The Pantheist Index

Finzi, Gerald (1901 - 1956): Despite his Italian Jewish parentage Finzi is very much of the English pastoral tradition, particularly exemplified in "The Fall of the Leaf" and his setting of Wordsworth's "Intimations of Immortality".

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• BBC Online - Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956) Finzi's life, work and love of the countryside which found practical expression in his efforts to save several varieties of English apple from extinction.

• Gerald Finzi Comprehensive information on Finzi's life and work.

• The Lost Gleam: William Wordsworth's "Recollections of Early Childhood" Article relating to Gerald Finzi's setting of Wordsworth's "Intimations of Immortality" which evokes a "vivid spiritual experience of unity with Nature".