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Elgar Sheet Music and Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Edward Elgar
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Edward Elgar is probably the most well known English composer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why? … Though many of us haven’t grown up in very musical households Land of Hope and Glory<\/a>, The Enigma Variations<\/a>, and Pomp and Circumstance<\/a> are all familiar tunes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Land of Hope and Glory will feature once again in the finale of BBC Proms 2022<\/a> season – the celebrated Last Night of the Proms<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There is also the fact that Edward Elgar lived in the 20th<\/sup> century and his image was on the British twenty pound note until 2010. Some people will also recognise him for his memorable moustache!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See all<\/a> of our Elgar sheet music selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Background<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Edward Elgar was born on 2 June 1857 in the small village of Broadheath, just outside Worcester, England. You can visit the cottage where he was born as it houses the Elgar Birthplace Museum<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Philip Halling\u00a0\/\u00a0The Firs – Elgar’s birthplace<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Elgar’s father, William, was a piano tuner who set up a shop selling music scores and musical instruments.\u00a0 He was also a violinist of a professional standard and held the post of organist at St. Georges Roman Catholic Church, Worcester<\/a> – it was certainly the right grounding to produce such an amazing composer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edward was the fourth of seven children all of whom were given a musical upbringing. He played both the violin and piano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William sometimes took his son with him to work as a piano tuner. Edward would often play the piano, exposing him to many rich influential people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edward and his family loved their music.  At the age of ten, he created the music for a play he\u2019d written for the Edgar family. Such was the standard of this that it was used forty years later with only minor tweaks, entitled \u2018The Wand of Youth\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Early Life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Edward received a general education as well as local music tuition. He also travelled on brief trips to London and occasionally received formal music lessons.\u00a0Additionally, he would read lots of books on music theory and manuals on how to play the organ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elgar said, “my first music was learnt in the Cathedral … from books borrowed from the music library when I was eight, nine or ten.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His career began in 1872, not as a musician but as a clerk in a solicitors office.\u00a0 Realising this really wasn\u2019t for him, he left. At first he gave violin and piano lessons and also worked in his father\u2019s shop \u2026. As you know things definitely progressed from here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elgar married Caroline Alice Roberts (known as Alice) in 1886.\u00a0 Alice was one of Edward’s pupils and was 8 years older than him. Her parents didn’t approve of their marriage as they considered a musician to be beneath her. Edward was very much in love and wrote many of his songs for Alice including Salut d\u2019Amour<\/a> which he composed as an Engagement present.\u00a0 It is such a beautiful piece of music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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