Elgar: Enigma Variations

by Julian Rushton

Overview

Elgar's Variations for Orchestra, commonly known as the 'Enigma' Variations, marked an epoch both in his career, and in the renaissance of English music at the turn of the century. The first extended study of the work, this Cambridge Music Handbook contains historical information concerning the conception and writing of the work, an extended musical discussion requiring only a little technical knowledge of music, and a fascinating survey of the "solutions" to the mystery implied by the title of Elgar's most famous work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521636377
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/28/1999
Series:	Cambridge Music Handbooks
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.46(h) x 0.28(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Composition; 3. Variations: the theme; 4. Friends pictured within; 5. A form of self-portraiture; 6. The enigmas; 7. Postscript.

Editorial Reviews

'Rushton has both professorial persistence and critical acumen.' The Elgar Society Journal

' … wholly admirable.' The Musical Times

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