Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Last updated: 06.11.24
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.
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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Chanson De Matin | Unknown | |
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Song of Liberty (1940) | James Pitt-Payne |
| Title (Release Year) | Composer | Performers | Issue |
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Dream of Gerontius, The (1916) | E. Elgar | Clara Butt Maurice D'Oisly |
Columbia: 6773 |
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Land of Hope and Glory (1916) | E. Elgar | Clara Butt | Columbia: 75309 |
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Where Corals Lie (1920) | E. Elgar | Clara Butt | Columbia: 74157 |
| Performer | CD Title | Supplier |
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| Folk Music CDs: | |||
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Clara Butt | Dame Clara Butt |        |
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Clara Butt | Britain's Queen of Song | |
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Clara Butt | Critical Survey Vol 1 | |
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Flauto Dolce Recorder Quintet | Flauto Dolce | |
| Recorder Sheet Music |
Elgar Tunes (A/Piano)
Score and Parts. Arr./Editor: Ian Parrott Publisher: Peacock Press (PRM0002) |
 Six Very Easy Pieces: Op. 22 (D/A/T/B)
Publisher: Bosworth Edition (BOE3965) |
| Sonatina: 1889 revised 1932 (D/A/T/B)
Score and Parts. Publisher: Peacock Press (PRM0218) |
 Salut d'Amour (S/D/A/A/T/B)
Score and Parts. Publisher: Editio Musica Budapest (HARA011) |
| Brass Sheet Music |
Two (2) Songs From Sea Pictures (Tuba) 12 pages. Arr./Editor: Norman Friedman Level: Grade 3. Publisher: Southern Music Company (ST395) |
| Elgar Tunes (A/Piano)
Score and Parts. Arr./Editor: Ian Parrott Publisher: Peacock Press (PRM0002) |
| Six Very Easy Pieces: Op. 22 (D/A/T/B)
Publisher: Bosworth Edition (BOE3965) |
| Sonatina: 1889 revised 1932 (D/A/T/B)
Score and Parts. Publisher: Peacock Press (PRM0218) |
| Salut d'Amour (S/D/A/A/T/B)
Score and Parts. Publisher: Editio Musica Budapest (HARA011) |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 8 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 |
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| Land of Hope and Glory | 1901 | A. C. Benson (words) Clara Butt (perf.) Edna Thornton (perf.) |
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| Pleading | 1908 | Arthur L. Salmon (words) | |
| Dream of Gerontius, The | 1916 | Clara Butt (perf.) Maurice D'Oisly (perf.) |
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| Sabbath Morning at Sea | 1916 | Violet Oppenshaw (perf.) | |
| Where Corals Lie | 1920 | Clara Butt (perf.) Violet Oppenshaw (perf.) |
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| Love's Greeting | 1924 | Edward Elgar (words) | |
| Song of Liberty | 1940 | A P Herbert (words)
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| Composer | Title | Performer |
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E. Elgar | Land of Hope and Glory (3:16) | Clara Butt |
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E. Elgar | Land of Hope and Glory (3:22) | Edna Thornton |
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E. Elgar | Sabbath Morning at Sea (4:20) | Violet Oppenshaw |
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E. Elgar | Where Corals Lie (3:35) | Violet Oppenshaw |