Sir Edward Elgar

Standard Name: Elgar, Sir Edward

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Intertextuality and Influence Rose Allatini
At the moment when Olive boasts how she will never marry without love, she feels she has an alternative to marriage: she is writing a novel, her dream-child.
Allatini, Rose. ". . . Happy Ever After". Mills and Boon, 1914.
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Even before she married a...

Timeline

June 1897: Composer Edward Elgar's first London success...

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June 1897

Composer Edward Elgar 's first London success occurred with his Imperial March, composed for Queen Victoria 's Diamond Jubilee.
Ford, Boris, editor. The Cambridge Guide to the Arts in Britain. Vol. 9 vols, Cambridge University Press, 1988–2024.
8: 125
Ford, Boris, editor. The Cambridge Guide to the Arts in Britain. Vol. 9 vols, Cambridge University Press, 1988–2024.
8: 336
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
317

Early 1900: The University of Birmingham was founded...

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Early 1900

The University of Birmingham was founded.
The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eleventh, Cambridge University Press, 1911.
3: 986

1902: Popular operatic tenor Enrico Caruso began...

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1902

Popular operatic tenor Enrico Caruso began making records for the gramophone.
Ford, Boris, editor. The Cambridge Guide to the Arts in Britain. Vol. 9 vols, Cambridge University Press, 1988–2024.
8: 123

1904: Leading conductor Dr Hans Richter promoted...

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1904

Leading conductor Dr Hans Richter promoted the works of composer Edward Elgar by forming the Elgar Festival at Covent Garden .
Drogheda, Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, Earl of et al. The Covent Garden Album: 250 Years of Theatre, Opera, and Ballet. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981.
94
Nettel, Reginald. The Orchestra in England: A Social History. Jonathan Cape, 1956.
190

1921: Sir Edward Elgar opened the original His...

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1921

Sir Edward Elgar opened the original His Master's Voice or HMV shop in London, selling gramophone records.
“Company of the Month: HMV”. Pearson and Longman’s Business World.

4 June 1924: Sir Edward Elgar became the first composer...

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4 June 1924

Sir Edward Elgar became the first composer to be named Master of the King's Music.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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