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Edward Elgar

1857 - 1934

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Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, ( ; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos for violin and cello, and two symphonies. He also composed choral works, including The Dream of Gerontius, chamber music and songs. He was appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1924. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Elgar is the 53rd most popular composer (down from 45th in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 101st in 2019) and the most popular British Composer.

Edward Elgar is most famous for his compositions of the Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, Land of Hope and Glory, and the Enigma Variations.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Edward Elgar ranks 53 out of 1,451. Before him are Modest Mussorgsky, Anton Bruckner, Guido of Arezzo, Stefania Turkewich, Vincenzo Bellini, and Arnold Schoenberg. After him are Georg Philipp Telemann, Aram Khachaturian, Carl Maria von Weber, Guillaume Du Fay, Jean-Philippe Rameau, and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Edward Elgar ranks 7. Before him are Pope Pius XI, Heinrich Hertz, Ferdinand de Saussure, Clara Zetkin, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, and Karl Adolph Gjellerup. After him are Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Joseph Conrad, Henrik Pontoppidan, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Alfonso XII of Spain, and William Howard Taft. Among people deceased in 1934, Edward Elgar ranks 5. Before him are Marie Curie, Paul von Hindenburg, Lev Vygotsky, and Alexander I of Yugoslavia. After him are Fritz Haber, Ernst Röhm, Raymond Poincaré, Albert I of Belgium, Nestor Makhno, Kurt von Schleicher, and Sergey Kirov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Elgar ranks 131 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545), Emily Brontë (1818), Edward II of England (1284), Æthelred I, King of Wessex (837), David J. Thouless (1934), and Edward I of England (1239). After him are Diana, Princess of Wales (1961), Henry VII of England (1457), Paul McCartney (1942), Alfred the Great (849), Christopher Lee (1922), and Mary Shelley (1797).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Edward Elgar ranks 1. After him are Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948), Henry Purcell (1659), Benjamin Britten (1913), Christopher Hogwood (1941), William Byrd (1543), Gustav Holst (1874), John Barry (1933), Eugen d'Albert (1864), Thomas Tallis (1502), Keith Emerson (1944), and Michael Nyman (1944).

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