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Sir Edward Elgar


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Sir Edward Elgar


Sir Edward Elgar
Birth name
Edward William Elgar
Date of Birth
1857-06-02
Sign
gemini
City
Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire
Country
England
British composer
Edward Elgar was an English composer. Several of his first major orchestral works, including the Enigma Variations and the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, were greeted with acclaim. He also composed oratorios, chamber music, symphonies, instrumental concertos, and songs. Edward Elgar was Knighted in 1904, awarded the Order of Merit in 1911, appointed a KCVO in 1928, a GCVO in 1933 and created a baronet in 1931.

Englischer Komponist.
Edward Elgar war ein englischer Komponist. Sein bekanntestes Werk ist der "Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1", dessen Trioteil die Hymne Land of Hope and Glory entlehnt ist, die unter anderem jedes Jahr bei der Last Night of the Proms gespielt wird.

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