Elgar’s father was at the centre of Worcester’s musical life, on friendly terms with the local gentry and clergy connected with the Anglican Cathedral. By the age of 12 his son was deputising for him ...

QUESTION Did Edward Elgar write a football chant? Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), one of Britain’s great composers, was a Wolverhampton Wanderers fan. He did write a short football chant ...

and there is also a rare performance of the long-forgotten Queen Alexandra Memorial Ode—a fitting tribute by Poet Laureate (John Masefield) and Master of the King’s Musick (Elgar) to Edward VII’s much ...

Dora Penny first met Edward Elgar in 1895 and he later named part ... with one in Queen Square marking where Queen Victoria made a rare public appearance in 1866, having mostly withdrawn from ...

Medals awarded to composer Sir Edward Elgar which were stolen from his birthplace have been recovered. The items taken on 27 June included a signed photo and Elgar's Grand Cross of The Royal ...

Elgar remembered the event that first set his imagination working towards this exalted goal. A teacher at his Worcester school, Francis Reeve, told Elgar’s class: ‘The Apostles were very young ...

Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934) wrote very little solo music for the organ, despite the fact that he was for a short time a professional organist. Given this ambiguous nature of Elgar’s relationship with ...