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English music is white - it evades everything.
I always said God was against art and I still believe it.
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.... (more Edward Elgar quotes)
Knighted in 1904 and awarded the Order of Merit in 1911.
Appointed a KCVO in 1928, a GCVO in 1933 and created a baronet in 1931.
His composition "Pomp and Circumstance" is one of the most widely performed songs in the world. However, most people have only heard the "processional" section of it, which is frequently used in school graduation ceremonies.
The imfamous punk rock group, the Sex Pistols, r... (more Edward Elgar trivia)
| Edward Elgar and His World (The Bard Music Festival) by Byron Adams | |
| Edward Elgar, Modernist (Music in the Twentieth Century) by J. P. E. Harper-Scott | |
| Edward Elgar: An Essential Guide to His Life and Works (Classic FM Lifelines Series) by David Nice |
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