Elgar's Variations for Orchestra, commonly known as the 'Enigma' Variations, marked an epoch both in his career, and in the renaissance of English music at the turn of the century. The first extended study of the work, this Cambridge Music Handbook contains historical information concerning the conception and writing of the work, an extended musical discussion requiring only a little technical knowledge of music, and a fascinating survey of the "solutions" to the mystery implied by the title of Elgar's most famous work.
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Elgar's Variations for Orchestra, commonly known as the 'Enigma' Variations, marked an epoch both in his career, and in the renaissance of English music at the turn of the century. The first extended study of the work, this Cambridge Music Handbook contains historical information concerning the conception and writing of the work, an extended musical discussion requiring only a little technical knowledge of music, and a fascinating survey of the 'solutions' to the mystery implied by the title of Elgar's most famous work.
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Elgar's output prior to Op. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
falling sevenths, dark saying, original theme, rhythmic values, larger theme, lang syne, third bar Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dora Penny, The Music Makers, The Musical Times, Lady Mary Lygon, Richard Powell, Eric Sams, Ivor Atkins, Rosa Burley, The Light of Life, Brian Trowell, Helen Weaver, Isabel Fitton, Religio Medici, Richard Arnold, Worcestershire Philharmonic Society New!
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Elgar's output prior to Op. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
falling sevenths, dark saying, original theme, rhythmic values, larger theme, lang syne, third bar Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dora Penny, The Music Makers, The Musical Times, Lady Mary Lygon, Richard Powell, Eric Sams, Ivor Atkins, Rosa Burley, The Light of Life, Brian Trowell, Helen Weaver, Isabel Fitton, Religio Medici, Richard Arnold, Worcestershire Philharmonic Society New!
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- Elgar Studies by Raymond Monk on 5 pages
- Body Space Image : Notes Toward Improvision and Performance by Miranda Tufnell in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Portrait of Elgar (Clarendon Paperbacks) by Michael Kennedy in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Holst: The Planets (Cambridge Music Handbooks) by Richard Greene in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Edward Elgar: Memories of a Variation by Richard Powell in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- The Cambridge Companion to Elgar (Cambridge Companions to Music) by Daniel M. Grimley on 4 pages
- Edward Elgar and the Nostalgic Imagination by Matthew Riley in Back Matter
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