Requiem da camera
MS. Mus. c. 449
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Requiem da camera
Shelfmark
MS. Mus. c. 449
Summary
Vocal score of the complete work, with piano accompaniment. ii + 34 pages (pp. 28-34 blank).
The music and directions are in a copyist's hand, but the words and a note on p. ii are added by the composer. The Prelude (movement 1) is in an arrangement for piano duet by Howard Ferguson (the autograph of which is at MS. Mus. b. 33, fols. 148-152). Dated at the end 'Painswick, 1924' by the composer, but this copy dates from 1928 (see Stephen Banfield: Gerald Finzi (1997), p. 88).
Date
1928
Language
Italian
Physical extent
36 pages
Acquisition
Given by Philip Thomas through the Finzi Trust, 1994.
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Collection contents
Music manuscripts of Gerald Finzi
V. Additional material received from Boosey & Hawkes (1978) and other sources
Requiem da camera
