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n. - British composer of choral and orchestral works including two symphonies as well as songs and chamber music and music for brass band (1857-1934).

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  • Edward Elgar is a paragon of the valedictory, with his two later concerti, for violin and cello, held up as sterling examples.
  • Why anyone needs to create a bogeyman out of Schoenberg or anyone else to legitimate programming Britten or Elgar is beyond me.
  • The rest of the world, not so much; and Elgar is still often seen as the musical symbol of everything people don't like about the English.
  • She was in that disgusting man-mountain called Elgar!
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