Edward Elgar
1857 to 1934
10 documented presences
7 places
Quo Fuit places 10 dated presences for Edward Elgar across 7 places, from 1857 to 1934. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
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.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Edward Elgar was documented, and when
2 June 1857exact date
Worcester, Englandattested
“Edward Elgar was born in the small village of Lower Broadheath, near Worcester, England, on 2 June 1857.”
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1889 to 1891period
Londonattested
“Elgar's sole work of note during his first spell in London in 1889–1891, the overture Froissart, was a romantic-bravura piece, influenced by Mendelssohn and Wagner, but also showing further Elgarian characteristics.”
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1890year
Londonattested
“Elgar's only important commission while in London came from his home city: the Worcester Festival Committee invited him to compose a short orchestral work for the 1890 Three Choirs Festival.”
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September 1890month
Worcester, Englandattested
“The result is described by Diana McVeagh in the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, as "his first major work, the assured and uninhibited Froissart." Elgar conducted the first performance in Worcester in September 1890.”
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1891year
Worcestershireattested
“For lack of other work, he was obliged to leave London in 1891 and return with his wife and child to Worcestershire, where he could earn a living conducting local musical ensembles and teaching.”
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1905 to 1908period
University of Birminghamattested
“Between 1905 and 1908, he held the post of Peyton Professor of Music at the University of Birmingham.”
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1923 to 1927period
St James'sattested
“After Alice's death, Elgar sold the Hampstead house, and after living for a short time in a flat in St James's in the heart of London, he moved back to Worcestershire, to the village of Kempsey, where he lived from 1923 to 1927.”
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1923 to 1927period
Worcestershireattested
“After Alice's death, Elgar sold the Hampstead house, and after living for a short time in a flat in St James's in the heart of London, he moved back to Worcestershire, to the village of Kempsey, where he lived from 1923 to 1927.”
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23 February 1934exact date
Little Malvernattested
“He told his consulting doctor, Arthur Thomson, that he had no faith in an afterlife: "I believe there is nothing but complete oblivion." Elgar died on 23 February 1934 at the age of seventy-six and was buried next to his wife at St Wulst…”
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23 February 1934exact date
St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Churchattested
“He told his consulting doctor, Arthur Thomson, that he had no faith in an afterlife: "I believe there is nothing but complete oblivion." Elgar died on 23 February 1934 at the age of seventy-six and was buried next to his wife at St Wulst…”
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Places Edward Elgar is documented in
London2 presences · 1889 to 1890
Worcester, England2 presences · 1857 to 1890
Worcestershire2 presences · 1891 to 1923
University of Birmingham1 presence · 1905Little Malvern1 presence · 1934
St James's1 presence · 1923
St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Church1 presence · 1934
Other places tied to Edward Elgar in the record
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1872year
Leipzigmentioned
“Years later, a profile in The Musical Times considered that his failure to get to Leipzig was fortunate for Elgar's musical development: "Thus the budding composer escaped the dogmatism of the schools." However, it was a disappointment t…”
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1877year
Londonmentioned
“His only formal musical training beyond piano and violin lessons from local teachers consisted of more advanced violin studies with Adolf Pollitzer, during brief visits to London in 1877–78.”
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1879year
Powickmentioned
“He thereby got to know intimately the tone colour, the ins and outs of these and many other instruments." He held the post for five years, from 1879, travelling to Powick once a week.”
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1880year
Parismentioned
“In his first trips abroad, Elgar visited Paris in 1880 and Leipzig in 1882.”
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1882year
Leipzigmentioned
“In 1882 he wrote, "I got pretty well dosed with Schumann (my ideal!), Brahms, Rubinstein & Wagner, so had no cause to complain." In Leipzig he visited a friend, Helen Weaver, who was a student at the Conservatoire.”
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1882year
Birminghammentioned
“In 1882, seeking more professional orchestral experience, Elgar was employed as a violinist in Birmingham in William Stockley's Orchestra, for whom he played every concert for the next seven years and where he later said he "learned all…”
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13 December 1883exact date
Birminghammentioned
“On 13 December 1883 he took part with Stockley in a performance at Birmingham Town Hall of one of his first works for full orchestra, the Sérénade mauresque – the first time one of his compositions had been performed by a professional or…”
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8 May 1889exact date
Brompton Oratorymentioned
“She was disinherited." They were married on 8 May 1889, at Brompton Oratory.”
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14 August 1890exact date
West Kensingtonmentioned
“Their only child, Carice Irene, was born at their home in West Kensington on 14 August 1890.”
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1901year
Düsseldorfmentioned
“It was performed in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1901 and again in 1902, conducted by Julius Buths, who also conducted the European premiere of the Enigma Variations in 1901.”
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1901year
Worcester, Englandmentioned
“The dean of Gloucester banned Gerontius from his cathedral in 1901, and at Worcester the following year, the dean insisted on expurgations before allowing a performance.”
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1901year
Londonmentioned
“When the first march was played in 1901 at a London Promenade Concert, it was conducted by Henry Wood, who later wrote that the audience "rose and yelled ...”
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March 1904month
Covent Gardenmentioned
“In March 1904 a three-day festival of Elgar's works was presented at Covent Garden, an honour never before given to any English composer.”
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5 July 1904exact date
Buckingham Palacementioned
“Elgar was knighted at Buckingham Palace on 5 July 1904.”
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1905year
21 May 1919exact date
1920year
December 1923month
December 1923month
1933year
Documented at the same place, the same year
Raymond CattellUniversity of Birmingham · 1905Thomas Henry HuxleyLondon · 1890W. B. YeatsLondon · 1890Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and AvondaleLondon · 1890Cecil RhodesLondon · 1889Arnold J. ToynbeeLondon · 1889Leo BaekelandLondon · 1889Eugen SandowLondon · 1889Charles Webster LeadbeaterLondon · 1889Princess Helena of the United KingdomSt James's · 1923Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)St James's · 1923William Henry BraggSt James's · 1923
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