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
Elgar, c. 1900
Elgar's birthplace, The Firs, Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire
Elgar's parents, William and Ann Elgar
Edward and Alice Elgar, c. 1891
The Choral
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The Choral is a 2025 British historical drama film co-produced and directed by Nicholas Hytner and written by Alan Bennett. Set in 1916, during World War I, in the fictional town of Ramsden, Yorkshire
Edward Elgar
…the view of Elgar as a jingoistic and bombastic composer, and evoked the more pastoral and melancholy side of his character and music. The 2025 film The Choral, written by Alan Bennett, is built around a fictional 1916 performance of The Dream of Gerontius by the choral society of a Yorkshire town. Elgar is…
British theatrical release poster