Enigma Variations
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Edward Elgar composed his Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, popularly known as the Enigma Variations, between October 1898 and February 1899. It is an orchestral work comprising fourteen variat
Elgar in 1903
Edward and Alice Elgar, 1891
August Jaeger
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August Johannes Jaeger was a German-born British music publisher, who developed a close friendship with the English composer Edward Elgar. He offered advice and help to Elgar and is immortalised in th
Enigma Variations
…a musical sketch of – or a musical idea related to – one of his circle. Those musically sketched include Elgar's wife Alice, his friend and publisher August Jaeger and, in the final variation, Elgar himself. In addition to the miniature depictions of his friends, Elgar said that the main theme, which he called…
Jaeger in his later years