Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet,
1857 - Born on the 2nd of June in Broadheath, Worcestershire, England.
1889-1891 - He had no formal training in composition. After working in London, he went to Malvern, Worcestershire, and began to establish a reputation as a composer.
1886 - He produced several large choral works, notably the oratorio Lux Christi before composing the popular Enigma Variations for orchestra.
1898 -The Caractacus.
1899 - This work, highly esteemed by Hans Richter, who conducted the first performance, brought Elgar recognition as a leading composer and became his most frequently performed composition.
1900 - There followed another major work, the oratorio The Dream of Gerontius, which many consider his masterpiece.
- The Sea Pictures.
1903 - He completed only two: The Apostles and The Kingdom.
1904 - Elgar was knighted.
1905-1908 - He was the University of Birmingham's first professor of music. During World War I he wrote occasional patriotic pieces.
1929 - He returned to Worcestershire. Friendship with Bernard Shaw eventually stimulated Elgar to further composition
1934 - Died on the 23rd of February in Worcester, Worcestershire.
1889-1891 - He had no formal training in composition. After working in London, he went to Malvern, Worcestershire, and began to establish a reputation as a composer.
1886 - He produced several large choral works, notably the oratorio Lux Christi before composing the popular Enigma Variations for orchestra.
1898 -The Caractacus.
1899 - This work, highly esteemed by Hans Richter, who conducted the first performance, brought Elgar recognition as a leading composer and became his most frequently performed composition.
1900 - There followed another major work, the oratorio The Dream of Gerontius, which many consider his masterpiece.
- The Sea Pictures.
1903 - He completed only two: The Apostles and The Kingdom.
1904 - Elgar was knighted.
1905-1908 - He was the University of Birmingham's first professor of music. During World War I he wrote occasional patriotic pieces.
1929 - He returned to Worcestershire. Friendship with Bernard Shaw eventually stimulated Elgar to further composition
1934 - Died on the 23rd of February in Worcester, Worcestershire.
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