Elgar
SIR EDWARD, an English composer. He was born at Broadheath, Worcestershire, in 1857, and was educated at Littleton House and privately. He acted as organist for a time, but organist soon engaged in musical composition, and since 1896 has produced many musical publications. His works include: "King Olaf," "Caractacus," "Variations," "Sea-pictures," "Dream of Gerontius," "The Coronation Ode." "Gerontius" was produced in Düsseldorf in 1901, and repeated at the Niederrheinische Musik-Fest in 1902. "The Apostles" was produced at the Birmingham Festival in 1903; the concert overture, "In the South," Elgar Festival, Covent Garden, 1904; the oratorio, "The Kingdom," Birmingham Festival, 1906. "The Apostles" was also produced in German at the Niederrheinische Musik- Fest in Cologne, 1904. Other of his works include: Symphonies, violin con- ELGIN certo; "The Coronation March" (1911); "Masque, The Crown of India" (1912).
Elgar received many distinctions, including the Order of Merit; Associate, Académie des Beaux-Arts, Belgium; Hon. Academician, Royal Swedish Academy, Stockholm; Hon. Member Société des Compositeurs, Paris; Member Maatschaapij tot Bevordering der Toonkunst, Holland.