DEBBIE ELLIOTT
Sir Edward Elgar Essay “There is music in the air, music all around us, the world is full of it and you simply take as much as you require”-Sir Edward Elgar. Elgar was one of the 19th century’s most famous composers. He devoted his life to writing musical pieces such as Enigma ...
The result has been a series of highly accomplished biographies which, for the most part, have added little to our understanding of Elgar's musical style, still less his place 展开 关键词:music sociality affect confluence communication
(The ‘cello concerto is nowhere near Elgar’s finest work, nor is DuPre’s reading of it anywhere near the best performance, although that is not to single her out: most ‘cellists try to “help” the piece by playing it in a mannered, exaggerated style that runs roughshod over the p...
which Elgar said was a well-known tune he would not identify—hence theenigma. Repeated attempts to discover it have been unsuccessful. All but the last of the 14 variations refer cryptically to friends of Elgar, the exception being his own musical self-portrait. This work, highly esteemed ...