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A fascinating book
This volume is as distinguished a piece of cultural history as it is the exploration of one composer's career. "Edward Elgar and His World" elucidates the social landscape of Victorian England: it's thought, it's music, and the terrible price that was paid by creative artists dealing with the emotional repression that pervaded this era. The editor has arranged the essays so that they form a progression from the composer's earliest years to the twilight of his career. The essays themselves are varied, but always fascinating. Although serious, the prose in this volume dispenses with jargon and welcomes readers who are not musicians. Foucault, of course, was correct about how language can be used to police desire; that truism pervades - almost as a ground bass - many of the articles in this accomplished collection. Enjoy! ... Read more

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Forever linked to the Last Night of the Proms, the Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester cathedrals, and his evocative 'Enigma Variations', Edward Elgar's music is a joy to chorcal societies and orchestras worldwide. The son of a piano tuner, born in a tiny cottage in Worcestershire, brought up as a Roman Catholic in Protestant England, withut university education or formal musical training, Elgar overcame these disadvantages to become the most famous British composer of his generation. ... Read more

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This collection of essays seeks to reflect many aspects of the life and work of Edward Elgar. The centre-piece of the collection is Professor Brian Trowell's "Elgar's Use of Literature". These essays follow on from a 1990 publication, "Elgar Studies". ... Read more

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Two of the much-loved English composer’s best and most powerful works includes Symphony No. 1 in A-flat Major (Op. 55), which created a sensation at its premiere and was performed more than 100 times in the year of its debut; and Symphony No. 2 in E-flat Major (Op. 63), which achieves an even greater degree of clarity and directness of expression. Reproduced from authoritative scores in a practical, high-quality volume.
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Authoritative British editions of the 14 Variations, rich with melody and vibrant rhythms, each revealing a facet of a central theme never fully expressed and each depicting an unnamed friend of the composer. Four of the five stirring Pomp and Circumstance Marches are included here as well. Filled with a distinctively English grandeur, they are popular everywhere and have been frequently recorded.
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Good deal
This edition of Elgar's Enigma Variations is a very high quality print with a reasonable price. Both for study or performance purposes it is a choice to everyones personal library.

Great Score - But Incomplete
Two of the most popular works by Sir Edward Elgar(1857-1934) are
the "Enigma Variations" (a theme followed by 14 variations -
1-12 being musical sketches of his friends, the 13th for his wife
with the final variation depicting the composer himself) and
the 5 "Pomp And Circumstance" marches.

I feel that Dover presents these works(in full score)in a way that is very clearly read and well presented.

The only problem I have with this compilation of Elgar's works has to do with the omission of Pomp And Circumstance March No. 5 (in C Major).Where is it?No. 5's liveliness is sorely missing from this group of 5 marches that Elgar wrote for many
various occasions (not just for graduations).

Regardless, I highly recommend buying this score collection.Enjoy the rich orchestration that Elgar uses in his various works
You'll see why Elgar is described as the Englishman who was credited as being one of the last true Romantic composers.



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'The new Diana McVeagh book on Elgar is first-rate,' wrote Gerald Finzi of her earlier study of the composer, published in 1955. In the completely new Elgar the Music Maker she harvests five decades of thoughts about his music, scrutinizing the biographical details that have since been discovered and using them to assess the ways in which they affect the compositions. Diana McVeagh explores Elgar's complex personality and his compositional methods, his style and his relationship to his contemporaries, yet it is the music - still played, recorded, loved and discussed as much as ever- that remains her prime focus. Each of Elgar's works is discussed, balancing information and appraisal, from his juvenilia to his unfinished Third Symphony. Diana McVeagh provides a compelling and accessible companion to the music of one of England's greatest composers. Musicians, scholars and CD collectors alike will find much to enjoy in Elgar the Music Maker. ... Read more

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A wise reappraisal of an often misunderstood composer.
When I started to explore Elgar's music in the 1970s, Diana McVeagh's earlier book about him helped to light the way, so I was keenly interested to see what she would have to say now. I am happy to say that this book is a marvel of perceptive listening. McVeagh covers the full course of Elgar's musical development, surveying all of the major works as well as numerous songs and pieces for violin and piano, and she has valuable, new observations about many of them.

Despite the book's brevity--it runs to just 240 pages, including two detailed indexes--the author finds room for a thorough appraisal of the works she believes are Elgar's best. For example, she devotes 17 pages to "The Dream of Gerontius," the choral masterpiece that is just beginning to get the attention here that it deserves. She shows that many of the hallmarks of Elgar's musical idiom appeared early. In the fervent Romance for violin and piano, written when he was just 21, McVeagh hears a foreshadowing of both "King Olaf" and the Violin Concerto. She also uncovers overlooked gems by the mature composer, such as "The Herald," a memorable part song for male voices of 1925.

With its focus firmly on the music, this book is the perfect complement to the biographies by Robert Anderson, Michael Kennedy and Jerrold Northrop Moore. McVeagh's study unfolds chronologically, and she describes the main events of Elgar's life, but her chief biographical concern is in the way the contradictory aspects of his personality shaped his music. "The pull between outward certainty and inward despondency is what makes his mature music endlessly fascinating and rewarding ... The great achievement of his music is how he integrated the uncertainties within it."

If you have just heard the Enigma Variations and want to know more about Elgar, this is an ideal introduction. If, like me, you have been listening to his music for years, you will enjoy the fresh perspectives these pages offer on your favorite works. Either way, I think you will find McVeagh's book delightful.
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The Asian crisis of 1997 demonstrated how interconnected the global economy has become, and this work is an attempt, by an international group of contributors, to understand the financial crisis by taking into account the dynamics of private capital flows. The authors answer some of the most important questions relating to the financial crisis, and seek to find solutions to prevent such crises occurring again, including: what caused the crisis in Asian countries?; why did most analysts fail to anticipate the crisis?; why were the effects so severe?; what is the key to recovery in Asia and other crisis countries?; what can be done to prevent such a crisis from occurring again?; and how can the international system deal with such circumstances more successfully? ... Read more

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Drawing on a vast amount of source material, much of it previously unpublished, Moore here presents Sir Edward Elgar's life and works as inseparable parts of a single creative whole. ... Read more

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The definitive biography of an enigmatic composer.
Kudos to Oxford for bringing this classic back into print! Jerrold Northrop Moore worked for more than 20 years to write this definitive biography of one of Britain's greatest composers.

Using primary sourcesthat range from Elgar's musical sketches and scores to letters, diaries andcontemporary reviews, Moore shows how a self-taught violin teacher from aprovincial English town created such masterpieces as the Enigma Variations,the Cello Concerto and the Dream of Gerontius. All this at a time when thevogue for Brahms and other Continental composers made it hard for evenwell-connected British ones like Arthur Sullivan to get their orchestralworks heard.

Moore describes in fascinating detail how Elgar shaped andreshaped each major work, sometimes over a period of years--the SecondSymphony took almost a decade to compose. He also explores Elgar's complexpersonality. Uneasy about his middle-class origins, he often played therole of a bluff, country gentleman, but his music is more like that of aBritish Tchaikovsky--extravagant and restless, with a powerful emotionalcharge.

As Elgar's story unfolds, the whole artistic life of lateVictorian and Edwardian Britain is conjured up. Moore traces the composer'sfriendships with Hans Richter, Richard Strauss, Fritz Kreisler, GeorgeBernard Shaw and Augustus Jaeger, the editor at Novello's who recognizedand nurtured Elgar's genius. ... Read more

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This record of Elgar's intimate friendship with Alice Stuart Wortley--daughter of the painter Millais and wife of an MP--and her family chronicles a period of great artistic accomplishment set against a brilliant background of Edwardian theater, Royal Academy dinners, and private concerts. Containing some of Elgar's finest letters, many never before published, the volume also draws on diaries, manuscript notes, and personal recollections to fill gaps in the correspondence, creating a rich and full portrait of a fascinating society and a great artist at the height of his powers. ... Read more

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Technology and change are two of the most important factors for maintaining a competitive advantage in today's global economy. This is an examination of trends in the analysis of knowledge and technology from an evolutionary perspective. The work emphasizes the importance of knowledge in the creation of technological change and innovation. The authors examine the role of knowledge underlying innovation, and the flows of knowledge and other interactions between and within firms. Combining empirical work with simulations to solve models which are too complex to be understood analytically, the book seeks to present a balanced and complementary approach to an area that is critically important for economic growth and international competitiveness. ... Read more

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Manufacturing has played a key role in the economic fortunes of the East and South Asian regions. This is an analysis of patterns of rapid catch-up and relative stagnation in the manufacturing sector, linking these to economic growth in the region. Dr Timmer analyzes the manufacturing performance of five Asian countries since the 1960s: China, India, Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan. Asian industrial development is placed in an international perspective and changes in the productivity gap with the world productivity leader, the USA, are studied. The author uses new empirical data to assess the degree of structural change in the manufacturing sector and its importance for productivity growth. He then discusses conditions for economic growth and catch-up, and reviews the role of industrial and technology policies in the promotion of industrial development in Asia. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1921.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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A puzzle set to music
Edward Elgar is either genius or crazy--and I'm leaning toward genius. An orchestra composer interweaves a complex puzzle into his music that was left unsolved after his death?

Like I said: genius or crazy.

This book recounts Elgar's life with emphasis on his second most famous musical piece, "Enigma Variations" (his first was "Pomp and Circumstance"). Enigma takes a basic theme and spins it into 14 variations, each cryptically based on a friend of Elgar.

The identity of the friends have all been discovered. (The author of the book is actually Variation 10, entitled "Dorabella Intermezzo".) But greater still is the underlying enigma. Elgar himself wrote in 1899 (recorded in the book):

"The Enigma I will not explain -- it's 'dark saying' must be left unguessed, and I warn you that the apparent connexion between the Variations and the Theme is often of the slightest texture; further, through and over the whole set another and larger theme 'goes', but is not played... the chief character is never on stage."

Enigmatic is the perfect word for it.

Elgar's Enigma was never solved. Neither was his famous Dorabella Cipher (google it), a cryptic letter to the author shown in the book appendix. Some of the world's top cryptologists have tried to solve it, but no one has... yet.

A fascinating book on a fascinating man. Well worth reading. ... Read more

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Mrs Powell tells of her close acquaintance with Elgar and his wife, and with A.J. Jaegar, whose friendship the composer so greatly valued. Originally published in 1937, the book has been extensively quoted by writers on Elgar. This edition has been enlarged from notes left by the author. ... Read more