Finzi, Gerald: Songs to poems by Christina Rossetti op. 1 (1920-1) 13'

for unison voices and piano

Repertoire Note  
Finzi’s op.1 followed a contemporary vogue for the artfully simplistic verse of Christina Rossetti, but responded with choral settings pointing the way towards an individual style and foreshadowing word-setting techniques in the later songs.

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