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Gerald Finzi

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Gerald Finzi · Arts & Literature

What

Classical composer

When

1901, London, England — 1956, Oxford, England

Where

United Kingdom

Biography

Gerald Finzi is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Classical composer

How & why

Gerald Finzi was an English composer best known for his choral works and song settings, especially of the poetry of Thomas Hardy, and for his Cello Concerto and Clarinet Concerto. Of Italian- and German-Jewish descent, he was an agnostic; his documented ancestry on both sides was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Classical composer

1901

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music