Songs to poems by Christina Rossetti
(1920-1) 1for unison voices and piano
Duration: 13'
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
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.