Wartime service
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Gerald Finzi: 15 facts about the Great Composer
12. Wartime service
During the Second World War, Finzi worked for the Ministry of War Transport and lodged German and Czech refugees in his home. After the war, he became somewhat more productive than before, writing several choral works as well as the Clarinet Concerto (1949), perhaps his most popular work.