
not statedPublic domainFile pageEdward Elgar
- composer
- conductor
- Born 1857-06-02
- Died 1934-02-23 (aged 76)
- Nationality United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Known for
| Role | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Fantasia 2000 | Movie | composer | 76 |
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- Born
age 76
- Died
age 76
- Fantasia 2000composer
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Nothing recorded for: Spouse, Partner, Parents, Children, Siblings, Influenced by, Studied under, Taught.
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My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us, the world is full of it and you simply take as much as you require.
Read the full quoteTo my friends pictured within.
Read the full quoteThe enigma I will not explain – its "dark saying" must be left unguessed, and I warn you that the apparent connection between the variations and the theme is often of the slightest texture.
Read the full quoteI always said God was against art and I still believe it. Anything obscene or trivial is blessed in this world and has a reward – I ask for no reward – only to live & to hear my work.
Read the full quotePeople who talk of the spread of music in England and the increasing love of it, rarely seem to know where the growth of the art is really strong and properly fostered: some day the press will awake to the fact, already…
Read the full quotePlay it like something you hear down by the river.
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Personal details
- Nationalities
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Cause of death
- colorectal cancer
- Languages
- English
- Instruments
- organ
- Record labels
- His Master's Voice, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Philips Records
- Genres
- classical music, symphony
- Notable works
- Salut d'Amour, Concert Allegro, Dream Children, Enigma Variations, Pomp and Circumstance Marches, The Dream of Gerontius, Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 2, Falstaff, Cello Concerto, Introduction and Allegro
- Education
- New College Worcester
