Editing Gerald Finzi (section)

===1933–39: Musical development===
Finzi never felt at home in London and, having married the artist [[Joy Finzi|Joyce Black]], settled with her in [[Aldbourne]], [[Wiltshire]], where he devoted himself to composing and apple-growing, saving a number of rare English [[apple]] varieties from extinction. He also amassed a large library of some 3,000 volumes of English poetry, philosophy and literature, which is now kept at the [[University of Reading]]. His collection of about 700 volumes of 18th-century English music, including books, manuscripts and printed scores, is now held by the [[University of St Andrews]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/specialcollections/Rarebooks/Namedspecialcollections/FinziCollection/ |title=Finzi Collection |publisher=University of St Andrews |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212081050/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/specialcollections/Rarebooks/Namedspecialcollections/FinziCollection/ |access-date=3 May 2018|archive-date=12 December 2008 }}</ref>

During the 1930s, Finzi composed only a few works, but it was in them, notably the [[cantata]] ''[[Dies Natalis (cantata)|Dies natalis]]'' (1939) to texts by [[Thomas Traherne]], that his fully mature style developed. He also worked on behalf of the poet-composer [[Ivor Gurney]], who had been committed to a mental hospital. Finzi and his wife catalogued and edited Gurney's works for publication. They also studied and published English [[folk music]] and music by older English composers such as [[William Boyce (composer)|William Boyce]], [[Capel Bond]], [[John Garth (composer)|John Garth]], [[Richard Mudge]], [[John Stanley (composer)|John Stanley]] and [[Charles Wesley]].

In 1939, the Finzis moved to [[Ashmansworth]] in [[Hampshire]], where he founded the [[Newbury String Players]], an amateur [[chamber orchestra]] that he conducted until his death, reviving 18th-century string music, as well as giving premieres of works by his contemporaries and offering talented young musicians such as [[Julian Bream]] and [[Kenneth Leighton]] the chance to perform.