List of compositions by Edward Elgar

The table below shows all known compositions by Edward Elgar.

Compositions

Works are shown in opus number order (Op. 1-90), followed by date order (1867–1933) for those without opus number. The list includes works which are incomplete and unpublished.

Op.YearTitleGenreNotesDedicationWordsPub.
0111878Romancechamberviolin and piano, also with orchestraGrainger OswinOswin Grainger[1]Schott
01a1a1907The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 1orchestralfrom music written 1867-71
1. Overture
2. Serenade
3. Minuet (Old Style)
4. Sun Dance
5. Fairy Pipers
6. Slumber Scene
7. Fairies and Giants
Williams C. LeeC. Lee Williams[2]Novello
01b1b1908The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 2orchestralfrom music written 1867-71
1. March
2. The Little Bells (Scherzino)
3. Moths and Butterflies (Dance)
4. Fountain Dance
5. The Tame Bear
6. The Wild Bears
Leicester HubertHubert A. Leicester[3]Novello
02.021887Three motets /
anthems
churchchoir and organ, pub. 1902-07
1. "Ave verum corpus"/"Jesu, Word of God Incarnate"
2. "Ave Maria"/"Jesu, Lord of Life and Glory"
3. "Ave Maris Stella"/"Jesu, Meek and Lowly"
Novello
02.12.11902"Ave verum corpus" /
"Jesu, Word of God Incarnate"
churchmotet/anthem choir and organ,
written 1887
Allen William'In Memoriam - W. A. obit 27 January 1887.' (William Allen)[4]Eucharistic HymnNovello
02.22.21907"Ave Maria" /
"Jesu, Lord of Life and Glory"
churchmotet/anthem choir and organ,
written 1887
Leicester AgnesMrs H. A. Leicester[5]Eucharistic HymnNovello
02.32.31907"Ave Maris Stella" /
"Jesu, Meek and Lowly"
churchmotet/anthem choir and organ,
written 1887
DolmanRev. Canon Dolman, O.S.B., Hereford [6]Eucharistic HymnNovello
03.031912Cantique[7]keyboardorgan, originally the wind quintet Andante Arioso (1879), arr. organ and for orchestraBlair HughHugh BlairNovello
04.041883Three pieceschamberviolin and piano
1. Idylle (Esquisse Façile)
2. Pastourelle
3. Virelai
04.14.11883Idylle (Esquisse Façile)chamberviolin and pianoE. E.E. E., Inverness[8]Beare,
Ashdown
04.24.21883Pastourellechamberviolin and pianoFitton HildaMiss Hilda Fitton, Malvern[9]Swan,
Novello
04.34.31883Virelaichamberviolin and pianoWebb FrankFrank W. Webb[10]Swan,
Novello
05.051903Two songs[11]songvoice and piano
1. "A War Song"
2. unknown
05.15.11903"A War Song"songvoice and piano, originally "A Soldier’s Song" (1884)Pedley FrederickF. G. P., Worcester
(Frederick G. Pedley)[12]
Hayward CC. Flavell Hayward[13]Boosey
05.25.21903unknownsongvoice and piano
06.061878-81Wind QuintetschamberHarmony Music for wind quintet:
2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon/cello
see Op. 6.1 — Op. 6.6[14]
1. Six Promenades
2. Harmony Music (1—7)
3. Five Intermezzos
4. Four Dances
5. Andante con Variazioni "Evesham Andante"
6. Adagio Cantabile "Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup"
pub. posth., first perf. 1934,
see also Peckham March (1877) for the same group
06.16.11878Six PromenadeschamberHarmony Music for wind quintet:
2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon/cello
I. Moderato e molto maestoso
II. Moderato ”Madame Taussaud's"[sic][15]
III. Presto
IV. Andante "Somniferous"
V. Allegro molto
VI. Allegro Maestoso "Hell and Tommy"
Belwin
06.26.21879-81Harmony Musicchamberfor wind quintet:
2 flutes, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon/cello,
- all from 1879 except VII.
I. Allegro Molto
II. Allegro non tanto
III. (Allegro) (incomplete)
IV. Allegro molto "The Farm Yard"
V. 1. Allegro moderato "The Mission"; 2. Menuetto and Trio
; 3. Andante "Noah's Ark"; 4. Finale (Allegro)
VI. Allegro Molto; Andante Arioso (re-scored as Cantique, Op. 3)
VII. Allegro; Scherzo—Allegro Giusto (1881)
Exton FrankFrank Exton (No. I)[16]
W. B. Leicester (II)[17]
Frank Elgar (III)[18]
Belwin
06.36.31879Five IntermezzoschamberHarmony Music for wind quintet:
2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon/cello
1. Allegro moderato "The Farmyard"
2. Adagio Solenne
3. Allegretto "Nancy"
4. Andante con moto
5. Allegretto
Belwin
06.46.41879Four DanceschamberHarmony Music for wind quintet:
2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon/cello
1. Menuetto
2. Gavotte "The Alphonsa"[19]
3. Sarabande - Largo[20]
4. Gigue - Allegro
Belwin
06.56.51879Andante con Variazione "Evesham Andante"chamberHarmony Music for wind quintet:
2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon/cello
Leicester Hubert'H. A. L.' (Hubert Leicester)[3]
06.66.61879Adagio Cantabile "Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup"chamberHarmony Music for wind quintet:
2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon/cello
Belwin
0771884SevillañaorchestralStockley, W. C.W. C. Stockley[21]Tuckwood,
Ascherberg
0881888Quartetchamberstring quartet, destroyed[22]
0991884?Violin Sonatachamberviolin and piano, destroyed
101899Three Characteristic Piecesorchestral1. Mazurka
2. Sérénade Mauresque
3. Contrasts: The Gavotte A.D. 1700 and 1900
Lygon MaryLady Mary Lygon[23]Novello
10.11899MazurkaorchestralLygon MaryLady Mary Lygon[23]Novello
10.21899Sérénade MauresqueorchestralLygon MaryLady Mary Lygon[23]Novello
10.31899Contrasts: The Gavotte A.D. 1700 and 1900orchestralLygon MaryLady Mary Lygon[23]Novello
111894Sursum corda (Élévation) orchestralstrings, brass, timpani and organAclandH. Dyke Acland, Malvern[24]Schott
121888Salut d'Amour (Liebesgruss)chamberviolin and piano
also for piano, orchestra and numerous arrangements
Elgar Caroline Aliceà Carice (C. Alice Elgar)Schott
131889-90Two pieceschamberviolin and piano
1. Mot d'Amour (1889)
2. Bizarrerie (1890)
13.11889Mot d'Amourchamberviolin and piano
first pub. as Liebesahnung, companion piece to Liebesgruss
Elgar Caroline AliceAlice (C. Alice Elgar)Ascherberg
13.21890Bizarreriechamberviolin and pianoWard FredFred Ward[25]Ascherberg
141890Vesper Voluntarieskeyboardorgan
Introduction,
1. Andante,
2. Allegro,
3. Andantino (from Quartet in D, 1888),
4. Allegro piacevole,
5. Poco lento,
6. Moderato,
7. Allegretto pensoso,
8. Poco allegro, Coda
RaikesMrs W. A. Raikes[26]Ascherberg
151897-99Two pieceschamberviolin and piano
1. Chanson de Nuit
2. Chanson de Matin
15.11897Chanson de Nuitchamberviolin and piano,
also orchestra (1899), numerous arrangements
Ehrke FrankF. Ehrke, M.D.[27]Novello
15.21899Chanson de Matinchamberviolin and piano,
also orchestra (1901), numerous arrangements
Novello
161885-94Three songssongvoice and piano,
repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder
1. "The Shepherd's Song" (1892)
2. "Through the Long Days" (1885)
3. Rondel (1894)
16.11892"The Shepherd's Song"songvoice and piano,
repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder
Pain BarryBarry PainTuckwood,
Ascherberg
16.21885"Through the Long Days"songvoice and piano,
repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder
Hay JohnJohn HayWeber,
Ascherberg
16.31894"Rondel"songvoice and piano,
repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder
Longfellow HLongfellow,
after Froissart
Ascherberg
171891La Capricieusechamberviolin and pianoWard FredFred Ward[28]Breitkopf & Härtel
181890Three part-songspart-songSATB unacc.
1. "O Happy Eyes"
2. "Love"
3. "My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land"
Novello
18.11890"O Happy Eyes"part-songSATB unacc.Elgar Caroline AliceC. Alice ElgarNovello
18.21890"Love"part-songSATB unacc.Elgar Caroline AliceC. A. E. (C. Alice Elgar)Maquarie ArthurArthur MaquarieNovello
18.3[29]1890"My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land"part-songSATB unacc.Hampton JRev. J. Hampton[30]Lang AndrewAndrew LangNovello
191890Froissartorchestralconcert overtureNovello
201888-92Serenadeorchestral string orchestra,
revised version of Three Pieces for string orchestra
1. Allegro piacevole
2. Larghetto
3. Allegretto
Whinfield WalterW. H. Whinfield[31]Breitkopf & Härtel
211899Minuetorchestraloriginally for piano 1897Kilburn PaulPaul Kilburn[32]Joseph Williams
221892Very Melodious Exercises in the First Positionchamberviolin and pianoGrafton MayMay Grafton[33]Chanot,
Laudy
231892"Spanish Serenade"part-song"Stars of the Summer Night".
SATB acc. 2 violins and piano,
also acc. orchestra 1893
Longfellow HLongfellowNovello
241892Etudes caracteristiquesÉtudes caractéristiqueschamberviolin soloPollitzer AdolpheAdolphe PollitzerChanot
251889-92The Black Knightchoralsymphony/cantata for chorus and orchestra, poem by Uhland, tr. LongfellowBlair HughHugh BlairLongfellow HLongfellowNovello
261894Two part-songspart-songSSA acc. 2 violins and piano
1. "The Snow"
2. "Fly, Singing Bird"
Fitton EMrs E. B. Fitton, Malvern[34]Elgar Caroline AliceC. Alice ElgarNovello
26.11894"The Snow"part-songSSA acc. 2 violins and piano,
also other vocal arrangements and with orchestra
Fitton EMrs E. B. Fitton, Malvern[34]Elgar Caroline AliceC. Alice ElgarNovello
26.21894"Fly, Singing Bird"part-songSSA acc. 2 violins and piano,
also other vocal arrangements and with orchestra
Fitton EMrs E. B. Fitton, Malvern[34]Elgar Caroline AliceC. Alice ElgarNovello
271895-96From the Bavarian Highlandschoralchoral-songs SATB and orchestra
1. "The Dance" (Sonnenbichl)
2. "False Love" (Wamberg)
3. "Lullaby" (In Hammersbach)
4. "Aspiration" (Bei Sankt Anton)
5. "On the Alm" 'True Love'(Hoch Alp)
6. "The Marksmen (Bei Murnau)"
Nos. 1, 3 and 6 arr. for orchestra as Three Bavarian Dances
Bethell SlingsbyMr and Mrs Henry Slingsby Bethell, Garmisch, Bavaria[35]Elgar Caroline AliceC. Alice Elgar,
adapted from Bavarian folksongs
Joseph Williams
27.1271898Three Bavarian Dancesorchestralsongs from From the Bavarian Highlands arranged for orchestra
1. "The Dance" (Sonnenbichl)
2. "Lullaby" (In Hammersbach)
3. "The Marksmen (Bei Murnau)"
also for piano solo, and violin and piano
Joseph Williams
281898Organ Sonata in Gkeyboardorgan Heap Charles SwinnertonDr. C. Swinnerton Heap[36]Breitkopf
291896The Light of Lifechoral(Lux Christi)
soprano, alto, tenor and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra
Heap Charles SwinnertonDr. C. Swinnerton Heap[36]Capel-Cure ERev. E. Capel-Cure,
adapted from the Scriptures
Novello
301896Scenes From The Saga Of King Olafchoralcantata for soprano, tenor and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra
incl. part-song "As torrents in summer" pub. separately
LongfellowLongfellow
and Harry Arbuthnot Acworth
Novello
311900Two songssongvoice and piano
1. "After"
2. "A Song of Flight"
31.11900"After"songvoice and pianoMarston PhilipPhilip Bourke MarstonBoosey
31.21900"A Song of Flight"songvoice and pianoRossetti ChristinaChristina RossettiBoosey
321897Imperial Marchorchestralfor the Diamond Jubilee of the Queen's accession, also arr. pianoVictoria for H.M. Queen VictoriaNovello
331897The Banner of St. Georgechoralballad for chorus and orchestraWensley ShapcottShapcott WensleyNovello
341897Te Deum and Benedictuschurchchoir and organHymn
Benedictus (Song of Zechariah)
Novello
351897-98Caractacuschoralcantata for soprano, tenor, baritone and bass soloists, chorus and orchestraVictoriaH.M. Queen VictoriaAcworth HH. A. AcworthNovello
361899Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)orchestralTheme Enigma (andante)
I. C.A.E. (andante)
II. H.D.S.-P. (allegro)
III. R.B.T. (allegretto)
IV. W.M.B. (allegro di molto)
V. R.P.A. (moderato)
VI. Ysobel (andantino)
VII. Troyte (presto)
VIII. W.N. (allegretto)
IX. Nimrod (adagio)
X. Intermezzo, Dorabella (allegretto)
XI. G.R.S. (allegro di molto)
XII. B.G.N. (andante)
XIII. Romanza "***" (moderato)
Finale E.D.U. (allegro)
'To my friends pictured within'Novello
371897-99Sea Picturessongsong-cycle for contralto or mezzo-soprano and orchestra (or piano)
1. "Sea-Slumber Song"
2. "In Haven (Capri)"
3. "Sabbath Morning at Sea"
4. "Where Corals Lie"
5. "The Swimmer"
Boosey
37.11899"Sea-Slumber Song"songfrom Sea Pictures
contralto or mezzo-soprano and orchestra (or piano)
Noel RodenHon. Roden NoelBoosey
37.21899"In Haven (Capri)"songfrom Sea Pictures
contralto or mezzo-soprano and orchestra (or piano)
pub. 1897 as Love alone will stay
Elgar Caroline AliceC. Alice ElgarBoosey
37.31899"Sabbath Morning at Sea"songfrom Sea Pictures
contralto or mezzo-soprano and orchestra (or piano)
Browning ElizabethElizabeth Barrett BrowningBoosey
37.41899"Where Corals Lie"songfrom Sea Pictures
contralto or mezzo-soprano and orchestra (or piano)
Garnett RichardRichard GarnettBoosey
37.51899"The Swimmer"songfrom Sea Pictures
contralto or mezzo-soprano and orchestra (or piano)
Gordon Adam LindsayAdam Lindsay GordonBoosey
381899–1900The Dream of Gerontiuschoralfor mezzo-soprano, tenor and bass soloists, chorus and orchestraA.M.D.G.Newman JohnCardinal NewmanNovello
391901-30Pomp and Circumstance Marchesorchestral1. in D (1901)
2. in A minor (1901)
3. in C minor (1904)
4. in G (1907)
5. in C (1930)
6. sketches[37]
39.11901Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in Dorchestralthe trio contains the tune known as Land of Hope and GloryRodewald AlfredA. E. Rodewald and the members of the Liverpool Orchestral SocietyBoosey
39.21901Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2 in A minororchestralBantock GranvilleGranville BantockBoosey
39.31904Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3 in C minororchestralAtkins IvorIvor AtkinsBoosey
39.41907Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in Gorchestralin 1940 set to words by A. P. Herbert as Song of LibertySinclair GeorgeG. R. Sinclair[38]Boosey
39.51930Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5 in CorchestralHull PercyDr. Percy C. Hull, HerefordBoosey
39.61930Pomp and Circumstance March No. 6 in G minororchestral"elaborated" from sketches by Anthony Payne, 2006?
401900-01Cockaigne (In London Town)orchestralconcert-overture'My friends, the Members of British Orchestras'Boosey
411901Two songssong1. "In the Dawn"
2. "Speak, Music!"
41.11901"In the Dawn"songvoice and pianoBenson ArthurA. C. BensonBoosey
41.21901"Speak, Music!"songvoice and pianoSpeyer EMrs E. Speyer, Ridghurst[39]Benson ArthurA. C. BensonBoosey
421901Grania and Diarmidincidentalfor a play by George Moore and W. B. Yeats,
for orchestra and contralto soloist
1. Incidental Music and Funeral March
2. Song, "There are seven that pull the thread"
Wood HenryHenry J. WoodNovello
42.11901Incidental Music and Funeral Marchincidentalmusic for orchestra,
for a play Grania and Diarmid by George Moore and W. B. Yeats
Wood HenryHenry J. WoodNovello
42.21901"There are seven that pull the thread"songfor contralto soloist and orchestra,
for a play Grania and Diarmid by George Moore and W. B. Yeats
Wood HenryHenry J. WoodYeats William ButlerW. B. YeatsNovello
431902Dream ChildrenorchestralEnfants d'un Rêve
two pieces for small orchestra,
after Charles Lamb,
also for piano
1. Andante
2. Allegretto piacevole
Joseph Williams,
Schott
441902Coronation Odechoralfor soprano, contralto, tenor and bass soloists, chorus SATB and orchestra
I. "Crown the King", for soloists and chorus
II(a). "The Queen", for chorus
II(b). "Daughter of ancient Kings", for chorus
III. "Britain, ask of thyself", for bass solo and men's chorus
IV (a). "Hark upon the hallowed air", for soprano and tenor soloists
IV(b). "Only let the heart be pure", for soprano, contralto, tenor and bass soloists
V. "Peace, gentle peace", for soprano, contralto, tenor and bass soloists and chorus unaccompanied
VI. Finale "Land of Hope and Glory", for contralto solo, with chorus (separate song 1902)
Edward VIIH.M. King Edward VIIBenson ArthurA. C. BensonBoosey
451902Five Partsongs from the Greek Anthologypart-song TTBB,
words tr. from the Greek Anthology
1. "Yea, cast me from height of the mountains"
2. "Whether I find thee"
3. "After many a dusty mile"
4. "It's oh! to be a wild wind"
5. "Feasting I watch"
Parratt WalterSir Walter ParrattNovello
45.11902"Yea, cast me from height of the mountains"part-songTTBB, words tr. from the Greek Anthology (anon.)Parratt WalterSir Walter ParrattStrettell AlmaAlma StrettellNovello
45.21902"Whether I find thee"part-songTTBB, words tr. from the Greek Anthology (anon.)Parratt WalterSir Walter ParrattLang AndrewAndrew LangNovello
45.31902"After many a dusty mile"part-songTTBB, words tr. from the Greek Anthology (anon.)Parratt WalterSir Walter ParrattGosse EdmundEdmund GosseNovello
45.41902"It's oh! to be a wild wind"part-songTTBB, words tr. from the Greek Anthology (anon.)Parratt WalterSir Walter ParrattHardinge WilliamWilliam M. HardingeNovello
45.51902"Feasting I watch"part-songTTBB, words tr. from poem by Marcus ArgentariusParratt WalterSir Walter ParrattGarnett RichardRichard GarnettNovello
461901Concert Allegro[40]concertantefor piano, orchestra part possibly addedDavies FannyWritten for Fanny Davies?
471904-05Introduction and Allegroorchestralfor Strings (Quartet and Orchestra)Sanford SamuelProf. S. S. Sanford,
Yale University
Novello
481908"Pleading"songvoice and piano,
pub. as Op. 48, No. 1, but no other Op. 48 works exist
Warrender MaudLady Maud Warrender[41]Salmon ArthurArthur L. Salmon[42]Novello
491902-03The Apostleschoraloratorio for soprano, contralto, tenor and three bass soloists, chorus and orchestra,
compiled from the Scriptures by the composer
A.M.D.G.Holy ScripturesThe Holy ScripturesNovello
501903-04In the South (Alassio)orchestralconcert-overtureSchuster FrankLeo F. SchusterNovello
511901-06The Kingdomchoraloratorio for soprano, contralto, tenor and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra,
compiled from the Scriptures by the composer
A.M.D.G.Holy ScripturesThe Holy ScripturesNovello
521907"A Christmas Greeting"songcarol for 2 sopranos, male chorus ad lib, 2 violins and pianoSinclair GeorgeDr. G. R. Sinclair and the choristers of Hereford CathedralElgar Caroline AliceC. Alice ElgarNovello
531907Four part-songspart-songSATB unacc.
1. "There is sweet Music"
2. "Deep in my Soul"
3. "O Wild West Wind"
4. "Owls (An Epitaph)"
Novello
53.11907"There is sweet Music"part-songpart-song SSAATTBB unacc.Gorton CharlesCanon Gorton[43]Tennyson AlfredLord TennysonNovello
53.21907"Deep in my Soul"part-songSATB unacc.Worthington JuliaJulia H. Worthington[44]Byron LordLord ByronNovello
53.31907"O Wild West Wind"part-songSATB unacc.McNaught WilliamDr. W. G. McNaught[45]Shelley PercyShelleyNovello
53.41907"Owls (An Epitaph)"part-songSATB unacc.,
words probably by the composer
Pietro d'Alba[46]Novello
541907"The Reveille"part-songTTBB unacc.Embleton HenryHenry C. EmbletonHarte BretBret HarteNovello
551907-08Symphony No. 1 in A flatorchestral Richter HansHans Richter, Mus. Doc.Novello
561909"Angelus (Tuscany)"part-songSATB unacc., words adapted from the TuscanStuart-Wortley AliceMrs. Charles Stuart-Wortley (Alice Stuart-Wortley)Tuscan dialectNovello
571909"Go, Song of Mine"part-songSSAATB unacc., tr. from CavalcantiLittleton AlfredAlfred H. Littleton[47]Rossetti DanteDante Gabriel RossettiNovello
581909Elegyorchestralstring orchestraHaddon, R. H.Rev. R. H. Haddon[48][49]Novello
591910Three songs[50]song3. Oh, soft was the song
5. "Was it some Golden Star?"
6. "Twilight"
Parker GilbertGilbert Parker
59.31910"Oh, soft was the song"songmezzo-soprano and piano or orchestraParker GilbertGilbert ParkerNovello
59.51910"Was it some Golden Star?"songmezzo-soprano and piano or orchestraParker GilbertGilbert ParkerNovello
59.61910"Twilight"songmezzo-soprano and piano or orchestraParker GilbertGilbert ParkerNovello
601909-10Two songssong1. "The Torch"
2. "The River"
Pietro d'Alba[46]
60.11909"The Torch"songmezzo-soprano and piano or orchestraYvonne[51]Pietro d'Alba[46]Novello
60.21910"The River"songmezzo-soprano and piano or orchestra
'Folk-Song (Eastern Europe) paraphrased by Pietro d'Alba'
Pietro d'Alba[46]Novello
611901-10Violin Concerto in B minorconcertanteviolin and orchestraKreisler FritzFritz KreislerNovello
621910Romanceconcertantebassoon and orchestraJames EdwinEdwin F. JamesNovello
631909-11Symphony No. 2 in E flatorchestral Edward VIIIn memory of H.M. King Edward VIINovello
641911"O Hearken Thou"churchCoronation Offertorium "Intende voci orationis meæ", for choir and orchestra, for the Coronation of King George VGeorge VH.M. King George VPsalm 5Novello
651911Coronation Marchorchestral George VH.M. King George VNovello
661911-12The Crown of IndiaincidentalImperial Masque for contralto and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra
1a Introduction, 1b Sacred Measure,
2 Dance of Nautch Girls, 2a India Greets her Cities,
3 Song: "Hail, Immemorial Ind!",
3a Entrance of Calcutta, 3b Entrance of Delhi,
4a Introduction, 4b March of the Mogul Emperors,
5 Entrance of 'John Company', 5a Entrance of St George,
6 Song: "The Rule of England",
7 Interlude,
8a Introduction, 8b Warrior's Dance,
9 The Cities of Ind,
11 The Crowning of Delhi,
12 "Ave Imperator!"
also Suite from the Crown of India for orchestra
Hamilton HenryHenry HamiltonEnoch
671912"Great is the Lord"churchanthem, choir SSAATB, bass solo, and organRobinson JDean of Wells,
J. Armitage Robinson, D.D.
Psalm 48Novello
681913Falstafforchestralsymphonic study for orchestra,
after Shakespeare, King Henry IV and V
Ronald LandonLandon RonaldNovello
691912The Music Makerschoralode for contralto or mezzo-soprano soloist, chorus SATB and orchestraKilburn NicholasNicholas Kilburn[52]O'Shaughnessy ArthurArthur O'ShaughnessyNovello
701914Sospiriorchestralstring orchestra, harp and organ (or harmonium)Reed WilliamW. H. ReedBreitkopf & Härtel
711914Two part-songspart-songSATB unacc.
1. "The Shower"
2. "The Fountain"
71.11914"The Shower"part-songSATB unacc.Smart FrancesMiss Frances Smart[53]Vaughan HenryHenry VaughanNovello
71.21914"The Fountain"part-songSATB unacc.Dyson WilliamW. Mann Dyson[54]Vaughan HenryHenry VaughanNovello
721914"Death on the Hills"part-songchoral-song SATB unacc.,
words tr. from the Russian of Maikov[55]
Colvin FrancesLady Colvin[56]Newmarch RosaRosa NewmarchNovello
731914Two part-songspart-songSATB unacc.
1. "Love's Tempest"
2. "Serenade"
73.11914"Love's Tempest"part-songSATB unacc.,
words tr. from the Russian of Maikov[55]
Terry CProf. C. Sanford TerryNewmarch RosaRosa NewmarchNovello
73.21914"Serenade"part-songSATB unacc.,
words tr. from the Russian of Maikov[55]
Hull PercyPercy C. HullNewmarch RosaRosa NewmarchNovello
741914"Give unto the Lord"churchanthem SATB, organ and orchestraMartin GeorgeSir George Martin, M.V.O., Mus.D.Psalm 29Novello
751914Carillonorchestralrecitation with orchestraCammaerts ÉmileÉmile CammaertsElkin
761915Poloniaorchestralsymphonic preludePaderewski JanI. J. PaderewskiElkin
771915Une voix dans le désertorchestralrecitation with soprano solo and orchestra,
includes the song "Quand nos bourgeons se rouvriront" (When the spring comes round)
Cammaerts ÉmileÉmile CammaertsElkin
781915-16The Starlight Expressincidentalbaritone and soprano soloists and orchestra,
music to a play adapted from a story A Prisoner in Fairyland by Algernon Blackwood,
includes the organ-grinder’s songs:
1. "To the Children"
2. "The Blue-Eyes Fairy"
3. "My Old Tunes"
Blackwood AlgernonAlgernon BlackwoodElkin
791917Le drapeau belge (The Belgian Flag)orchestralrecitation with orchestra, tr. Lord Curzon of KedlestonCammaerts ÉmileÉmile CammaertsElkin
801915-17The Spirit of Englandchoralsoprano and contralto or tenor soloists, chorus and orchestra
1. The Fourth of August (1917)
2. To Women (1915)
3. For the Fallen (1915)
'To the memory of our glorious men, with a special thought for the Worcesters'
80.11917The Fourth of Augustchoralsoprano and contralto or tenor soloists, chorus and orchestra,
from The Winnowing Fan by Binyon
Binyon LaurenceLaurence BinyonNovello
80.21915To Womenchoralsoprano and contralto or tenor soloists, chorus and orchestraBinyon LaurenceLaurence BinyonNovello
80.31915For the Fallenchoralsoprano and contralto or tenor soloists, chorus and orchestraBinyon LaurenceLaurence BinyonNovello
80.480.31920With Proud Thanksgivingchoralsoprano soloist, chorus SATB and orchestra,
a simpler version of For the Fallen, for the dedication of the Cenotaph
League of ArtsBinyon LaurenceLaurence BinyonNovello
811917The Sanguine Fanballetballet music for orchestra.[57] Echo's Dance arranged for pianoMS
81.1811917Echo's Dancearrangementfrom The Sanguine Fan, Op. 81, arranged for pianoElkin
821918Violin Sonata in E minorchamberviolin and pianoJoshua Marie'M. J. -1918'
(Marie Joshua)[58]
Novello
831918String Quartet in E minorchamberstring quartetBrodsky Quartet[59]Novello
841918-19Piano Quintet in A minorchamberstring quartet and pianoNewman ErnestErnest NewmanNovello
851918-19Cello Concerto in E minorconcertantecello and orchestraColvin Sidney and FrancesSidney and Frances ColvinNovello
861921-22Fantasia and Fugue in C minor
(J. S. Bach)
arrangementtranscription for orchestra, Fantasia 1921, Fugue 1922Novello
871930The Severn Suitebrass bandtranscribed for orchestra (1932))
1. Introduction (Worcester Castle)
2. Toccata (Tournament)
3. Fugue (The Cathedral) (1923)
4. Minuet (Commandery)
5. Coda
Shaw George BernardG. Bernard ShawR Smith
87a1933Organ Sonata No. 2keyboardarrangement of The Severn Suite for organ by Ivor AtkinsKeith Prowse
881932-34Symphony No. 3orchestralposth. Op. 88,
sketches, elaborated by Anthony Payne 1972-97
?
891933The Spanish Ladyoperalibretto by Elgar and Sir Barry Jackson after Ben Jonson, planned in two acts but incomplete, posth. Suite for string orchestra ed. Percy M. Young[60]
songs:1. "Modest and Fair"
2. "Still to be Neat"
also suite for strings ed. Young (1956)
Jonson BenBen JonsonElkin
901909-25Piano Concertoconcertantepiano and orchestra,
posth. Op. 90,
sketches, 1909–25, elaborated by Robert Walker 1997
?
9110011919The Smoking Cantatasongbaritone soloist and orchestra[61][62]?
Y1867 1867Humoreske 'a tune from Broadheath'pianolater used for Fairies and Giants in The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 1, see Op. 1a
Y1867 1867The Wand of Youthincidentalmusic for a children’s play,
assembled as two orchestral suites in 1907, see Op. 1a and Op. 1b
Y1868 1868Kyrie Eleison in Achurchchoir SATB
Y1870 1870Fugue in G minorkeyboardfor organ [?], c. 1870, unfinished
Y1872 1872"The Language of Flowers"songvoice and piano, unpub.Elgar Lucy'The Music composed & dedicated to my sister Lucy' [63]Percival JamesThe Poetry by Percival[64]MS
Y1872 1872Chantantkeyboardpiano soloMS
Y1872 1872Gloriachurchfor choir and organ, arr. of the Allegro from Violin Sonata in F, K.547
(Mozart) as a Gloria
MS
Y1873 1873Credoarrangementchoir and organ, themes from Symphonies V VII and IX (Beethoven)
"arr. Bernard Pappenheim"[65] [comment by Elgar]
MS
Y1874 1874Anthemarrangementarr. for strings, with original introductionMS
Y1875 1875"The Self Banished"songsoprano or tenor acc. piano, unpub.Waller EdmundEdmund WallerMS
Y1876 1876Salve Reginachurchin D, choir and organMS
Y1876 1876Tantum Ergochurchin D, choir and organEucharistic hymnMS
Y1877 1877"O Salutaris Hostia"churchin G, bass solo and organO Salutaris HostiaMS
Y1877 1877Credo in E minorchurchchoir and organNicene CreedMS
Y1877 1877Gloriachurchchoir SATB and organMS
Y1877 1877Kyriechurchchoir STBMS
Y1877 1877Five well-known piecesarrangementarr. as studies for the violin, at the suggestion of Adolphe Pollitzer
1. Larghetto (Mozart)
2. Cavatina (Raff)
3. Romance (de Bériot)
4. Romance (Vieuxtemps)
5. Gigue (Ries)
Schott
Y1877 1877Peckham MarchchamberHarmony Music for wind quintet:
2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon/cello
see also Op. 6.1 — Op. 6.6
MS
Y1877 1877Reminiscenceschamberviolin and pianoMS
Y1878 1878Adeste Fideles
(John F. Wade)
arrangementarr. for orchestraMS
Y1878 1878Violin Sonata Op. 23, finale
(Beethoven)
arrangementarr. for wind quintetMS
Y1878 1878Concerto X
(Corelli)
arrangementarr. for wind quintetMS
Y1878 1878Ariodante overture
(Handel)
arrangementarr. for small orchestraMS
Y1878 1878O ‘tis a glorious sight from Oberon
(Weber)
arrangementarr. for small orchestraPedley FrankF. G. Pedley[12]MS
Y1878 1878Fantasiachamberviolin and piano, unfinishedMS
Y1878 1878Fugue in D minorchamberoboe and violinElgar FrankFrank Elgar[66] and Karl Bammert[67]MS
Y1878 1878String Quartet in DchamberunfinishedMS
Y1878 1878String Quartet in BchamberunfinishedMS
Y1878 1878String Trio in CchamberunfinishedMS
Y1878 1878Triochamber2 violins and piano, unfinishedMS
Y1878 1878Allegrochamberoboe, violin, viola and cello, unfinishedMS
Y1878 1878Menuetto (Scherzo)chamberre-copied 1930MS
Y1878 1878Symphony in G minor after Mozartorchestralpart of first movement existsMS
Y1878 1878Introductory Overture for Christy MinstrelsorchestralMS
Y1878 1878"Brother, For Thee He Died" (Easter Anthem)churchchoir and organMS
Y1878 1878"Praise ye the Lord"churchhymn tune, revised as Good Morrow[68]
Y1878 1878"Now with the fast departing light"churchhymn tuneMS
Y1878 1878"Hear Thy children"churchhymn tune in F, choir and organ, pub. 1896 as Drakes Boughton in Westminster Hymnal, and Parish Hymn Book (Nos. 189/190), also used in Nursery Suite (Aubade)Stanfield FrancisFrancis StanfieldCary
Y1878 1878"If She Love Me" (Temple Bar Rondeau)songvoice and pianoMS
Y1878 1878Minuet in G minororchestralminuet for Powick Asylum band:
flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano
MS
Y1879 1879"Domine Salvam fac"churchmotet, choir and organLatin hymnMS
Y1879 1879-84Powick Asylum Musicorchestralfor Powick Asylum band:
1. La Brunette (1879)
2. Die Junge Kokette (1879)
3. L'Assomoir (1879)
4. The Valentine (1879)
5. Maud (1880)
6. Paris (1880)
7. Nelly[69] (1881)
8. La Blonde (1882)
9. Helcia (1883)
10. Blumine (1884)
MS
Y1879 1879La Brunetteorchestral5 Quadrilles for Powick Asylum band:
piccolo, flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano
Jenkins GeoGeo. Jenkins Esq.MS
Y1879 1879Die Junge Koketteorchestral5 Quadrilles for Powick Asylum band:
piccolo, flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano
Holloway J Miss J. Holloway[70]MS
Y1879 1879Two Polonaiseschamberviolin and piano, unfinishedHolloway J" J. H. [Miss J. Holloway] with esteem"[71]MS
Y1879 1879L'Assomoirorchestral5 Quadrilles for Powick Asylum band:
flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano
MS
Y1879 1879The Valentineorchestral5 Lancers for Powick Asylum band:
piccolo, flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano
MS
Y1879 1879Minuet-graziosoorchestrallost or destroyed
Y1880 1880Maudorchestralpolka for Powick Asylum band:
piccolo, flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano
MS
Y1880 1880Parisorchestral5 Quadrilles for Powick Asylum band:
piccolo, flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano
1. Châtelet
2. L'Hippodrome
3. Alcazar d'Été (Champs-Élysées)
4. La! Suzanne
5. Café des Ambassadeurs: "La femme de l'emballeur"
Holloway JMiss J. Holloway, Powycke[70]MS
Y1880 1880Violin Sonata in F, K.547
(Mozart)
arrangementarr. as GloriaMS
Y1880 1880"O Salutaris Hostia"churchin F, choir and organO Salutaris HostiaMS
Y1880 1880"O Salutaris Hostia"churchin E-flat, choir and organO Salutaris HostiaMS
Y1881 1881Fantasy on Irish Airschamberviolin and piano, unfinishedMS
Y1881 1881Fugue in F# minorchamberincomplete - later copied for The Spanish LadyMS
Y1881 1881Nelly[69]orchestralpolka for Powick Asylum band:
piccolo, flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, viola, double bass and piano
Elgar FrankFras. Thos. Elgar[72]MS
Y1882 1882La Blondeorchestralpolka for Powick Asylum band:
piccolo, clarinet, 2 cornets, trombone, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano
Weaver Helen'H. J. W.' (Helen Weaver)[69]MS
Y1882 1882Douce Penséechamberviolin, cello and piano,
pub. 1915 as Rosemary
MS
Y1882 1882Suite in Dorchestral1. Mazurka
2. Intermezzo-Sérénade Mauresque
3. Fantasia gavotte
4. Marche - Pas Redoublé
Revised 1899 as Three Characteristic Pieces (see Op. 10)
MS
Y1882 1882"O Salutaris Hostia"churchin E-flat, bass solo and organO Salutaris HostiaMS
Y1882 1882Benedictus in Gchurchfor choir, organ and stringsMS
Y1882 1882Four Litanies for the Blessed Virgin Marychurchchoir unacc.Knight TFr. T. Knight, S.J., WorcesterCary
Y1882 1882Air de Ballet - Pastoraleorchestralperf. WorcesterMS
Y1882 1882Marche - Pas Redoubléorchestralperf. Worcester Marche incorporated into The Spanish Lady and Suite in DMS
Y1882 1882Air de Balletorchestralperf. WorcesterMS
Y1883 1883Scherzo
(Schumann)
arrangementarr. Scherzo from Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52,
for piano solo
MS
Y1883 1883Entry of the Minstrels from Tannhaüser Act III,
(Wagner)
arrangementfor pianoMS
Y1883 1883Helciaorchestralpolka for Powick Asylum band:
piccolo, clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, viola, double bass and piano
MS
Y1884 1884Blumineorchestralpolka for Powick Asylum band:
clarinet, 2 cornets, euphonium, bombardon, 1st & 2nd violins, double bass and piano
MS
Y1884 1884Griffinesquekeyboardpiano, pub. posth. by NovelloNovello
Y1884 1884"A Soldier’s Song"songsee "A War Song", Op. 5.1
Y1885 1885"Clapham Town End"songlow voice and piano,
arrangement of an old Yorkshire[73] folksong, unpub. "An old Yorkshire ballad taken down from the singing of old Tommy Kerr [?] as he got it from his grandfather. Harmonised in strict accordance with the spirit of the age" [comment by Elgar],
for Dr. C. W. Buck
trad.Young[74]
Y1885 1885"Clapham Town End"arrangementsee Clapham Town End, song
Y1885 1885Gavottechamberviolin and pianoBuck CharlesDr. C. W. Buck, SettleSchott
Y1885 1885Absent and Present
(Maude Valérie White)
arrangementcello obbligato, end note - "Lobster cutlets! Oh!!!!!!" [comment by Elgar]MS
Y1885 1885Out on the Rocks
(C. H. Dolby)
arrangementcello obbligatoMS
Y1885 1885Melody
(C. W. Buck)
arrangementpiano accompaniment for celloMS
Y1885 1885The Lakes overtureorchestralMS lost
Y1885 1885Scottish OvertureorchestralMS lost
Y1886 1886Berceuse,
(G. F. Blackbourne)[75]
arrangementviolin and piano, pub. 1907MS
Y1886 1886"Is she not passing fair?"[76] songpub. 1908, Lay, tr. from poem by Charles, Duke of Orléans (1391-1466)Costello LouisaLouisa Stuart Costello Boosey
Y1886 1886Triochamberviolin, cello and piano, fragment only of first movement, "Sans"[77]MS
Y1886 1886Enina Valsekeyboardpiano,
dated Malvern Wells 21 Dec 1886
MS
Y1887 1887Duett for trombone and double basschambertrombone and double bass,
pub. 1970, ed. Rodney Slatford
Weaver FrankFrank William Weaver, on his wedding-day[69]Yorke
Y1888 1888"As I laye a-thynkynge"songvoice and piano,
the last lines of Thomas Ingoldsby
Ingoldsby ThomasThomas IngoldsbyBeare
Y1888 1888"The Wind at Dawn"songvoice and pianoWüllner LudwigDr. Ludwig WüllnerElgar Caroline AliceC. Alice Roberts (Elgar)Boosey
Y1888 1888Allegretto on G.E.D.G.E.[7]chamberviolin and pianoGedgeThe Misses Gedge, Malvern Wells[78]Schott
Y1888 1888"Ecce Sacerdos Magnus"churchchoir and organLeicester HubertHubert Leicester, Worcester[3]LiturgyCary
Y1888 1888"O Salutaris Hostia"churchchoir, written 1880O Salutaris HostiaCary
Y1888 1888Liebesgrusschambersee Salut d'Amour, Op. 12
Y1889 1889Liebesahnungchambersee Mot d'Amour, Op. 13.1
Y1889 1889"Queen Mary's Song"songvoice and piano,
repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder
Meredith JJ. H. Meredith[79]Tennyson AlfredAlfred TennysonOrsborn & Tuckwood,
Ascherberg
Y1889 1889Prestokeyboardpiano
Y1890 1890"Man"songvoice and piano
Y1890 1890Violin Concertoconcertantedestroyed
Y1892 1892"A Song of Autumn"songvoice and piano,
repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder
MarshallMiss Marshall[80]Gordon AdamAdam Lindsay GordonOrsborn & Tuckwood,
Ascherberg
Y1892 1892"Like to the Damask Rose"songvoice and piano,
repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder
Wastell SimonSimon Wastell[81]
or Francis Quarles
Tuckwood,
Ascherberg
Y1892 1892"The Poet's Life"songvoice and piano,
repub. 1907 in Seven Lieder
Burroughs EllenEllen Burroughs[82]Ascherberg
Y1892 1892"A spear, a sword"songvoice and piano, unpub.Elgar Caroline AliceC. Alice Elgar[83]
Y1892 1892Mill-wheel Songs[84]songvoice and piano, unpub.
1. "Winter"
2. "May (a rhapsody)"
Elgar Caroline AliceC. Alice Elgar
Y1894 1894"The Wave"[85]songvoice and piano, unpub.
Y1894 1894"Muleteer's Song"songvoice and piano[85]Pain BarryBarry Pain[86]
Y1894 1894Parsifal, Good Friday Music (Wagner)arrangementfor small orchestra, Worcester High School
30.1301896"As torrents in summer"part-songSATB unacc., from Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf, Op. 30, pub. separately, LongfellowNovello
29.1291896"Seek Him that maketh the Seven Stars"songtenor solo and chorus TTBB, from The Light of Life, Op. 29, pub. separatelyCapel-Cure ERev. E. Capel-CureNovello
29.2291896"Doubt not thy Father's care"songduet, soprano and alto, from The Light of Life, Op. 29, pub. separatelyCapel-Cure ERev. E. Capel-CureNovello
35.1351897"The Sword Song"songbaritone, from Caractacus, Op. 35, pub. separatelyVictoriaH.M Queen VictoriaAcworth HH. A. AcworthNovello
Y1897 1897"Roundel: The little eyes that never knew Light"songvoice and piano, composed 1887, unpub.Swinburne AlgernonA. C. SwinburneMS
Y1897 1897"Grete Malverne on a Rocke"part-songChristmas carol SATB unacc.,
pub. 1909 as Lo, Christ the Lord is born
trad.[87]Christmas Card
Y1898 1898"The Holly and the Ivy"arrangementChristmas carol,
chorus and orchestra
trad.
Y1898 1898Festival March in Cchoralchorus and orchestra, fragment only remains
Y1898 1898"Love alone will stay"songvoice and piano, published in "The Dome",
later adapted as In Haven, No. 2 of Sea Pictures, Op. 37
Elgar Caroline AliceC. Alice ElgarPaternoster Press
Y1898 1898"O Salutaris Hostia"churchchoir unacc., in Tozer’s Benediction Manual No. 47O Salutaris HostiaCary
Y1899 1899"Dry those fair, those crystal eyes"songvoice and pianoKing HenryHenry KingCharing + Hospital Bazaar
Y1899 1899"To Her Beneath Whose Steadfast Star"part-songSATB unacc., orchestrated 1902VictoriaH.M. Queen VictoriaMyers FrederickFrederick W. H. MyersMacmillan
121899"Woo thou, sweet Music"songvoice and piano,
from Salut d’Amour, Op. 12, adapted by Max Laistner[88]
Bunten AliceA. C. Bunten[89]Schott
Y1899 1899Sérénade LyriqueorchestralCaryll IvanIvan Caryll’s OrchestraChappell
Y1900 1900"Pansies"songvoice and piano,
from Salut d’Amour, Op. 12, adapted by Max Laistner[88]
Percy E. PinkertonSchott
Y1900 1900"The Pipes of Pan"songvoice and pianoRoss AdrianAdrian RossBoosey
Y1901 1901"Always and Everywhere"songvoice and piano, from the Polish of KrasińskiFortey FF. H. Fortey[90]Boosey
Y1901 1901"Come, Gentle Night!"songvoice and pianoBingham CliftonClifton Bingham[91]Boosey
Y1901 1901May-Songkeyboardpiano, for orchestra (Elkin, 1928)W. H. Broome
Morrice Music
Elkin
Y1901 1901Emmaus
(Herbert Brewer)
arrangementorchestration
Y1902 1902"Land of Hope and Glory"songvoice and piano or orchestraBenson ArthurA. C. BensonBoosey
Y1902 1902"O Mightiest of the Mighty"churchhymn for the Coronation of Edward VIIEdward VIIH.R.H. Prince of Wales
(later H.M. King Edward VII)
Clarke SRev. S. Childs ClarkeNovello
Y1902 1902"God Save the King"arrangementsoloists, chorus and orchestraNovello
Y1903 1903"Speak, my Heart!"songvoice and pianoBenson ArthurA. C. BensonBoosey
Y1903 1903"Weary Wind of the West"part-songSATB unacc.Brom Thomas EdwardT. E. BrownNovello
Y1903 1903Offertoire (Andante Religioso)chamberviolin and piano, "Offertoire pour le violon, Gustave Francke (op 11), dedié à Serge Derval, Anvers" [note by Elgar]Derval SergeSerge Derval, AntwerpBoosey
Y1903 1903Skizzekeyboardpiano, repub. NovelloBuths JuliusProf. Julius Buths, DüsseldorfMusik-Beilag zur Nuen Musik-Zeitung (Stuttgart),
Novello
50.1501904Canto Popolarechamberviola and piano, arranged by the composer from his concert-overture In the South (Alassio), Op. 50Boosey
50.2501904"In Moonlight"songvoice and piano,
adapted to the viola serenade Canto Popolare from the concert-overture In the South (Alassio), Op. 50
ShelleyBoosey
Y1905 1905"Evening Scene"part-songSATB unacc.Howson RIn Memory of R. G. H. Howson[92]Patmore CoventryCoventry PatmoreNovello
Y1905 1905In Smyrnakeyboardpiano, pub. "Queen's Christmas Carol Book", repub. NovelloDaily Mail,
Novello
Y1906 1906Piece for Organkeyboardorgan, "For Dot's Nuns"[93] [remark by Elgar]
Y1907 1907Berceuse-Petit Reine
(Victor Bérard)
arrangementviolin and pianoWilcocks (?)
Ashdown
Y1907 1907Andantino
(Victor Bérard)
arrangementviolin, mandolin and guitar "For the Barbers" [remark by Elgar],[94]
unfinished
Y1907 1907Two single chants for Venite in D and Gchurchchoir, in "New Cathedral Psalter"Novello
Y1907 1907Two double chants in D for Psalms 68 and 75churchchoir, in "New Cathedral Psalter"Novello
Y1907 1907String quartetchamberfragmentary
Y1907 1907"How calmly the evening"part-songSATB unacc.Lynch TT. Lynch[95]Novello
Y1907 1907Seven Lieder of Edward Elgarsongvoice and piano
1. "Like to the Damask Rose"
2. "Queen Mary's Song"
3. "A Song of Autumn"
4. "The Poet's Life"
5. "Through the Long Days"
6. "Rondel"
7. "The Shepherd's Song"
all first pub. 1889-1894
Boosey
Y1908 1908"Marching Song"part-songSATB and piano,
repub. 1914 as "Follow the Colours" for solo and optional male chorus and orchestra
de Courcy Stretton WCapt. W. de Courcy Stretton [96]Novello
Y1908 1908"Abide with me"
(Ivor Atkins)
arrangementanthem, rev. 1928
Y1909 1909"Lo! Christ the Lord is Born"churchChristmas carol SATB unacc.,
after Grete Malverne on a Rocke, 1897
Wensley ShapcottShapcott WensleyNovello
Y1910 1910"A Child Asleep"songvoice and pianoGoetz AnthonyAnthony Goetz[97]Browning Elizabeth BElizabeth Barrett BrowningNovello
Y1910 1910"The King's Way"songvoice and pianoElgar Caroline AliceC. Alice ElgarBoosey
Y1910 1910"They are at Rest"churchanthem for choir and organ, perf. at the Royal Mausoleum for the anniversary of Queen Victoria's deathNewman John HenryCardinal NewmanNovello
Y1911 1911St Matthew Passion
(J. S. Bach)
arrangementperforming edition, with Ivor AtkinsNovello
Y1911 1911St Matthew Passion
(J. S. Bach)
arrangementtwo chorales "O Mensch bewein dein Sünde Gross" BWV 622, "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" BWV 244, for 3 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones and tubaMS
Y1913 1913"Callicles"songScena, intended for Muriel FosterArnold MatthewMatthew Arnold
Y1913 1913CarissimaorchestralStephens WinifredWinifred Stephens[98]Elkin
Y1914 1914"Follow the Colours"part-songsee Marching Song, 1908de Courcy Stretton WCapt. W. de Courcy Stretton [96]Novello
Y1914 1914"Fear not, O Land"churchHarvest AnthemJoelJoel iiNovello
Y1914 1914"Arabian Serenade"songvoice and pianoLawrence MargeryMargery LawrenceBoosey
Y1914 1914"The Chariots of the Lord"songvoice and pianoBrownlie JohnRev. John Brownlie[99]Boosey
Y1914 1914"The Birthright"part-songSATB unacc.Stocks GeorgeGeorge A. StocksNovello
Y1914 1914"The Merry-go-round"songunison song acc. piano,
pub. USA[100]
Fox FlorenceFlorence C. Fox[101]Silver Burdett
Y1915 1915Rosemaryorchestralorchestration of Douce Pensée (1882) for piano trioElkin
Y1915 1915"Quand nos bourgeons se rouvriront"songsee Une voix dans le désert, Op. 77
Y1915 1915"The Brook"part-song2-part song acc. piano,
pub. USA[100]
Soule EllenEllen SouleSilver Burdett
Y1915 1915"The Windlass Song"part-songSATB unacc.,
pub. USA[100]
Allingham WilliamWilliam AllinghamSilver Burdett
Y1916 1916"Fight for Right"songvoice and pianoFight for RightMembers of the Fight for Right MovementMorris WilliamWilliam MorrisElkin
Y1917 1917"Ozymandias"songvoice and pianoShelley
Y1917 1917The Fringes of the Fleetsongsongs for four baritones and orchestra,
1. "The Lowestoft Boat (A Chanty)"
2. "Fate's Discourtesy"
3. "Submarines"
4. "The Sweepers"
5. "Inside the Bar (A Sailor's Song)" added later
Kipling RudyardRudyard KiplingEnoch
Y1917 1917"The Lowestoft Boat (A Chanty)"songfour baritones and orchestra,
from The Fringes of the Fleet
Kipling RudyardRudyard KiplingEnoch
Y1917 1917"Fate's Discourtesy"songfour baritones and orchestra,
from The Fringes of the Fleet
Kipling RudyardRudyard KiplingEnoch
Y1917 1917"Submarines"songfour baritones and orchestra,
from The Fringes of the Fleet
Kipling RudyardRudyard KiplingEnoch
Y1917 1917"The Sweepers"songfour baritones and orchestra,
from The Fringes of the Fleet
Kipling RudyardRudyard KiplingEnoch
Y1917 1917"Inside the Bar (A Sailor's Song)"songfour baritones unaccompanied
added to The Fringes of the Fleet,
dedicated to the four singers
Mott CharlesCharles Mott,
Harry Barratt,
Frederick Henry and
Frederick Stewart
Parker GilbertGilbert ParkerEnoch
Y1918 1918"Big Steamers"songunison song for children, acc. pianoKipling RudyardRudyard KiplingTeachers' World
Y1920 1920Study for strengthening the third fingerchamberre-copied from 1877 sketchHeifetz JaschaJascha Heifetz
Y1922 1922"Ye Holy Angels bright"
(John Darwall)
arrangementorchestral accompaniment
Y1922 1922"Jerusalem"
(Parry)
arrangementfor chorus and orchestraBlake WilliamWilliam Blake
Y1923 1923Arthurincidentalto a play by Laurence Binyon
Y1923 1923"The Wanderer"part-songTTBB unacc.Anon., adapted from Wit and Drollery, 1661Novello
Y1923 1923"Zut, zut, zut!"part-songTTBB unacc.Marden RichardRichard Marden[102]Novello
Y1923 1923Carillon Chimeskeyboardfor the opening of the Loughborough War Memorial Carillon[103]MS
Y1923 1923Overture in D minor
(Handel)
arrangementtranscription for orchestra of the Overture in D minor (Chandos Anthem "In the Lord put I my Trust", HWV247)Novello
Y1923 1923"O Lord,look down from Heaven"
(Battishill)
arrangementorchestral accompanimentMS
Y1923 1923"Let us Lift up our Hearts"
(S. S. Wesley)
arrangementorchestral accompanimentMS
Y1924 1924Empire MarchorchestralEnoch
Y1924 1924Arthur: Suiteorchestralfor chamber orchestra (from the incidental music to Binyon's ArthurMS
Y1924 1924Pageant of Empireincidentalsolo songs, except No. 8 "A Song of Union" for SATB
Nos. 5 and 7 were also later arranged for chorus SATB; some also with orchestral accompaniment
1. "Shakespeare's Kingdom"
2. "The Islands (A Song of New Zealand)"
3. "The Blue Mountains (A Song of Australia)"
4. "The Heart of Canada"
5. "Sailing Westward"
6. "Merchant Adventurers"
7. "The Immortal Legions"
8. "A Song of Union" (part-song SATB)
Noyes AlfredAlfred NoyesEnoch
Y1924 1924"Shakespeare's Kingdom"songsolo voice and orchestra
from Pageant of Empire
Noyes AlfredAlfred NoyesEnoch
Y1924 1924"The Islands (A Song of New Zealand)"songsolo voice and orchestra
from Pageant of Empire
Noyes AlfredAlfred NoyesEnoch
Y1924 1924"The Blue Mountains (A Song of Australia)"songsolo voice and orchestra
from Pageant of Empire
Noyes AlfredAlfred NoyesEnoch
Y1924 1924"The Heart of Canada"songsolo voice, SATB chorus and orchestra
from Pageant of Empire
Noyes AlfredAlfred NoyesEnoch
Y1924 1924"Sailing Westward"songsolo voice and orchestra
from Pageant of Empire,
later arranged for chorus SATB
Noyes AlfredAlfred NoyesEnoch
Y1924 1924"Merchant Adventurers"songsolo voice and orchestra
from Pageant of Empire
Noyes AlfredAlfred NoyesEnoch
Y1924 1924"The Immortal Legions"songsolo voice and orchestra
from Pageant of Empire,
later arranged for chorus SATB
Noyes AlfredAlfred NoyesEnoch
Y1924 1924"A Song of Union"part-songSATB chorus and orchestra
from Pageant of Empire, trio of Empire March
Noyes AlfredAlfred NoyesEnoch
1924 1924Marchchamberviolin, cello and piano,
intended also for orchestra[104]
Grafton familyThe Grafton family[33]
Y1924 1924"The Song of the Bull"part-songmale voices and piano, for Cambridge University May WeekHamilton FF. Hamilton
Y1925 1925"The Herald"part-songSATB unacc.Smith AlexanderAlexander SmithNovello
Y1925 1925"The Prince of Sleep"part-songSATB unacc.de la Mare WalterWalter de la MareElkin
Y1927 1927Civic Fanfareorchestralorchestra without violins[105]Hull PercyDr. Percy C. HullMS
Y1928 1928May-Songorchestralfrom the original for piano
Y1928 1928Beau Brummelincidentaldramatic music to a play by Bertram Matthews, only Minuet publishedMatthews BertramBertram P. MatthewsMS
Y1928 1928Minuet from Beau Brummelkeyboardpiano Elkin
Y1928 1928"I sing the Birth"churchChristmas carol SATB unacc.Fowler HarcourtRev. Harcourt B. S. Fowler[106]Jonson BenBen JonsonNovello
Y1929 1929"Good Morrow"church'A simple carol for His Majesty's happy recovery', SATB unacc. or acc. pianoGeorge VH.M. King George VGascoigne GeorgeGeorge GascoigneNovello
Y1929 1929"Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei"
(Purcell)
arrangementorchestral accompanimentMS
Y1930 1930"It isnae me"songvoice and pianoElwes JoanJoan ElwesHolmes SallySally HolmesKeith Prowse
Y1930 1930"XTC"songvoice and pianoElgar EdwardEdward Elgar
Y1930 1930Soliloquychamberoboe and piano
Y1931 1931Nursery Suiteorchestral1. Aubade (Awake)
2. The Serious Doll
3. Busy-ness
4. The Sad Doll
5. The Wagon (Passes)
6. The Merry Doll
7. Dreaming - Envoy (coda)
PrincessesTheir Royal Highnesses the Duchess of York and the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret RoseKeith Prowse
Y1932 1932Queen Alexandra's Memorial Odechoral"So many true Princesses who have gone",
SATB and orchestra[107]
AlexandraIn Memory H.M. Queen AlexandraMasefield JohnJohn MasefieldMS
Y1932 1932"The Woodland Stream"songunison songMoore StephenStephen S. Moore[108]Mackay CharlesCharles MackayKeith Prowse
Y1932 1932"The Rapid Stream"songunison songMoore StephenStephen S. Moore, Worcester[108]Mackay CharlesCharles MackayKeith Prowse
Y1932 1932"When Swallows Fly"songunison songMoore StephenStephen S. Moore[108]Mackay CharlesCharles MackayKeith Prowse
Y1932 1932Sonatinakeyboardpiano, certainly written many years earlierGrafton MayMay Grafton[33]Keith Prowse
Y1932 1932Adieukeyboardpiano, certainly written many years earlier, transcr. for violin by SzigetiKeith Prowse
Y1932 1932Serenadekeyboardpiano, certainly written many years earlierAustin JohnJohn AustinKeith Prowse
Y1933 1933Mina[109]orchestralsmall orchestraKeith Prowse
Y1933 1933"Tarantella"songbaritone and orchestra, incompleteBelloc HilaireHilaire Belloc
Y1933 1933Funeral March
(Chopin)
arrangementtranscription for orchestra of the Funeral March from the Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor Op. 35Keith Prowse
Y1879 1879Adagio Solennesee Five Intermezzos of Wind Quintets, Op 6.1, also used in Cantique, Op. 3
Y1879 1879Evesham Andantesee Andante con Variazioni of Wind Quintets, Op. 6.5
Y1879 1879Mrs Winslow's soothing syrupsee Adagio Cantabile of Wind Quintets, Op. 6.6
Y1892 1892"Stars of the Summer Night"see "Spanish Serenade", Op. 23
Y1884 1884Une Idyllesee Idylle, Op. 4.1
Y1894 1894King Olafsee Scenes From The Saga Of King Olaf, Op. 30
Y1894 1896Lux Christisee The Light of Life, Op. 29
34.134.11897Te Deum LaudamusseeTe Deum and Benedictus, Op.34Hymn
34.234.21897BenedictusseeTe Deum and Benedictus, Op.34Benedictus (Song of Zechariah)
Y1899 1899Enigma Variationssee Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma), Op. 36
Y1902 1902Enfants d'un Rêvesee Dream Children, Op. 43
Y1911 1911Coronation Offertoriumsee "O Hearken Thou", Op. 64
Y1911 1911"Intende voci orationis meæ"see "O Hearken Thou", Op. 64
Y1915 1915"When the spring comes round"see "Quand nos bourgeons se rouvriront"
Y1915 1915"A voice in the desert"see "Une voix dans le désert", Op. 77
Y1916 1916The Belgian Flagsee Le drapeau belge, Op. 79
Y1932 1932"So many true Princesses who have gone"see Queen Alexandra's Memorial Ode, 1932

Notes

  1. Oswin Grainger was an older musical friend, reluctantly a grocer by trade
  2. Dr. Charles Lee Williams was former organist of Gloucester Cathedral
  3. 1 2 3 Hubert Leicester was a lifelong friend of Elgar's, played flute in the early wind quintets (his brother William played clarinet), and was always a keen musician; the Leicester family lived at No. 6 Worcester High Street, a few doors away from the Elgar music shop. Hubert Leicester wrote a book Forgotten Worcester with a preface by Elgar, and became Mayor of Worcester (Kennedy p.263)
  4. Elgar's boyhood employer, the solicitor William Allen (Moore, p.118)
  5. Agnes Leicester was the wife of Elgar's lifelong friend Hubert Leicester - they were married three years before Edward Elgar and Alice
  6. A friend of Elgar's, the Very Rev. Canon Charles Vincent Dolman, O.S.B. was the priest of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis Xavier in Broad Street, Hereford
  7. 1 2 Op. 3 was first assigned to Allegretto on G.E.D.G.E., then finally to Cantique
  8. Elgar met 'Miss E. E.' before he was married, whilst on holiday in Scotland
  9. Hilda Fitton was sister of Isabel Fitton - 'Ysobel' (Variation VI) of the Enigma Variations
  10. Frank Webb was a Worcester furniture dealer, and he and his sisters were some of Elgar's earliest violin pupils in Worcester, and a member of the Worcester Amateur Instrumental Society. His son Alan Webb was curator of the Elgar Birthplace in the 1960s(Kennedy, p.19)
  11. J. F. Porte, in his critical book Sir Edward Elgar, asserts that Elgar wrote two songs in his Op. 5, but does not name either: "The two numbers comprising Opus 5 are to be commended to those who would see how a great composer commenced his contributions to the world of song."
  12. 1 2 Frederick G. Pedley was (according to the 1881 census) a warehouseman from Worcester, two years older than Elgar. He was an amateur singer, and gave the first performance of "A Soldier's Song" at a Worcester Glee Club meeting in 1884
  13. Charles Flavell Hayward (1863-1906) was born in Wolverhampton, England into a show-business family. He was an actor, poet, violinist, conductor, composer and arranger of music. He was a friend of Elgar's and played at the same desk in the violins. His father Henry Hayward was a violinist known as the "English Paganini". The family emigrated to New Zealand where he, his brothers, their wives and other family (known as "The Brescian Family") made their living in the theatre, which included the novelty of a moving picture show or bioscope as it was called. He died in Adelaide, Australia. His most well-known song (he wrote the lyrics and the music) is called "Come back to me" which was sung by his sister Florence Hayward.
  14. Young has "Op. 6, WIND QUINTETS: any of the above, but not specified by E.", referring to the works in the sets here numbered only for convenience "Op. 6.1" to "Op. 6.6" to keep them together (Young, p. 408)
  15. Elgar's spelling. More correctly "Madame Tussaud's"
  16. Frank Exton was the second flautist in the quintet
  17. William Leicester, Hubert's brother, was the clarinettist in the quintet
  18. Frank Elgar, Edward's brother, was the oboist in the quintet
  19. The Gavotte named after Alphonsa Leicester, who was the sister of Elgar's friends William and Hubert Leicester
  20. Re-copied for The Spanish Lady
  21. William Cole Stockley was conductor of his own orchestra in Birmingham, in 1882 conductor of the Birmingham Festival Choral Society and Chorus Master to the Birmingham Festival (Moore p. 95)
  22. Percy Fletcher identifies this as possibly that of 1888
  23. 1 2 3 4 Lady Mary Lygon (pronounced "Liggon"), commemorated in the Romanza "***" of the Enigma Variations, was sister of Earl Beauchamp. She promoted, among others similar, the Madresfield Musical Competition in 1903. She became Lady Mary Trefusis on marrying Lt.-Col. Henry Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis in 1905
  24. Dyke Acland was a bank manager and amateur cellist
  25. Fred Ward was one of Elgar's pupils, and Bizarrerie was written for him, but (unlike La Capricieuse) not dedicated to him
  26. Julia Raikes, wife of William Raikes, cousin of his wife Alice. The Raikes were the only members of her family to attend Elgar's wedding, and lent the Elgars their house in Upper Norwood for a few weeks in 1889
  27. Dr. Frank Ehrke of the Manor House, Kempsey was 1st violin in the Worcestershire Philharmonic Society Orchestra
  28. Fred Ward was one of Elgar's pupils
  29. Diana McVeagh gives this as Op.18 No.3
  30. Rev. J. Hampton, M.A., Warden of St. Michael's College, Tenbury (Kennedy, p.280)
  31. The Rev. Walter H. Whinfield was the youngest son of Edward Whinfield, head of an organ-building firm and vice-president of the Worcester Musical Society, who gave musical evenings at his large house 'Severn Grange' near Claines, where the young Edward Elgar began to meet a wide range of musicians, some of whom were to become lifelong friends (Moore, p. 89)
  32. Paul Kilburn was the son of conductor Nicholas Kilburn
  33. 1 2 3 May Grafton was Elgar's niece, daughter of William Grafton and Elgar's sister Pollie
  34. 1 2 3 Mrs E. B. Fitton was a Malvern pianist and mother of Hilda and Isabel Fitton ('Ysobel' of the Enigma Variations)
  35. In August 1893 the Elgars spent two weeks in Garmisch at the guest-house of an English family, the Bethells, who they had met the year before (Moore, p.175)
  36. 1 2 Dr. Charles Swinnerton Heap was, in 1896, the leading choral conductor in the Midlands
  37. Sketches "elaborated" by Anthony Payne
  38. Dr. George Robertson Sinclair (1862-1917) was an Irishman, the energetic organist at Hereford Cathedral, 'G. R. S.' (and his bulldog 'Dan') one of the Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)
  39. Mrs. Edward Speyer was Antonia Kufferath, the Belgian-born soprano, daughter of Alice Elgar's old piano teacher Ferdinand Kufferath and wife of Elgar's friend the wealthy banker Edward Speyer. 'Ridgehurst' was their home at Shenley, Hertfordshire. Not to be confused with Sir Edgar Speyer and Lady Speyer (the latter a professional violinist Leonora von Stosch)
  40. Concert Allegro sometimes still shown in references as "Op. 41"
  41. Lady Maud Warrender (18701945) was the youngest daughter of the Earl of Shaftesbury and married Sir George Warrender. She was a singer and patron of music - she organised the first performance of the Coronation Ode in 1903 - and a personal friend of Elgar and his wife
  42. Arthur Leslie Salmon (born 1865), lover of literature, poet, music critic and author of British travel guides
  43. Canon Charles Vincent Gorton was chairman of the Morecambe Festival, and assisted Elgar with the words of The Apostles
  44. Julia Worthington was an American, a friend of Prof. Sanford, whom he met in the U. S. A., and who later saw him in England. The enigmatic dots in the Spanish quotation inscribed on Elgar's Violin Concerto are said to refer to her. He called her "Windflower".
  45. Dr. William McNaught, musical editor and choral conductor, worked for the publishers Novello
  46. 1 2 3 4 "Pietro d'Alba" (alias "Peter Rabbit") was Elgar's pseudonym for himself
  47. Alfred Henry Littleton was chairman of the publishers Novello. At then time that he wrote the song, Elgar and his wife were staying at the villa of his friend Julia Worthington at Careggi near Florence when they were visited by Littleton, whose wife had just died
  48. Kennedy, p.289
  49. 'Elegy' was premiered at a Memorial Concert in the Mansion House on 13 July 1901. In memoriam Rev. R. H. Haddon, late Junior Warden of the Worshipful Company of Musicians.
  50. Of the songs in the planned Op. 59, nos. 1, 2 and 4 were never published, and not even their titles are known
  51. Percy M. Young (in his Elgar O. M.) says this is "Probably fictitious."
  52. Nicholas Kilburn
  53. Frances Smart was a neighbour of the Elgars at 'Forli' before the turn of the century (Moore, p.659)
  54. William Mann Dyson was a singing teacher who sang in the Worcester Glee Club (Moore, p. 695 and 1901 England Census, Worcester)
  55. 1 2 3 Vasily Ivanovich Maikov (1728—1778), Russian poet and dramatist. See ru: Майков, Василий Иванович
  56. Frances Colvin, wife of Sir Sidney Colvin
  57. Ballet based on a fan designed by Charles Conder
  58. The violinist Maria Joshua said she was 'overwhelmed' by Elgar's offer of dedication, but was ill and would write later to explain. She never wrote, and died a week later. The dedication was accepted later by her daughter (Moore, p. 725)
  59. The leader was Adolph Brodsky (nearly 70 at the time and principal of the Royal Manchester College of Music) and the others Hugo Becker, Hans Sitt, and Julius Klengel
  60. Young Elgar O.M.
  61. The Smoking Cantata was probably never intended to be performed and was given the jocular opus number of 1001. Its duration is less than a minute
  62. Ward, David (2003-12-11). "Unknown Elgar is just a puff of smoke". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2006-09-15.
  63. On her birthday
  64. McVeagh, p. 3
  65. Elgar himself
  66. The composer's brother Frank Elgar, who played the oboe
  67. The England 1881 census shows that Karl Bammert was a German watchmaker aged 21, a boarder at the Elgar family house No. 10 High Street Worcester - he was probably the violinist. Frank Elgar and two sisters Lucy and 'Dot' were there, with their parents
  68. Leicester private collection
  69. 1 2 3 4 Frank and Helen Weaver were among the children of William Weaver, a shoe merchant whose shop was opposite the Elgar's at No. 84 Worcester High Street. Frank Weaver also became a shoemaker, and he played the double bass; Elgar wrote the Duett for trombone and double bass as a wedding present to him on 1 August 1887, when he married Fannie Jones. Helen Weaver was 'Nelly' of the Harmony Music; in 1883 Helen and Elgar were engaged to be married, but the engagement was broken off the next year.(Moore, p. 67, and England censuses 1871, 1881)
  70. 1 2 Miss J. Holloway was the pianist at the Worcester City and County Lunatic Asylum
  71. Moore, p.87
  72. Elgar's brother Frank
  73. The same tune as "Richard of Taunton Dene", a traditional Somersetshire song
  74. photograph of the MS in Elgar, O.M. by Percy Young, p.128
  75. G. F. Blackbourne was the pseudonym of V. Beraud
  76. From Sibley Music Library Digital Scores Collection,
  77. Percy Fletcher identifies this as possibly the trio mentioned in a letter to Dr. Buck, 1887
  78. Elgar used to go to the Malvern Wells house of The Rev. William Wilberforce Gedge, Headmaster of Wells House School, every week to give violin lessons to his daughters (Moore, p. 72)
  79. According to Percy Young (in Elgar O. M.) Elgar pencilled in a note on the MS that J. H. Meredith was an honorary member of the Worcester Amateur Instrumental Society
  80. According to Percy Young (in Elgar O. M.) Mrs. Marshall and her daughter were friends of Lady Elgar
  81. Simon Wastell (1560-1635), headmaster of the Free School at Northampton
  82. Ellen Burroughs was the pseudonym of the American poet Sophie Jewett (1861-1909)
  83. Kennedy, Portrait of Elgar, p.281
  84. Moore, Edward Elgar: A Creative Life, p. 168
  85. 1 2 Percy M. Young "Elgar O.M.", footnote p.70
  86. Moore (A Creative Life, p.177) notes (from the Chappell archives) that permission to use the poem by 'Barry Pain' was obtained on 3 March
  87. from 'Historic Worcestershire' by W. Scott Brassington
  88. 1 2 Max Laistner (1853-1917) was a German musician, a concert pianist and director of the Max Laistner Choir. He made piano transciptions of the classics, including an "Etude de Concert" after Chopin's Valse in D-flat "Minute Waltz"
  89. Alice Chambers Bunten, scholar, author and lyricist for many songs, well known for her Life of Alice Barnham, Wife of Sir Francis Bacon, London: Oliphants Ltd. 1928
  90. Frank H. Fortey (born in India 1876) was a translator of Polish literature. His main work was the poems of Mickiewicz. He lived in King's Norton, Worcester
  91. Clifton Bingham (1859-1913) was an English author of poems and children's books, many of them illustrated by Louis Wain.
  92. R. G. H. Howson was a bank manager who conducted choirs at the Morecambe festivals (Kennedy, p.166)
  93. Elgar's sister Helen Agnes Elgar, known as 'Dot', was in a convent)
  94. Discovering that Italian clients of a hairdresser at Capri diverted themselves with music while waiting for their turn, Elgar composed this piece for their general benefit
  95. Biography and hymns of Thomas Toke Lynch (1818-1871)
  96. 1 2 According to the Stretton Manuscripts in RootsWeb, Capt. William de Courcy Stretton of the Royal Artillery was the eldest son of Col. Severus William Lynam Stretton (1793-1884) of Nottingham, and the Hon. Catherine Adela de Courcy, youngest daughter of the 28th Lord Kingsale, premier baron of Ireland
  97. Anthony Goetz was the son of Ludovic Goetz and Muriel Foster, a favourite singer and personal friend of Elgar’s
  98. Winifred Stephens was sister of the singer Muriel Foster, and her husband Jeffrey Stephens worked for the Gramophone Company which made the first recording of Elgar's music, including Carissima
  99. John Brownlie, D.D. (1857-1925) Scottish hymnologist - photo and biography
  100. 1 2 3 Elgar made four visits to the USA: the last in 1911. He wrote three songs: "The Merry-go-round" for (children's) voices in unison with piano accompaniment; "The Brook" a simple two-part song with piano accompaniment; and "Windlass Song" for four-part voices (SATB) unaccompanied. The songs were published by Silver, Burdett & Co. of New York City in "The Progressive Music Series", books Two (1914), Three (1915) and Four (1915) respectively. All three songs are short: "The Merry-go-round" 13 bars with two verses - the tune of this is simple and the notation unusually large, indicating that this was written for young children; "The Brook" 13 bars with three verses; and "Windlass Song" 14 bars with four verses. Elgar signed a schedule excluding their publication in any form apart from that series, and specifically not to be published outside the USA, though in 1921 Elgar gave permission for them to be published in the Canadian edition of that series. (Information provided on 1 April 1980 by Elsie Plant, Senior Editor Music Publications, Silver Burdett Company, 250 James Street, Morristown, NJ)
  101. Florence C. Fox was an American writer of books and poems, and lyricist of songs for children. Her children's books include "Fox's Indian Primer" about American Indians and how they lived.
  102. Richard Marden was a pseudonym of the composer
  103. "Edward Elgar manuscript found in dusty folder". The Guardian. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  104. According to the composer's markings in the MS (Young, p. 407)
  105. The Civic Fanfare was written for the mayoral procession at the opening of the Hereford Festival on 4 September 1927. The orchestration includes fanfares for the orchestral brass accompanied by wind and percussion; but the only strings which take part are violas, celli and double basses. The work was written to precede a performance of Elgar's transcription of 'God Save the King' and is ended by a side-drum roll which leads directly into the National Anthem, when the violins join the full orchestra and choir in a triumphant entry.
  106. Rev. Harcourt B. S. Fowler of Elmley Castle
  107. Queen Alexandra's Memorial Ode was written with accompaniment for orchestra, but was performed by a military band, and all parts have been lost
  108. 1 2 3 Stephen Moore was a young Worcester schoolmaster, and the three songs were written for him to complete a contract with publishers Keith Prowse
  109. Mina was Elgar's Cairn terrier

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