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.
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, recorded a cover of the song "Land of Hope and Glory", which uses music from "Pomp and Circumstance", but legal action prevented the release of the recording in England on Virgin records. In order to avoid the legal restrictions, the recording was released in France on "Virginia" records (with a synthesizer introduction and closure) and the artists were credited as "The Ex Pistols". Copies were then sold in England, since the recording was officially "imported".
The song "Clubbed to Death" from the Matrix soundtrack takes its string introdcution from Elgar's "Andante" from the Enigma Variations (Op. 36).
Was generally neglected and regarded as out-of-date until 1962 when director Ken Russell filmed a documentary about him for the BBC Monitor series. The film revived interest in Elgar, and he has become one of the best loved English composers today.
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