Sir Edward Elgar

Standard Name: Elgar, Sir Edward

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Intertextuality and Influence Rose Allatini
At the moment when Olive boasts how she will never marry without love, she feels she has an alternative to marriage: she is writing a novel, her dream-child.
Allatini, Rose. ". . . Happy Ever After". Mills and Boon.
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Even before she married a...

Timeline

June 1897: Composer Edward Elgar's first London success...

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June 1897

Composer Edward Elgar 's first London success occurred with his Imperial March, composed for Queen Victoria 's Diamond Jubilee.

Early 1900: The University of Birmingham was founded...

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Early 1900

The University of Birmingham was founded.

1902: Popular operatic tenor Enrico Caruso began...

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1902

Popular operatic tenor Enrico Caruso began making records for the gramophone.

1904: Leading conductor Dr Hans Richter promoted...

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1904

Leading conductor Dr Hans Richter promoted the works of composer Edward Elgar by forming the Elgar Festival at Covent Garden .

1921: Sir Edward Elgar opened the original His...

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1921

Sir Edward Elgar opened the original His Master's Voice or HMV shop in London, selling gramophone records.

4 June 1924: Sir Edward Elgar became the first composer...

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4 June 1924

Sir Edward Elgar became the first composer to be named Master of the King's Music.

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