Cello Concerto (Elgar)
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Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, is a cornerstone of the solo cello repertoire. Elgar composed it in the aftermath of the First World War, when his music had already become out of fas
Elgar and Beatrice Harrison making the first (abridged) recording of the concerto (1920). Note the acoustic recording horns. Harrison would go on to make the first complete recording in 1928.
Fragment of the manuscript of the opening of the second movement of the concerto
Autograph manuscript of the beginning of the third movement of the concerto
Edward Elgar
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Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orches
Cello Concerto (Elgar)
…Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, is a cornerstone of the solo cello repertoire. Elgar composed it in the aftermath of the First World War, when his…
Elgar, c. 1900
Elgar's birthplace, The Firs, Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire
Elgar's parents, William and Ann Elgar
Edward and Alice Elgar, c. 1891