in which the 30-year-old violinist said highly flattering things about Elgar’s music, and wished he would write something for violin. Elgar eventually got down to composing the concerto in ...
Worcester first heard Edward Elgar’s music but did little to encourage him. Nor did England, until after Europe had approved him. Nor did Edward Elgar’s father, who, in spite of being the town ...
Elgar needed little persuasion when approached in 1915 to compose music for The Starlight Express, an adaptation for the stage of Algernon Blackwood’s fantasy novel, A Prisoner in Fairyland.