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by Percy M. Young,Sir Edward Elgar

Author: Percy M. Young,Sir Edward Elgar
Subcategory: Music
Language: English
Publisher: Dobson Books Ltd; Margin Notes edition (May 1968)
Pages: 288 pages
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Young published a suite from an unfinished opera by Elgar, The Spanish Lady. Young, Percy M. (1968). A Future for English Music' and other lectures by Edward Elgar. ISBN 978-0-234-77046-7.

Young published a suite from an unfinished opera by Elgar, The Spanish Lady His own compositions include: "Virgin's Slumber Song" (1932), From a Child's Garden (Robert Louis Stevenson; 1941), Passacaglia for violin and piano (1931), Fugal Concerto in G minor for 2 pianos and strings (1951), and Elegy for String Orchestra (1960). (1978).

Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM GCVO (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire

Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM GCVO (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos for violin and cello, and two symphonies. He also composed choral work Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM GCVO (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire.

Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (/ˈɛlɡɑːr/; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire

Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (/ˈɛlɡɑːr/; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. He also composed choral works, including The Dream of Gerontius, chamber music and songs

Arts, Music & Photography Books Music Books.

Arts, Music & Photography Books Music Books. ISBN13: 9780234770467. A future for English music, and other lectures, by Edward Elgar.

Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet was an English composer, many of whose works .

Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. A chapter of his book Elgar, O. M. includes letters and a synopsis of the play, with the characters and musical sketches described.

A regular contributor to music magazines, he also wrote books on general musical history. Such was the interest engendered by Percy Young's initial volume on Sir Edward Elgar that, as the composer's centenary approached, a second volume was mooted

A regular contributor to music magazines, he also wrote books on general musical history. These ranged from The Choral Tradition (1962) to a Concise History of Music (1974). In 1967 came the seminal A History of British Music. Such was the interest engendered by Percy Young's initial volume on Sir Edward Elgar that, as the composer's centenary approached, a second volume was mooted. With support from the family, particularly the composer's daughter, Carice Blake, the result was the enigmatic Letters of Edward Elgar, published in 1957.

Young was educated at the local Sir John Deane's Grammar School, from .

Young was educated at the local Sir John Deane's Grammar School, from where he won a scholarship to Christ's Hospital, Horsham, and subsequently, in 1930, an organ scholarship to Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he read English, Music and History (studying composition under Cyril Rootham). After graduation, he completed a doctorate (Mu. at Trinity College, Dublin. Elgar, O. ch. XXII.

Edward Elgar was the greatest English composer since Purcell, and the first to win widespread international recognition. Elgar had a practical training as a performer on the violin and other instruments, and taught himself composition.

Young, Percy M. (1965). Letters to Nimrod: Edward Elgar to August Jaeger 1897-1908. (1971). Alice Elgar: enigma of a Victorian lady. (1955). a study of a musician. (1956). Letters of Edward Elgar and other writings. London: Geoffrey Bles. London: J. Dent & Sons. ISBN 978-0-460-03934-5. Use dmy dates from August 2012. Use British English from August 2012.

Top 8 quotes by Edward Elgar. Discover Edward Elgar famous and rare quotes. Edward Elgar, Percy Marshall Young (1968). A future for English music, and other lectures. 13. People who talk of the spread of music in England and the increasing love of it, rarely seem to know where the growth of the art is really strong and properly fostered: some day the press will awake to the fact, already known abroad and to some few of us in England, that the living centre of music in Great Britain is not.