Elgar Studies

Contents

• Preface J. P. E. Harper-Scott and Julian Rushton;
• 1. Elgar and theories of chromaticism Patrick McCreless;
• 2. Elgar and Acworth's Caractacus: the druids, race, and the individual hero Charles Edward McGuire;
• 3. Elgar and the Idyllic: 'By the Wayside' Christopher Mark;
• 4. Unmaking The Music Makers Aidan Thomson;
• 5. Gaudery, romance, and the 'Welsh tune': Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 James Hepokoski;
• 6. Elgar's deconstruction of the belle epoque: interlace structures and the Second Symphony J. P. E. Harper-Scott;
• 7. Music in the midst of desolation: structures of mourning in The Spirit of England Daniel M. Grimley;
• 8. Japing up the Cello Concerto John Pickard;
• 9. Lost love and unwritten songs: Elgar's Parker cycle, Op. 59 Julian Rushton;
• 10. Heroic melancholy: Elgar's inflected diatonicism Matthew Riley.