The Wand of Youth Suites No. 1 and No. 2 are works for orchestra by Edward Elgar, first performed in 1907 and 1908 respectively. The titles Elgar gave...

he reshaped into The Wand of Youth suites during the summer of 1907. He began work on a symphony and when he went to Rome for the winter he continued work...

he rearranged with only minor changes and orchestrated as the suites titled The Wand of Youth. Until he was fifteen, Elgar received a general education...

because of its similarities to the private fantasy world of his own childhood which he had depicted in the music he wrote for "The Wand of Youth"; his first...

(O'Shaughnessy) The text of the work is the 1874 poem Ode by Arthur O'Shaughnessy, which Elgar set in its entirety. He had been working on the music intermittently...

the piece in July 1888, when he was romantically involved with Caroline Alice Roberts, and he called it "Liebesgruss" ('Love's Greeting') because of Miss...

remains unknown. The cipher, consisting of 87 characters spread over 3 lines, appears to be made up from 24 symbols, each symbol consisting of 1, 2, or 3 approximate...

The suit of wands is one of four suits in tarot, collectively known as the Minor Arcana. Like the other tarot suits, the suit of wands contains fourteen...

through the whole work, which has never been definitely discovered Sea Pictures Overture Cockaigne (In London Town), Op. 40 The Wand of Youth, Opp. 1a...

and Alice A friend of Elgar's, the Very Rev. Canon Charles Vincent Dolman, O.S.B. was the priest of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis Xavier in...

of excerpts in 1920, the score was neglected until 1973, when the conductor Sir Adrian Boult revived it for a recording. It was later staged in the theatre...

divinatory purposes. A posse of youths are brandishing staves (wands), as if in sport or strife. The key meanings of the Five of Wands: Anxiety Conflict Disagreement...

cornerstone of the solo cello repertoire. Elgar composed it in the aftermath of the First World War, when his music had already become out of fashion with the concert-going...

Paul Dukas, The Sorcerer's Apprentice Edward Elgar, Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 ("Land of Hope and Glory") Edward Elgar, The Wand of Youth, Suite No...

performed by the United States Army Band Problems playing these files? See media help. The Pomp and Circumstance Marches are a series of five marches...

is one of his longest orchestral compositions, and the last of his works to gain immediate popular success. The concerto was composed for the violinist...

The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, is a work for voices and orchestra in two parts composed by Edward Elgar in 1900, to text from the poem by John Henry Newman...

other parts of the cycle; most notably, the second stanza is heard again almost in its entirety as part of the finale. Elgar composed the piece on his...

Menuhin), the Cello Concerto (with Beatrice Harrison), Falstaff, In the South, and many of the lighter pieces including the Wand of Youth and Nursery...

theme. Elgar dedicated the work "to my friends pictured within", each variation being a musical sketch of one of his circle of close acquaintances (see...

debut in London, in the play 2:22 A Ghost Story. In October 2022, Felton published a memoir, Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard...

Frederick Delius – Songs of Sunset; Brigg Fair Ernő Dohnányi – String Quartet No. 2 in D-flat, Op. 15 Edward Elgar – The Wand of Youth Reinhold Glière – Symphony...

Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, as the last of the Seven Lieder of Edward Elgar (with English and German words). The song may be the same as that called Muleteer's...

The work, which Elgar called "the passionate pilgrimage of the soul", was his last completed symphony; the composition of his Symphony No. 3, begun in...

Frank Bridge's The Sea; Britten's Piano Concerto; Delius's A Song Before Sunrise, A Song of Summer, and Idyll; Elgar's The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1, Sospiri...

The Nursery Suite is one of the last compositions by Edward Elgar. Like Elgar's The Wand of Youth suites, it makes use of sketches from the composer's...

recognisable Wand of Youth style. A light dance-tune with a prominent part for the tambourine recurs like a rondo. There are two contrasting episodes, the second...

works, particularly with amateur groups, youth ensembles, and chamber orchestras, and is among the most recorded of his compositions. Serenade for Strings...

international success with the Enigma Variations (1899) and The Dream of Gerontius (1900), Elgar was commissioned by the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival...

after the beginning of World War I. Elgar originally intended it for violin and piano, as a companion piece to Salut d'Amour and had in mind the title...