Worcestershire, England was the birthplace of Edward Elgar. The cottage now houses a museum administered by the National Trust. Edward Elgar was born at the house...
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Broadheath where Elgar was born is now the Elgar Birthplace Museum, devoted to his life and work. Elgar's daughter, Carice, helped to found the museum in 1936...
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The Dorabella Cipher is an enciphered letter written by composer Edward Elgar to Dora Penny, which was accompanied by another dated July 14, 1897. Penny...
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Broadheath is the birthplace of the English composer Edward Elgar. The cottage in which he was born is now the Elgar Birthplace Museum. The village was...
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quality of life of members of the public. It also supports the Elgar Birthplace Museum with an annual grant with the objective of widening accessibility...
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picturesque Cotswold village Croome Court Elgar Birthplace Museum Evesham Bell Tower Forge Mill Needle Museum at Redditch, the only remaining working needle...
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for contralto or mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra composed by Edward Elgar. It was first performed at the Birmingham Festival in 1912. Wikisource has...
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Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, his last major completed work, is a cornerstone of the solo cello repertoire. Elgar composed it in the...
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The Dream of Gerontius (category Oratorios by Edward Elgar)
Edward (2002). Elgar's Oratorios: The Creation of an Epic Narrative. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate. ISBN 0-7546-0271-0. The Elgar Birthplace Museum The Dream of...
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Enigma Variations (redirect from Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 (Elgar))
Edward Elgar composed his Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, popularly known as the Enigma Variations, between October 1898 and February 1899. It...
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his sister Dorothy Wordsworth Elgar Birthplace Museum, Worcestershire, England – cottage birthplace of composer Edward Elgar Ernest Hemingway Cottage, Michigan...
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Alice, Lady Elgar (9 October 1848 – 7 April 1920) was an English author of verse and prose fiction, who married the composer Edward Elgar. Caroline Alice...
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Westwood Manor White Barrow Bredon Barn Croome Park The Firs (Elgar Birthplace Museum) The Fleece Inn The Greyfriars Hanbury Hall Hawford Dovecote Knowles...
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Minute. He can also be heard on the audio guide for the Edward Elgar birthplace museum. For four years he was a newsreader on BBC World Service He was...
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Salut d'Amour (category Compositions by Edward Elgar)
Op. 12, is a musical work composed by Edward Elgar in 1888, originally written for violin and piano. Elgar finished the piece in July 1888, when he was...
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Sir Edward Elgar's Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op. 47, was composed in 1905 for performance in an all-Elgar concert by the newly formed London...
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collections bells – Loughborough Elgar Birthplace Museum, dedicated to Edward Elgar – Broadheath Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum – Morpeth Keith Hardings World...
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the Elgar Birthplace in the 1960s (Kennedy 1987, p. 19). J. F. Porte, in his critical book Sir Edward Elgar (Porte 1921), asserts that Elgar wrote two...
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Sir Edward Elgar's Symphony No. 1 in A♭ major, Op. 55 is one of his two completed symphonies. The first performance was given by the Hallé Orchestra conducted...
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Edward Elgar's Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61, is one of his longest orchestral compositions, and the last of his works to gain immediate popular...
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Charles Walton The Firs, name used by the National Trust for the Elgar Birthplace Museum, Worcestershire, England The Firs, Adelaide, South Australia, an...
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Pomp and Circumstance Marches (category Compositions by Edward Elgar)
Circumstance Marches are a series of five marches for orchestra composed by Edward Elgar, together with a sixth march created from sketches. The marches were dedicated...
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Sea Pictures (category Song cycles by Edward Elgar)
Sea Pictures, Op. 37 is a song cycle by Sir Edward Elgar consisting of five songs written by various poets. It was set for contralto and orchestra, though...
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Edward Elgar. It was written in March 1892 and first performed privately in that year; its public premiere was in 1896. It became one of Elgar's most popular...
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Solo | Five Piano Improvisations Sheet Music from the Elgar Shop - the Elgar Birthplace Museum and Visitor Centre". Archived from the original on 24 March...
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Elgar is a British drama documentary made in 1962 by the British director Ken Russell for BBC Television's Monitor series. It dramatised in vigorous style...
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Sir Edward Elgar's Symphony No. 2 in E♭ major, Op. 63, was completed on 28 February 1911 and was premiered at the London Musical Festival at the Queen's...
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Kingdom, Op. 51, is an English-language oratorio composed in 1906 by Edward Elgar. It was first performed at the Birmingham Music Festival on 3 October 1906...
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in C minor, Op. 68, is an orchestral work by the English composer Edward Elgar. Though not so designated by the composer, it is a symphonic poem in the...
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Sir Edward Elgar wrote his Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82, in 1918, at the same time as he wrote his String Quartet in E minor and his Piano Quintet...
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