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An anthology of writings on Gerald and Joy Finzi, compiled to celebrate twenty-five years of the FInzi Friends Newsletter. This book is the perfect companion volume to the biographies by Stephen Banfield and Diana McVeagh. Long out-of-print writings have been freshly edited and revised and have been brought together with many new pieces, appearing in print for the first time. Fascinating archive material from private collections has been gathered, including many previously unseen photographs. The life and works of the English composer Gerald Finzi are not the sole focus of this anthology. The centenary of his wife, the poet and artist, Joy Finzi, is justly commemorated through substantial extracts from her rare memorial volume and a selection of her poems. The Clock of the Years additionally celebrates the wide-ranging creative legacy inspired by the Finzis. Contributors include Stephen Banfield, Lady Bliss, Anthony Boden, John Carol Case, Jeremy Dale Roberts, Christopher Finzi, Michael Kennedy, Philip Langridge, Diana McVeagh, Richard Shirley Smith, Paul Spicer, Stephen Varcoe, Ursula Vaughan Williams and many others.
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The "Clock of the Years" is an anthology compiled to celebrate 25 years of the Finzi Friends Newsletter. It includes freshly edited and revised pieces that have been long out of print or only available to society members, with many new pieces appearing in print for the first time. The collection is enhanced by fascinating archive material from private collections, including many previously unseen photographs of Finzi and his circle. Contents include: Anthony Boden on Finzi at the 3 Choirs Festival; Joy Finzi on Ralph Vaughan Williams; Kenneth Leighton's memories of Finzi; Stephen Banfield on writing his biography of the composer; Philip Thomas on Finzi's Clarinet Concerto; Christopher Stunt on Finzi and Thomas Hardy; Hugh Cobbe on the correspondence of Finzi and Vaughan Williams; Diana McVeagh, Myfanwy Thomas and Ursula Vaughan Williams on Joy Finzi; Howard Ferguson on Elgar; Philip Langridge on Intimations of Immortality; Christopher Finzi on recording Dies natalis.
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