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Edward Elgar

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Author/EditorMessenger, Michael (Author)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN: 9780747806219
Pub Date01/04/2005
BindingPaperback
Pages64
Dimensions (mm)210(h) * 150(w) * 5(d)
The son of a piano tuner who became the most famous British composer of his generation. This new illustrated biography charts his turbulent life and extraordinary achievements.
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Forever linked to the Last Night of the Proms, the Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester cathedrals, and his evocative 'Enigma Variations', Edward Elgar's music is a joy to chorcal societies and orchestras worldwide. The son of a piano tuner, born in a tiny cottage in Worcestershire, brought up as a Roman Catholic in Protestant England, withut university education or formal musical training, Elgar overcame these disadvantages to become the most famous British composer of his generation.

Forever linked to the Last Night of the Proms, the Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester cathedrals, and his evocative 'Enigma Variations', Edward Elgar's music is a joy to chorcal societies and orchestras worldwide. The son of a piano tuner, born in a tiny cottage in Worcestershire, brought up as a Roman Catholic in Protestant England, withut university education or formal musical training, Elgar overcame these disadvantages to become the most famous British composer of his generation.

Michael Messenger OBE is a director of the Elgar Foundation and Chairman of the Elgar Birthplace Management Committee.

Background and apprenticeship, 1857-91; Malvern, 1891-1904; Hereford, 1904-11; London and Sussex, 1912-20; The final years, 1921-34; Finding out more about Sir Edward Elgar; Further reading; Principal events;

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