Autograph and copyists' manuscripts of Gerald Finzi's Requiem da camera

Scope and Content

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.

Administrative / Biographical History

Gerald Finzi (1901-56) was a composer. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Given to the Library through the Finzi Trust in 1994.

Note

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.

Related Material

See also: Works of Gerald Finzi (MSS. Mus. b. 33-4, b. 43, c. 376-98); and music manuscript sof Gerald Finzi (MSS. Mus. b. 118-19, c. 550).

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