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Froissart, Op. 19, is a concert overture by Edward Elgar, inspired by the 14th-century Chronicles of Jean Froissart. Elgar was first attracted to the Chronicles...

of the childhood sketches. Elgar's sole work of note during his first spell in London in 1889–91, the overture Froissart, was a romantic-bravura piece...

Edward Elgar: In the South (Alassio) Cockaigne Froissart George Gershwin: Cuban Overture Overture to Strike Up the Band Philip Glass: Overture 2012 King...

Edward Elgar composed his Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, popularly known as the Enigma Variations, between October 1898 and February 1899. It...

Edward Elgar wrote an overture titled Froissart, inspired by the Chronicles. Chronicles L'Horloge amoureux Méliador Walter Besant (1911). "Froissart, Jean"...

critic Ernest Newman wrote in a 1906 study of Elgar that the Serenade and the concert overture Froissart (1890) were the only two works of importance among...

for contralto or mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra composed by Edward Elgar. It was dedicated to "my friend Nicholas Kilburn". It was first performed...

Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, his last major completed work, is a cornerstone of the solo cello repertoire. Elgar composed it in the...

Sir Edward Elgar's Symphony No. 2 in E♭ major, Op. 63, was completed on 28 February 1911 and was premiered at the London Musical Festival at the Queen's...

Alice, Lady Elgar (9 October 1848 – 7 April 1920) was an English author of verse and prose fiction, who married the composer Edward Elgar. Caroline Alice...

The table below shows all known compositions by Edward Elgar. Works are shown in opus number order (Opp. 1–90), followed by those without opus number...

also known as the Cockaigne Overture, is a concert overture for full orchestra written by the British composer Edward Elgar in 1900–1901. The success of...

Sir Edward Elgar's Symphony No. 1 in A♭ major, Op. 55 is one of his two completed symphonies. The first performance was given by the Hallé Orchestra conducted...

marches for orchestra composed by Sir Edward Elgar. The first four were published between 1901 and 1907, when Elgar was in his forties; the fifth was published...

Edward Elgar's Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61, is one of his longest orchestral compositions, and the last of his works to gain immediate popular...

The Dorabella Cipher is an enciphered letter written by composer Edward Elgar to Dora Penny, which was accompanied by another dated July 14, 1897. Penny...

et de la mer Chopin – Boléro Dohnányi – Suite in F-sharp minor Elgar – Froissart Overture Fauré - Ballade in F-sharp major Kabalevsky – Symphony No. 2 Kahn...

38, is a work for voices and orchestra in two parts composed by Edward Elgar in 1900, to text from the poem by John Henry Newman. It relates the journey...

in C minor, Op. 68, is an orchestral work by the English composer Edward Elgar. Though not so designated by the composer, it is a symphonic poem in the...

makes the first entry in his diary. September 9 – Edward Elgar's concert overture Froissart is premiered at the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester. December...