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Autograph letter signed : Ashmansworth, to [Ian Davie], [after 1956 Sept. 27].

BIB_ID
372872
Accession number
MA 5142.31
Creator
Finzi, Joy, 1907-1991.
Display Date
[after 1956 Sept. 27].
Credit line
Bequest of Kenneth A. Lohf, 2001.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.8 cm
Notes
On pre-printed stationery: "Joyce, Christopher and Nigel Finzi send you their grateful thanks for all your sympathy and thought at this time."
The letter was written at some point after Gerald Finzi's death on Sept. 27, 1956.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and manuscripts of war poetry primarily related to World War II.
Provenance
Kenneth A. Lohf.
Summary
Discussing her husband's illness; noting that "'Piers Prodigal' [Davie's poem] lay on [Gerald Finzi's] piano awaiting the allowances of time"; telling him what parts Finzi had set to music before his death.