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Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (/ ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɑːr / ⓘ; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire.
Jun 11, 2024 · Sir Edward Elgar was an English composer whose works in the orchestral idiom of late 19th-century Romanticism—characterized by bold tunes, striking colour effects, and mastery of large forms—stimulated a renaissance of English music.
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Jul 11, 2023 · Edward Elgar gained fame as a composer, his breakthrough work being his Froissart Overture and Enigma Variations. He is best known today for his Land of Hope and Glory, adapted from the trio of one of his Pomp and Circumstance Marches.
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- Edward Elgar stopped composing in the 1920s, perhaps as a consequence of his wife's death in 1920. He did continue to conduct and compose a Third S...
- Edward Elgar played the piano, organ, and violin.
- Edward Elgar was a composer of Romantic music. He is best known for his symphonies, orchestral works, and marches.
The table below shows all known compositions by Edward Elgar. Compositions [ edit ] Works are shown in opus number order (Opp. 1–90), followed by those without opus number, in date order (1867–1933).
Op.YearTitleGenre11878chamber1a1907The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 1orchestral1b1908The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 2orchestral21887Three motets / anthemschurchSir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known...
Sep 20, 2017 · Biography of Edward Elgar 1857 – 1934. Edward William Elgar was born on June 2 1987 in Lower Broadheath, a small village near Worcester, England and was the fourth of seven children.
