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Wikipedia: Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer. He is known for such works as the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, The Dream of Gerontius, concertos for violin and cello, and two symphonies. He also composed oratorios, chamber music and songs.
![[Clara Butt, first singer of Elgar's "Land of Hope and Glory"]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Clara_butt_crop_s.jpg "Clara Butt, first singer of Elgar's \"Land of Hope and Glory\"")
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![[Elgar's signature below his message: "With my kind regards"]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Edward_Elgar_signature_s.jpg "Elgar's signature below his message: \"With my kind regards\"")
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![[Elgar and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Queen's Hall]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Elgar_LSO_1911_s.jpg "Elgar and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Queen's Hall")
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![[Jaeger in his later years]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/A_J_Jaeger_s.jpg "Jaeger in his later years")
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![[Elgar's birthplace, Lower Broadheath]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Elgar_birthplace_s.jpg "Elgar's birthplace, Lower Broadheath")
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![[Fritz Kreisler, the dedicatee of Elgar's Violin Concerto]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/Kreisler.jpg "Fritz Kreisler, the dedicatee of Elgar's Violin Concerto")
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![[Elgar in 1919, by William Rothenstein]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Elgar_by_Rothenstein_s.jpg "Elgar in 1919, by William Rothenstein")
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![[head and shoulders portraits of four men]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/Sibelius-strauss-RVW-stravinsky.jpg "head and shoulders portraits of four men")
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![[manuscript music score, faded with age]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Elgar_cello_concerto_manuscript_s.jpg "manuscript music score, faded with age")
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![[Laurence Binyon and Rudyard Kipling, whose verses Elgar set during World War I]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Binyon-kipling.jpg "Laurence Binyon and Rudyard Kipling, whose verses Elgar set during World War I")
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![[Elgar in 1912]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Elgar_by_haines_1912_s.jpg "Elgar in 1912")
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![[Schumann and Brahms, top'', Rubinstein and Wagner, ''bottom, whose music inspired Elgar in Leipzig]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/Schumann-brahms-rubinstein-wagner.jpg "Schumann and Brahms, top'', Rubinstein and Wagner, ''bottom, whose music inspired Elgar in Leipzig")
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![[Elgar's parents, William and Ann Elgar]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/William_and_Ann_Elgar_s.jpg "Elgar's parents, William and Ann Elgar")
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![[Edward and Alice Elgar circa 1891]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Elgar_Alice_c1891_s.jpg "Edward and Alice Elgar circa 1891")
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![[Salut d'Amour is one of Elgar's best-known works.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Salut_d_27Amour_s.jpg "Salut d'Amour is one of Elgar's best-known works.")
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![[J. H. Newman, author of the text of The Dream of Gerontius]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/JHNewman_s.jpg "J. H. Newman, author of the text of The Dream of Gerontius")
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![[Statue of Elgar in Worcester]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Elgar_worcester_s.jpg "Statue of Elgar in Worcester")
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