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Sir Edward Elgar | English Composer Romantic Era Musician - Britannica Sir Edward Elgar (born June 2, 1857, Broadheath, Worcestershire, England—died February 23, 1934, Worcester, Worcestershire) was an English composer whose works in the orchestral idiom of late 19th-century Romanticism—characterized by bold tunes, striking colour effects, and mastery of large forms—stimulated a renaissance of English music The son of an organist and music dealer, Elgar
10 of Elgar’s greatest pieces of music - Classic FM Enigma Variations – includes ‘Nimrod’ (1898-99) Over the years, historians and musicologists have wrestled to solve Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ – a musical mystery that the composer claimed to have hidden deep in the heart of his Enigma Variations Considered one of the great works to emerge from the 19th century, its high-point ‘Nimrod’, written for Elgar’s friend August Jaeger, today