One of Britain's greatest composers was a tourist who embarked on a now long-forgotten tour of Cornwall over a century ago. Sir Edward Elgar, who composed Land of Hope and Glory, was born in Worcester ...

Jerrold Northrop Moore, who has died aged 90, was an American academic who devoted much of his career to the British composer Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), sweeping up the biographical facts in the ...

Sir Edward Elgar is one of Britain’s best-loved composers, whose musical influences range from the likes of Brahms and Dvořák to Wagner. Here are 10 of his most memorable works. The Dream of Gerontius ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Two "lost" songs by British classical music composer Edward Elgar have been unearthed by researchers for a charity dedicated to the performance of his works. / Source: Reuters ...

Elgar: The Third Symphony forces everyone to rethink their estimate of its composer - Hulton Archive/Getty Images Elgar died 90 years ago this month, leaving behind 130 pages of sketches for a Third ...

The name of Edward Elgar generally conjures up mental images of great symphonic gestures and of ceremonial music resonating with crown and empire. Yet there was another and very touching side to this ...

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A market town is to get a museum celebrating its links to a famous composer in a redundant former bank. North Yorkshire Council approved plans to convert the Grade II listed Dr Buck's House in Settle, ...

No work of music has a greater lock on a single ritual than Edward Elgar’s Pomp & Circumstance March no. 1 does on American graduations. Cock an ear in the direction of high school and university ...

Organisers of the annual celebration of the life and music of Worcestershire’s most famous composer have announced the winner of an exciting competition for young composers. The Elgar Festival – which ...

LONDON (Reuters) – Two “lost” songs by British classical music composer Edward Elgar have been unearthed by researchers for a charity dedicated to the performance of his works. Elgar Works director ...