{"product_id":"gerald-finzis-letters-1915-1956","title":"Gerald Finzi's Letters, 1915-1956","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eA fully annotated edition of over 1600 letters from and to Gerald Finzi, spanning his life from the early 1920s until his untimely death in 1956, reveals him as a multi-faceted and complex character with strong views and wide interests. The letters provide insights into his personality and background, including his music, scholarship, and friendships with notable composers, musicians, and artists. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1080 pages\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 25 May 2021\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Boydell \u0026amp; Brewer Ltd\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fully annotated edition of more than 1600 letters from and to Gerald Finzi, spanning the composer's life from ca. the early 1920s up until his untimely death in 1956.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2022 C.B. Oldman prize, by the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAMLS UK \u0026amp; Irl)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerald Finzi's (1901-1956) masterpiece is the radiant and touching cantata Dies Natalis. He is also highly regarded for his Thomas Hardy song-settings, for his Intimations of Immortality, and for his fine cello and clarinet concertos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a scholar, he championed the then neglected composers Hubert Parry and Ivor Gurney, and the eighteenth-century John Stanley, William Boyce and Richard Mudge, composers he revived with the amateur orchestra he founded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiana McVeagh, Finzi's biographer, brings together more than 1600 letters from and to Gerald Finzi, spanning the composer's life from the early 1920s until his untimely death in 1956. His more than 160 correspondents include Ralph Vaughan Williams, Herbert Howells, Edmund Rubbra, Arthur Bliss and Howard Ferguson, Michael Tippett, Benjamin Britten and Sir John Barbirolli, the poet Edmund Blunden, and the artist John Aldridge, making this a portrait not only of Gerald Finzi but also of his group of composer, musician and artist friends in the first half of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these mostly unpublished letters Finzi emerges as a multi-faceted and complex character, developing from a solitary, introverted youth into a man with strong views and wide interests: education, pacifism, vegetarianism, the Arts and Crafts movement and the English pastoral tradition, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom amusing trivia to the deeply serious ideas and principles Finzi set out at the onset of war and in the 1950s, these letters allow for first-hand insights into Finzi's life and work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1996g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 179 x 245 x 67 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781783275724                                                      \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shulph Ink","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44094584062202,"sku":"9781783275724","price":70.81,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1ca3ed3735c3e944bd31a552f8616d43.jpg?v=1632195111","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/gerald-finzis-letters-1915-1956","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}