Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Partridge, Ian, 1938- prf
Title:
Songs by Finzi and his friends [sound recording].
Alternate Title(s):
Title on container: Gerald Finzi 25th anniversary celebration 1981
Published / Created:
London : Hyperion, p1981.
Physical Description:
1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo. ; 12 in.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
MSS 17 Moss no. 103
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Musical Sound Recordings
Notes:
The Finzi works are sets of songs.

Ian Partridge, tenor ; Stephen Roberts, baritone ; Clifford Benson, piano.

Recorded Feb. 8-9, 1981.

Program notes by Diana McVeagh on container.

"Songs by Finzi & His Friends' long-play record for the 25th Anniversary Celebration of Gerald Finzi's death in 1956. Drawn four-color sleeve (310 x 314 mm) illustrated and designed by Richard Shirley Smith."--Moss.

Moss, R.W. Richard Shirley Smith, 103

BAC: British Art Center copy lacks the record and the text insert (comprises illustrated album jacket only).

BAC: From the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith.

Library's copy lacks text insert.
Contents:
To a poet, op. 13a / Gerald Finzi (18 min.) ; texts, J. E. Flicker, Sir William Jones, Thomas Traherne, Walter de la Mare, F. L. Lucas, George Barker -- If it's ever spring again (Thomas Hardy) ; The colour (Hardy) ; So sweet love seemed (Robert Bridges) / Robin Milford -- O mistress mine! / Ernest Farrar ; text, Shakespeare -- Sleep (John Fletcher) ; Down by the Salley Gardens (Yeats) ; Hawk and Buckle (Robert Graves) / Ivor Gurney -- In memoriam / Harry Gill ; text, H.P. Dixon -- Oh fair to see, op. 13b / Finzi (15 min.) ; texts, Hardy, Christina Rossetti, Edward Shanks, Gurney, Edmund Blunden, Bridges.
Subject Terms:
Songs (High voice) with piano. | Songs (Medium voice) with piano. | Songs, English.
Contributors:
Roberts, Stephen, 1949–2022. prf | Benson, Clifford. prf | Finzi, Gerald, 1901–1956. To a poet. | Milford, Robin, 1903–1959. Songs. Selections. | Farrar, Ernest, 1885–1918. O mistress mine! | Gurney, Ivor, 1890–1937. Songs. Selections. | Gill, Harry, 1897– In memoriam. | Finzi, Gerald, 1901–1956. Oh fair to see. | Moss, Roger W., 1940– former owner. | Shirley Smith, Richard, ill.