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Edward Elgar
Series: Shire Library
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Edward Elgar
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.
A concise illustrated biography of the famous composer, from a leading expert.
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A concise illustrated biography of the famous composer, from a leading expert.
Elgar was one of Britain's greatest composers, but his fame was hard-won. The son of a modest piano-tuner, born in a tiny cottage in rural Worcestershire, brought up as a Roman Catholic in Protestant England and denied the benefits of wealth, university education, and formal music training, he overcame those disadvantages to become the most famous British composer of his generation, receiving many of the highest honours his nation could bestow upon him.
While commonly associated with old-fashioned concepts of 'Empire' and nationalism for his best-known piece Land of Hope and Glory, and most admired for his Enigma Variations of 1899, Elgar in fact produced a stream of oratorios, symphonies, concertos, smaller orchestral pieces, and chamber works—musical masterpieces that are still enjoyed today.
This illustrated biography charts his turbulent life and extraordinary achievements.
Series: Shire Library
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780747806219
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 April 2005
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Shire Publications
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 5.0mm
Width: 149.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 172g
Pages: 64
About the Author
Michael Messenger is a director of the Elgar Foundation and Chairman of the Elgar Birthplace Management Committee. County Librarian and Arts Officer for Hereford and Worcester from 1984 until 1998, he was awarded the OBE in 1995 for his services to libraries. He is the author of a number of published titles, including a comprehensive history of Malvern Concert Club, which was founded by Edward Elgar in 1903.
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