic Colum]
A linnet in a gilded cage [no. 9 from Ten Children's Songs, 2-part female voices and piano, op. 1 (1920-21)]
A young man's exhortation [no. 1 from A Young Man's Exhortation, tenor and piano, op. 14 (1926)]
Amabel [no. 9 from Before and After Summer, baritone and piano, op. 16 (1932)]
As I lay in the early sun [no. 3 from Oh Fair to See, high voice and piano, op. 13b (1921; rev. 1956)]
At a lunar eclipse [no. 6 from Till Earth Outwears, high voice and piano, op. 19a (1929; pub. posthumously, 1958)]
At Middle-Field Gate in February [no. 2 from I Said to Love, baritone and piano, op. 19b (1956; pub. posthumously, 1956)]
The battle, voice and piano (1921, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: W.H. Davies]
Before and after summer [no. 2 from Before and After Summer, baritone and piano, op. 16 (1949)]
Before the paling of the stars, voice and organ (1920, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: Christina Rossetti]
The birthnight [no. 4 from To a Poet, low voice and piano, op. 13a (1920s-56; pub. posthumously, 1965)]
Boy Johnny [no. 10 from Ten Children's Songs, 2-part or unison female voices and piano, op. 1 (1920-21)]
Budmouth dears [no. 3 from A Young Man's Exhortation, tenor and piano, op. 14 (1929)]
Ceremonies, voice and piano (1920; pub. 1923; withdrawn) [text: Robert Herrick]
Channel firing [no. 5 from Before and After Summer, baritone and piano, op. 16 (1940)]
Childhood among the ferns [no. 1 from Before and After Summer, baritone and piano, op. 16 (1949)]
The clock of the years [no. 8 from Earth and Air and Rain, baritone and piano, op. 15 (1932)]
Come away, come away, death [no. 1 from Let Us Garlands Bring, baritone and piano or string orch, op. 18 (1938)]
The comet at Yell'ham [no. 5 from A Young Man's Exhortation, tenor and piano, op. 14 (1927)]
The conclusion ("Even such is Time"), unison male chorus & pf (1922, unpub./"scrapped")[text: Walter Raleigh] [retitled “Epitaph”]
The dance continued [no. 10 from A Young Man's Exhortation, tenor and piano, op. 14 (?c1926-29)]
Dancing on the hill-tops [no. 2 from Ten Children's Songs, unison female voices and piano, op. 1 (1920-21)]
Days too short, voice and piano (1925, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: W.H. Davies]
Dead in the cold [no. 5 from Ten Children's Songs, 2-part female voices and piano, op. 1 (1920-21)]
Ditty [no. 2 from A Young Man's Exhortation, tenor and piano, op. 14 (1928)]
English hills, voice and piano (c1922-1925, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: John Freeman]
Epeisodia [no. 8 from Before and After Summer, baritone and piano, op. 16 (?1932)]
Even such is Time (see "The conclusion")
Exeunt omnes [no. 6 from By Footpath and Stile, baritone & str qt, op. 2 (1921-22)]
The fairies, voice and piano (1919; pub. 1923; withdrawn) [text: Robert Herrick]
Farewell to Arms, tenor and small orchestra, op. 9 (1926?-c1943)
Fear no more the heat o' the sun [no. 3 from Let Us Garlands Bring, baritone and piano or string orch, op. 18 (1929)]
Ferry me across the water [no. 7 from Ten Children's Songs, 2-part or unison female voices and piano, op. 1 (1920-21)]
For life I had never cared greatly [no. 5 from I Said to Love, baritone and piano, op. 19b (1956; pub. posthumously, 1956)]
Former beauties [no. 8 from A Young Man's Exhortation, tenor and piano, op. 14 (1927)]
Harvest [no. 6 from Oh Fair to See, high voice and piano, op. 13b (1956)]
He abjures love [no. 10 from Before and After Summer, baritone and piano, op. 16 (1938)]
Her temple [no. 4 from A Young Man's Exhortation, tenor and piano, op. 14 (1927)]
How soon hath Time [no. 2 from Two Sonnets (John Milton), tenor or soprano and orchestra, op. 12 (1926-28 )]
I look into my glass [no. 4 from Till Earth Outwears, high voice and piano, op. 19a (?1937; pub. posthumously, 1958)]
I need not go [no. 1 from I Said to Love, baritone and piano, op. 19b (1936; pub. posthumously, 1956)]
I said to love [no. 6 from I Said to Love, baritone and piano, op. 19b (1956; pub. posthumously, 1956)]
I say I'll seek her [no. 1 from Oh Fair to See, high voice and piano, op. 13b (1929; rev. 1950)]
If she be made of white or red (Riddle Song) [no. 3 from 4 Songs from Loves Labour's Lost, voice & orch, op. 28a (1946/47)]
In a churchyard [no. 9 from Earth and Air and Rain, baritone and piano, op. 15 (1932)]
In five-score summers [no. 4 from I Said to Love, baritone and piano, op. 19b (1956; pub. posthumously, 1956)]
In the mind's eye [no. 6 from Before and After Summer, baritone and piano, op. 16 (1949)]
In years defaced [no. 2 from Till Earth Outwears, high voice and piano, op. 19a (1936; pub. posthumously, 1958)]
Intrada [no. 3 from To a Poet, low voice and piano, op. 13a (1920s-56; pub. posthumously, 1965)]
Is it not sure a deadly pain (False Concolinel - Anon)[no. 4 from 4 Songs from Loves Labour's Lost, voice&orch, op. 28a (1946/47)]
It never looks like summer [no. 5 from Till Earth Outwears, high voice and piano, op. 19a (1956; pub. posthumously, 1958)]
It was a lover and his lass [no. 5 from Let Us Garlands Bring, baritone and piano or string orch, op. 18 (1940)]
June on Castle Hill [no. 5 from To a Poet, low voice and piano, op. 13a (1920s-56; pub. posthumously, 1965)]
Let me enjoy the earth [no. 1 from Till Earth Outwears, high voice and piano, op. 19a (1936; pub. posthumously, 1958)]
Life laughs onwards [no. 7 from Till Earth Outwears, high voice and piano, op. 19a (1955; pub. posthumously, 1958)]
The lily has a smooth stalk [no. 1 from Ten Children's Songs, unison female voices and piano, op. 1 (1920-21)]
Lullaby, oh lullaby [no. 3 from Ten Children's Songs, 2-part or unison female voices and piano, op. 1 (1920-21)]
The market-girl [no. 3 from Till Earth Outwears, high voice and piano, op. 19a (1927; rev. 1942; pub. posthumously, 1958)]
Margaret has a milking-pail [no. 6 from Ten Children's Songs, 2-part female voices and piano, op. 1 (1920-21)]
The master and the leaves [no. 4 from By Footpath and Stile, baritone and str qt, op. 2 (1921-22)]
The Mound, song cycle, voice and string quartet (1921; planned, but never composed) [text: Thomas Hardy]
Muses and Graces, unison female chorus and piano or strings, op. 34 (1950) [text: Ursula Wood] ["Overstone School Song"]
O dear me!, voice and piano (1920, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: Walter de la Mare]
O mistress mine [no. 4 from Let Us Garlands Bring, baritone and piano or string orch, op. 18 (1942)]
Ode on the rejection of St Cecilia [no. 6 from To a Poet, low voice and piano, op. 13a (1920s-56; pub. posthumously, 1965)]
Oh fair to see [no. 2 from Oh Fair to See, high voice and piano, op. 13b (1929)]
On parent knees [no. 2 from To a Poet, low voice and piano, op. 13a (1920s-56; pub. posthumously, 1965)]
Only the wanderer [no. 4 from Oh Fair to See, high voice and piano, op. 13b (1925)]
Overlooking the river [no. 4 from Before and After Summer, baritone and piano, op. 16 (1940)]
The oxen [no. 3 from By Footpath and Stile, baritone and str qt, op. 2 (1921-22; rev. 1941)]
Paying calls ("I went by footpath and by stile") [no. 1 from By Footpath and Stile, baritone & str qt, op. 2 (1921-22; rev. 1941)]
The phantom [no. 4 from Earth and Air and Rain, baritone and piano, op. 15 (1932)]
Proud songsters [no. 10 from Earth and Air and Rain, baritone and piano, op. 15 (?1932)]
The reed player, voice and orchestra (1919, unpublished/"scrapped") [text: Fiona Macleod]
Rollicum-rorum [no. 6 from Earth and Air and Rain, baritone and piano, op. 15 (1932)]
Rondel, voice and piano (1920, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: Chaucer]
Rosy maiden Winifred [no. 4 from Ten Children's Songs, 2-part female voices and piano, op. 1 (1920-21)]
The self-unseeing [no. 3 from Before and After Summer, baritone and piano, op. 16 (1949)]
Shortening days [no. 6 from A Young Man's Exhortation, tenor and piano, op. 14 (1928)]
The sigh [no. 7 from A Young Man's Exhortation, tenor and piano, op. 14 (1928)]
Since we loved [no. 7 from Oh Fair to See, high voice and piano, op. 13b (1956)]
So I have fared [no. 5 from Earth and Air and Rain, baritone and piano, op. 15 (1928)]
Summer schemes [no. 1 from Earth and Air and Rain, baritone and piano, op. 15 (1932-35)]
Tall nettles, voice and piano (1920, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: Edward Thomas]
The terrible robber man, voice and piano (1920, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: by Padraic Colum]
There's snow on the fields [no. 8 from Ten Children's Songs, 2-part female voices and piano, op. 1 (1920-21)]
To a poet a thousand years hence [no. 1 from To a Poet, low voice and piano, op. 13a (1920s-56; pub. posthumously, 1965)]
To Joy [no. 5 from Oh Fair to See, high voice and piano, op. 13b (1931)]
To Lizbie Browne [no. 7 from Earth and Air and Rain, baritone and piano, op. 15 (1932)]
The too short time [no. 7 from Before and After Summer, baritone and piano, op. 16 (1949)]
Transformations [no. 9 from A Young Man's Exhortation, tenor and piano, op. 14 (1929)]
The twilit waters, voice and piano (1919, unpublished/"scrapped") [text: Fiona Macleod]
Two lips [no. 3 from I Said to Love, baritone and piano, op. 19b (1928; pub. posthumously, 1956)]
Voices from things growing in a churchyard [no. 5 from By Footpath and Stile, baritone and str qt, op. 2 (1921-22)]
Waiting both [no. 3 from Earth and Air and Rain, baritone and piano, op. 15 (1929)]
When daisies pied (Song of Ver) [no. 1 from 4 Songs from Loves Labour's Lost, voice and small orch, op. 28a (1946/47)]
When I consider how my life is spent [no. 1 from Two Sonnets (John Milton), tenor or soprano and orchestra, op. 12 (1926-28 )]
When I set out for Lyonnesse [no. 2 from Earth and Air and Rain, baritone and piano, op. 15 (1932-35)]
When icicles hang by the wall (Song of Hiems) [no. 2 from 4 Songs from Loves Labour's Lost, voice & orch, op. 28a (1946/47)]
Where the picnic was [no. 2 from By Footpath and Stile, baritone & str qt, op. 2 (1921-22)]
Who is Silvia? [no. 2 from Let Us Garlands Bring, baritone and piano or string orch, op. 18 (1941)]
. . . for listing of unfinished songs, see here
Works By Opus Number Finzi Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Works by Opus # ~ ~ ~ Songs ~ top of page ~
Ten Children's Songs (Songs to poems by Christina Rossetti), unison and 2-part female voices and piano, op. 1 (1920-21)
By Footpath and Stile (6 songs), baritone and piano, op. 2 (1921-1922)
A Severn Rhapsody, chamber orchestra, op. 3 (1923) [posthumously listed as "English Pastorals and Elegies", op. 3, no. 1]
Three Psalms, chorus, op. 4 (c1925?, unpublished/"scrapped") [only one piece written: Psalm CXIX, How shall a young man]
Three Short Elegies, chorus, op. 5 (1926) [Life a Right Shadow Is; This World A Hunting Is; This Life, Which Seems So Fair]
Introit, violin and orchestra, op. 6 (1925; rev. 1942) - revised 2nd movement of withdrawn Violin Concerto
Nocturne (New Year Music), orchestra, op. 7 (1926; rev. 1940s; pub. 1950)
Dies Natalis, soprano or tenor and string orchestra, op. 8 (1925-1939)
Farewell to Arms, tenor and small orchestra, op. 9 (1926?-28/c1943; pub. 1945)
Eclogue, piano and string orch, op. 10 (late 1920s; rev. 1940s; pub. 1957) [originally slow mvt of unfinished Piano Concerto, 1920s]
Romance, string orchestra, op. 11 (1928; pub. 1952)
Two Sonnets by Milton, tenor or soprano and orchestra, op. 12 (1926-28; pub. 1936)
Oh Fair to See (7 songs), high voice and piano, op. 13b (1921-1956; published posthumously, 1965 )
To a Poet (6 songs), low voice and piano, op. 13a (1920s-56; published posthumously, 1965)
A Young Man's Exhortation (10 songs), tenor and piano, op. 14 (c1926-29; pub. 1933)
Earth and Air and Rain (10 songs), baritone and piano, op. 15 (1928-1935 )
Before and After Summer (10 songs), baritone and piano, op. 16 (1932-1949; pub. 1949)
Seven Unaccompanied Part Songs on poems by Robert Bridges, chorus, op. 17 (1934/1937)
Let Us Garlands Bring (5 songs), baritone and piano (or string orchestra), op. 18 (1929-1942; pub. 1942)
Till Earth Outwears (7 songs), high voice and piano, op. 19a (1927-1956; published posthumously, 1958)
I Said to Love (6 songs), baritone and piano, op. 19b (1928-56; published posthumously, 1956)
The Fall of the Leaf (Elegy), orch, op. 20 (1926-29; rev.1940-42; pub.1958) [partial orchestration; completed by H. Ferguson]
- mvt 3 of uncompleted "The Bud, the Blossom and the Berry", chamber orchestra (c1920s)
Interlude, oboe and string quartet, op. 21 (1932-1936)
Elegy, violin and piano, op. 22 (1940; fp. 1954; pub. 1983)
Five Bagatelles, clarinet and piano, op. 23 (1938-1944; pub. 1945)
Prelude and Fugue, string trio/violin, viola and cello, op. 24 (1938; pub. 1942)
Prelude, string orch, op. 25 (c1920s; fp.1957) [1st mvt of uncompleted chamber symphony "The Bud, the Blossom and the Berry"]
Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice, festival anthem, chorus, op. 26 (1946; pub. 1946)
Three Choral Anthems
- My Lovely One, choral anthem, op. 27, no. 1 (1947)
- God is Gone Up, choral anthem, op. 27, no. 2 (1951)
- Welcome Sweet and Sacred Feast, choral anthem, op. 27, no. 3 (1953)
Love's Labour's Lost, incidental music to Shakespeare's Play, op. 28 (1946)
- Four Songs from Loves Labour's Lost, voice and small orchestra, op. 28a (1946; pub. 1948)
- Love's Labour's Lost, suite (10 pieces), orchestra, op. 28b (1946; reworked for 1952 stage production/1955)
Intimations of Immortality, ode, tenor, chorus and orchestra, op. 29 (1930s-1950; fp. 5 Sept 1950)
For St. Cecilia, tenor, chorus and orchestra, op. 30 (1946-47; pub. 1948)
Clarinet Concerto, op. 31 (1948-49; pub. 1951)
Thou Didst Delight My Eyes, male chorus, op. 32 (1951)
All This Night, choral motet, chorus, op. 33 (1951)
Muses and Graces, unison female chorus and piano or strings, op. 34 (1950) [text: Ursula Wood] ["Overstone School Song"]
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, choral song, chorus, op. 35 (1951)
Magnificat, soloists, chorus and organ, op. 36 (1952; orchestrated 1956)
White Flowering Days, chorus, op. 37 (1952-53) [written for "A Garland for the Queen"]
Grand Fantasia and Toccata, piano and orchestra, op. 38 (1928?/1953)
In Terra Pax, soprano, baritone, chorus and strings, harp and cymbol (or orchestra), op. 39 (1954; rescored 1956)
Cello Concerto, op. 40 (1951-52/1954-55)
Works Without Opus Number
The twilit waters, voice and piano (1919, unpublished/"scrapped") [text: Fiona Macleod]
The reed player, voice and orchestra (1919, unpublished/"scrapped") [text: Fiona Macleod]
A cradle song, voice and piano (1919, unpublished/"scrapped") [text: Padraic Colum]
The fairies, voice and piano (1919; pub. 1923; withdrawn) [text: Robert Herrick]
The terrible robber man, voice and piano (1920, unpublished/"scrapped") [text: by Padraic Colum]
Tall nettles, voice and piano (1920, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: Edward Thomas]
O dear me!, voice and piano (1920, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: Walter de la Mare]
Before the paling of the stars, voice and organ (1920, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: Christina Rossetti]
Rondel, voice and piano (1920, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: Chaucer]
Ceremonies, voice and piano (1920; pub. 1923; withdrawn) [text: Robert Herrick]
A passer-by, piano (1921, unpublished/"scrapped")
The battle, voice and piano (1921, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: W.H. Davies]
Concerto for Small Orchestra and Solo Violin (1925-28; mvts 2&3 fp. 1927; full perf. 1928; pub. posth. 2001)
- Introit, violin and orchestra, op. 6 (1925; rev. 1942) - revised 2nd movement of withdrawn Violin Concerto
Time was upon the wing, baritone solo and female chorus (1921-22, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: Robert Herrick]
- No. 4 of a planned set of "Six Elegies"; other movements moved to "Three Motets", 1922-23
The Mound, song cycle, voice and string quartet (1921; planned, but never composed) [text: Thomas Hardy]
The conclusion ("Even such is Time"), unison male chorus & pf (1922, unpub./"scrapped")[text: Walter Raleigh] [retitled “Epitaph”]
The cupboard, voice and piano (1922; pub. 1923; withdrawn) [text: Robert Graves]
Allegro, for "Toy Symphony Orchestra", [ensemble] (1922, unpublished/"scrapped" )
The Brightness of This Day - Christmas Hymn, chorus, baritone solo and organ (1922-23; pub. 1925; later withdrawn)
Two Motets, baritone, chorus and orchestra or organ (1922-23; pub. 1925, later withdrawn) [first titled "Six Anthems"]
Three Motets, soloists, double chorus and orchestra (1922-23, unpublished/"scrapped") [formerly titled "Six Elegies"]
Requiem da camera, baritone, chorus and orchestra (1923-24; rev. 1930s; orchestration completed, 1984; pub. 1992)
- posthumously listed as "English Pastorals and Elegies", op. 3, no. 2
English hills, voice and piano (c1922-1925, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: John Freeman]
Days too short, voice and piano (1925, unpublished/"scrapped" ) [text: W.H. Davies]
Piano Concerto (late 1920s, unfinished)
- Fantasia (1928?) - part of unfinished Piano Concerto; published with Toccata (1953)
- [slow movement] (late 1920s) - part of unfinished Piano Concerto; revised in 1940s; posthumously pub. 1957 as "Eclogue", op. 10
The Bud, the Blossom and the Berry, chamber orchestra (c1920s, uncompleted; piano duet versions of mvts 1 & 3 extant)
- Prelude, string orch, op. 25 (c1920s; fp.1957) [mvt 1: of the uncompleted "The Bud, the Blossom and the Berry"]
- The Fall of the Leaf (Elegy), orchestra, op. 20 (1926-29; rev. 1940-42) [mvt 3: partial orchestration; completed by H. Ferguson]
Toccata, piano and orchestra (1953) [used in "Grand Fantasia and Toccata", op. 38]
FINZI LINKS Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
Gerald Finzi and John Ireland: A Stylistic Comparison ... (Richard Michael Jupin, SUNY at Potsdam)
Gerald Finzi and Our Choral Tradition (Andrew Deuchar, Claves Regni)
Gerald Finzi's New Year's Eve Epiphany (Classical Iconoclast)
A History and Analysis of Gerald Finzi's Dies Natalis (M. McCullough, British Music Society)
John Russell FRCM (1916-1990), A Personal Memoir ... (Adrian Williams, Music & Vision)
Joy Finzi (Joyce Amy Black Finzi, 1907-1991) (Pamela Blevins, Ivor Gurney's Friends Biographies)
Lasting Friendships (Roderic Dunnett, Music & Vision)
Letters of Gerald Finzi and Howard Ferguson
Books
Gerald Finzi: His Life and Music (Diana McVeagh, Boydell Pr, books.google.com)
Composer's website
The Finzi Trust also here
Gerald Finzi Pages (MusicWeb International)
Finzi @ Wikipedia
Finzi @ Boosey & Hawkes
Finzi @ Classical Archives
Finzi @ Classical Net
Finzi @ Find a Grave
Finzi @ FinziSong
Finzi @ Friends of Finzi
Finzi @ IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library
Finzi @ Kiddle Encyclopedia
Finzi @ Klassika
Finzi @ Musicalics
Finzi @ MusicWeb International
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Finzi @ LiederNet
Finzi @ Singers.com
Finzi @ University of Reading
Publisher
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Streaming Audio
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Recordings
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Video
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Finzi @ BBC Radio 3 / Gerald Finzi - A 50th Anniversary Tribute (2006)
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