Презентация по теме "Edward Elgar".
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Sir Edward Elgar , 1 st Baronet ( 2 June 1857- 23 February 1934) Was an English composer .

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Edward Elgar was born in the small village of Lower Broadheath , England.

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By the age of 8, he was taking piano and violin lessons, and would often listen to his father playing organ at St. George's church.

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His prime interest was the violin, and his first written music was for that instrument.

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At 29 he met Alice Roberts ( eight years older than Elgar), she became his wife 3 years later, against the wishes of her family .

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He married the daughter of a senior British army officer. She inspired him both musically and socially.

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In his fifties, Elgar composed a symphony and a violin concert that were successful.

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He became popular in Britain and overseas in 1899.

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Elgar has been described as the first composer to take the gramophone seriously. Between 1914 and 1925, he conducted a series of acoustic recordings of his works.

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Among his bestknown compositions are orchestral work including - the Enigma Variations - the Pomp and Circumstance Marches

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Later he said : « There is music in the air, music all around us, the world is full of it and you simply take as much as you require ».

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Who was Edward Elgar? What was his prime interest? What famous compositions of Edward Elgar do you know? Was he popular?

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