Download or read book Edward Elgar written by David Nice and published by Pavilion Books, Limited. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sir Edward Elgar is still feted as the celebrant of Pomp and Circumatance, the court composer of the Edwardian era and a character of almost bullish self assertion. Yt in his greatest works - including Enigma Variations, The Dream of Gerontius and the two symphonies - he presented a very different aspect: the soul of an artist, delicate, often troubled and more inclined to introspection than celebration. After years of struggle as the son of a Worcester shopkeeper, he wrote a succession of masterpieces between the ages of forty-one and sixty-two. The Cello Concerto was his last major composition."--Back cover.