Edward William Elgar (Composer)
Born: 2nd June 1857, Broadheath
Died: 23rd February 1934, Worcester
Nationality: English
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos for violin and cello, and two symphonies. He also composed choral works, including The Dream of Gerontius, chamber music and songs. He was appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1924.
Although Elgar is often regarded as a typically English composer, most of his musical influences were not from England but from continental Europe.
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Further Reading: Elgar
Recording of the Week,
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla: The British Project
The Lithuanian conductor and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra present evocative and dramatic accounts of four works by Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Britten, and Walton.
Interview,
Renaud Capuçon on Elgar
The French violinist talks to Katherine about recording the Violin Concerto and Sonata with Sir Simon Rattle, the London Symphony Orchestra, and Stephen Hough.
Popular Genres: Elgar
Chamber
Choral
Popular Works: Elgar
- Ave Maria, Op. 2 No. 2 (20)
- Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 No. 1 (37)
- Canto Popolare (In Moonlight) (21)
- Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 (140)
- Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2 (109)
- Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15 No. 1 (67)
- Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 'In London Town' (72)
- Dream Children, Op. 43 (36)
- Elegy for strings, Op. 58 (50)
- Enigma Variations, Op. 36 (157)
- Falstaff - Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68 (34)
- Froissart Overture, Op. 19 (25)
- Give unto the Lord (Psalm XXIX), Op. 74 (37)
- Imperial March, Op. 32 (58)
- In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 (40)
- Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47 (86)
- La Capricieuse, Op. 17 (62)
- Land of Hope and Glory (25)
- Nimrod (from Enigma Variations) (144)
- Organ Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 28 (28)
- Pleading, Op. 48 No. 1 (20)
- Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, Op. 39 No. 1 (216)
- Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2 in A minor, Op. 39 No. 2 (55)
- Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3 in C minor, Op. 39 No. 3 (58)
- Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major, Op. 39 No. 4 (99)
- Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5 in C major, Op. 39 No. 5 (60)
- Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1-5, Op. 39 (41)
- Romance, Op. 62 (33)
- Salut d'amour, Op. 12 (289)
- Sea Pictures, Op. 37 (49)
- Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20 (99)
- Sospiri, Op. 70 (96)
- Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55 (68)
- Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63 (51)
- The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 (30)
- The Spirit of the Lord is upon me (from The Apostles) (21)
- The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1, Op. 1a (19)
- The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2, Op. 1b (21)
- Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 (68)
- Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82 (43)
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