Edward Elgar  (1857-1934)
Last updated: 29.01.24
According to The Oxford Companion to Music, Edward Elgar was born at Broadheath near Worcester in 1857 and died at Worcester in 1934, aged seventy-six. He was brought up in an atmosphere of music. His father was an organist and music seller: "A stream of music flowed through our house and the shop and I was all the time bathing in it." His first real awakening to the power of the art came, however, when he caught sight of a copy of Ludwig van Beethoven's First Symphony, a glance of the Minuet of which electrified him, so that he ran off to study it in quiet, and experienced an immediate artistic enlightenment
He graduated as a performer in ways he could hardly recall or explain, playing piano, violin, cello and double-bass, bassoon and trombone, and in one or another of his capacities taking part in all the local music-makings. From his twenty-second to twenty-seventh years he was bandmaster on the staff of a mental home, and this gave him his first experience in conducting.
An American musician, Daniel Gregory Mason, wrote of Elgar's "tenderness coupled with aspiration", and "noble plainness". These are some of the qualities that English musicians feel in Elgar. In 1904 he was knighted, in 1911 he received the Order of Merit, in 1924 he became Master of the King's Musick, and in 1931 he was created baronet.
Personal note
Being a Worcester man myself, Elgar has a very special significance for me. One of my mother's favourite childhood stories is of meeting the great man himself when he visited her school, the Worcester Grammar School for Girls.
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
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audiomidi15.gif Song of Liberty (1940) James Pitt-Payne
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
recordMP3.gif Dream of Gerontius, The (1916) E. Elgar Clara Butt
Maurice D'Oisly
Columbia: 6773
record15.gif Land of Hope and Glory (1916) E. Elgar Clara Butt Columbia: 75309
recordMP3.gif Where Corals Lie (1920) E. Elgar Clara Butt Columbia: 74157
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book15.gif  Edward Elgar : A Creative Life Jerrold Northrop Moore flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
book15.gif  Elgar Simon Mundy flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
book15.gif  Elgar Ian Parrott flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
book15.gif  Elgar 'Enigma' Variations Julian Rushton flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
book15.gif  Elgar's 'Enigma' Variations - a Centenary Study Patrick Turner flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
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Folk Music CDs:
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cd15.gif Clara Butt Britain's Queen of Song flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Clara Butt Critical Survey Vol 1 flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
Recorder Music CDs:
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     Title Instruments Remarks
       
sm15.gif Chanson De Matin D/A/A/T/B wvicon.gif
Recorder Sheet Music
Elgar Tunes (A/Piano)smp_unav15.gif
Score and Parts.
Arr./Editor: Ian Parrott
Publisher: Peacock Press (PRM0002)
18788529.gifSix Very Easy Pieces: Op. 22 (D/A/T/B)smp_unav15.gif
Publisher: Bosworth Edition (BOE3965)
Sonatina: 1889 revised 1932 (D/A/T/B)smp_unav15.gif
Score and Parts.
Publisher: Peacock Press (PRM0218)
765196.gifSalut d'Amour (S/D/A/A/T/B)smp_unav15.gif
Score and Parts.
Publisher: Editio Musica Budapest (HARA011)
Brass Sheet Music
Two (2) Songs From Sea Pictures (Tuba)smp_logo_88_white.gif
12 pages.
Arr./Editor: Norman Friedman Level: Grade 3.
Publisher: Southern Music Company (ST395)
Elgar Tunes (A/Piano)smp_unav15.gif
Score and Parts.
Arr./Editor: Ian Parrott
Publisher: Peacock Press (PRM0002)
18788529.gifSix Very Easy Pieces: Op. 22 (D/A/T/B)smp_unav15.gif
Publisher: Bosworth Edition (BOE3965)
Sonatina: 1889 revised 1932 (D/A/T/B)smp_unav15.gif
Score and Parts.
Publisher: Peacock Press (PRM0218)
765196.gifSalut d'Amour (S/D/A/A/T/B)smp_unav15.gif
Score and Parts.
Publisher: Editio Musica Budapest (HARA011)
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 5 works by Edward Elgar (1857-1934). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Chanson De Matin  audiomidi15.gif
Land of Hope and Glory 1901 A. C. Benson (words)
Clara Butt (perf.)
Edna Thornton (perf.)
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Dream of Gerontius, The 1916 Clara Butt (perf.)
Maurice D'Oisly (perf.)
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Where Corals Lie 1920 Clara Butt (perf.)   recordMP3.gif
Song of Liberty 1940 A P Herbert (words)
arr.:
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     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg E. Elgar Land of Hope and Glory (3:16) Clara Butt
youtube15.jpg E. Elgar Land of Hope and Glory (3:22) Edna Thornton