Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934

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Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934

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Elgar, Edward William

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Elgar, Edward

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Elgar, Edward (Edward William), 1857-1934

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Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. op. 83,

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Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. op. 47 .

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Elgar, Sir, Edward William, 1857-1934, 1st Baronet, composer

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Elgar, Sir Edward 1857-1934 1st Baronet Composer

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Elgar, Edward William (1857-1934).

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Elgar, Edward William, Sir, 1857-1934, 1st Baronet, composer

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Elgar, Edward (British composer, 1857-1934)

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Elgar, Edward, Sir, 1857-1934.

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Elgar Edward William 1857-1934 Sir 1st Baronet Composer

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E. Elgar

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Эльгар, Э. 1857-1934 (Эдуард),

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Эльгар, Э. 1857-1934 (Эдуард),

Эльгар, Эдуард, 1857-1934

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Edward William Elgar

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Edward William Elgar

Elgar , Edwar

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Elgar, Sir Edward

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Elgar, .. 1857-1934

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Elgar, Edgar William 1857-1934

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Elgars, Edvards Viljams, 1857-1934

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Francke, Gustav 1857-1934

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Elgar, Edward Sir.

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Èl'gar, È.

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Edward Elgar

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Elgard, Edward William 1857-1934

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Elgar, Edward W. 1857-1934

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Elgar Sir Edward Wiliam.

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Elgar , Edward <compositore>

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Elgar, Edward William Sir 1857-1934

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Edware Elgar

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エルガー, E

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Francke, Gustav.

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Edgar Elgar

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Elgar, E. 1857-1934 (Edward),

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Elgar

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Edvard Elgar

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1857-06-02

1857-06-02

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1934-02-23

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English composer.

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Malvern, 12 April [n.y.], to [Plunket?] Greene. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566154 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Plas Gwyn, 15 August 1904, to [Samuel Aitken], 1904 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566140 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Plas Gwyn, Christmas Day 1902, to Mrs. [Louise Alvar] Harding, 1902 Dec. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566144 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London, 11 June 1914, to the principal, King William College, 1914 June 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566161 From the description of Autograph letters signed (23, two of them incomplete), dated : Malvern, Plas Gwyn, [London], Leeds, Bordighera (Italy), and [n.p.], 1889-1910, and [n.d.], to Joseph Bennett, 1889-1910, 1903 Mar. 14 and 1889 Dec. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566146 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Plas Gwyn, 24 February and 1 August 1906, to Mr. [Richard] Peyton, 1906 Feb. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566157 From the description of Autograph letters signed : Forli, Malvern; and 43 & 44 Albemarle Street, Piccadilly, W., [London], to Arthur Sullivan, 1898 Dec. 30 and 1898. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125513 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : London, 22 July 1913 and 19 June 1920, to Walter Damrosch, 1913 July 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566150 From the description of Autograph note on his visiting card, dated : [London, n.d.], to Julius Buths [the reading of the nanme is tentative], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270899312 From the description of Autograph postcard signed, dated : [Rome, 24 November 1907], to N. Kilburn, [1907 Nov. 24]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873297

Self-taught musician. English romantic composer, known for Pomp and Circumstance Marches and the Enigma Variations among many others.

From the description of Edward Elgar letter to The Manager, N. Y. Times [manuscript], 1911 Dec 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 176633362

British composer.

From the description of "'Gerontius.' " : autograph manuscript, 1905 May 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270563165 From the description of P & C No. 5. [1930?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270563169 From the description of Liebesgruss / (Morceau mignon) / pour le Violon / avec accompagnement de piano / par / Edward Elgar. / (Arranged for 'Cello & piano) / For C.W.B. [1888?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270563167

Epithet: composer

Title: 1st Baronet

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000296

Sir Edward William Elgar, baronet, 1857-1934, composer; son of an organist and music seller in Worcester; studied violin but gradually turned to composition in which he was encouraged by his wife (married, 1889); works include Frossiart overture, 1890; The Light of Life and Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf, 1869; Enigma Variations, 1899; and The Dream of Gerontius, 1900 set the seal upon his fame. There followed The Apostles, 1903; The Kingdom, 1906; Pomp and Circumstance marches, 1901-1907; overture Cockaigne, 1901; Introduction and Allegro for strings, 1905; Symphony in A Flat, 1908; Symphon in E Flat, 1911; violin concerto, 1910; Falstaff, 1913; and the violoncello concerto, 1919. Elgar composed little after his wife's death in 1920. He was master of the King's Musik, 1924-1934; knighted in 1904; OM, 1911 and Baronet in 1931.

Reference: The Dictionary of National Biography: The Concise Dictionary Part II (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1982).

From the guide to the Papers of Edward Elgar, 1889-1940, (University of Birmingham Information Services, Special Collections Department)

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Band music, Arranged

Band music, Arranged

Chamber music

Chamber orchestra music, Arranged

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with organ

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

Composers

Composers Great Britain

Composition (Music) Great Britain

Harp

Incidental music (Band), Arranged

Marches (Orchestra)

Marches (Orchestra)

Marches (Orchestra), Arranged

Music

Music

Music

Music 20th century Great Britain

Musical sketches

Music Great Britain 19th century

Opera

Oratorios

Oratorios

Orchestral music

Orchestral music, Arranged

Part songs, English

Piano music

Piano music, Arranged

Popular instrumental music

Psalms (Music)

Quintets (Clarinet, flutes (2), oboe, violoncello)

Trios (Piano, clarinet, viola), Arranged

Variations (Orchestra)

Violin with plectral ensemble, Arranged

Violoncello and piano music

Violoncello and piano music, Arranged

Woodwind quintets (Bassoon, clarinet, flutes (2), oboe)

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Ebenfurth, Lower Austria

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