Edward Elgar was born in the small village of Lower Broadheath, near Worcester, England, on 2 June 1857. His father, … See more

Elgar was contemptuous of folk music and had little interest in or respect for the early English composers, calling William Byrd and his contemporaries "museum pieces". Of later English composers, he regarded Purcell as … See more

Elgar was knighted in 1904, and in 1911 he was appointed a member of the Order of Merit. In 1920 he received the Cross of Commander of the Belgian Order of the Crown; in 1924 he was made Master of the King's Musick; … See more

• Aldous, Richard (2001). Tunes of Glory: The Life of Malcolm Sargent. London: Hutchinson. ISBN 0-09-180131-1.
• Anderson, Robert (1990). Elgar in Manuscript. London: British Library. ISBN 0-7123-0203-4.… See more

• Adams, Byron (2000). "The 'Dark Saying' of the Enigma: Homoeroticism and the Elgarian Paradox". 19th-Century Music. 23 (3). doi:10.2307/746879.
• Adams, Byron, ed. (2007). Edward Elgar and His World. Princeton a… See more