Placeholder text

Go to cart

Edward Elgar

By Michael Messenger

Edward Elgar Pop culture

Edward Elgar

By Michael Messenger

0 - Default Title
Description
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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
64
Release Date:
2005-04-01
Publication Date:
2005-04-01
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0747806217
ISBN13:
9780747806219
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
163 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
207 cm
Thickness:
6 cm
Buy on Amazon
Currently sold out