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&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

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Edward Elgar was born on June 2, 1857, in Broadheath, near Worcester, where his father named William Elgar, was a music shop owner and a piano technician. Elgar was the fourth of six children. He was self-taught in all musical instruments, that were at his disposal in his father's shop, and he studied all the sheet music available in the shop.

Unrestricted by rules of "teaching", he remained highly original in developing his unique musical personality, that allowed him to surpass the other leading composers of his time. But having no teachers who would connect him into the entrenched musical establishment, it took all his genius, persistence and determination to advance through the rigid class structure of Victorian society. In 1889 Elgar married his student, Alice Roberts, daughter of the late General Sir Henry Roberts. She married beneath herself in opposition to her relatives. Alice played a vital role in Elgar's career by keeping a dogged faith in his genius.

Elgar was 42 when his "Enigma Variations" (1899) was premiered in London and brought him the first big success outside of his native Worcester. The performance of "The Dream of Gerontius" (1900) at the Rhine Festival in Dusseldorf earned him highest praise from Richard Strauss, who considered Elgar as the first English progressive musician.

The Coronation Ode "Land of Hope and Glory" came from his first "Pomp and Circumstance March" in D major (1901). Elgar prophesied: "I've got a tune that will knock'em-knock'em flat!... a tune like that comes once in a lifetime..." This piece became extremely popular and was later used in more than 30 films. In 1904 an all-Elgar festival was held at Covent Garden. In July of 1904, Elgar was knighted by King Edward VII.

Spending the winter of 1907-08 in Italy, Elgar composed the "Symphony No 1" in A flat. In just one year it had 100 performances all over Europe and in America, Australia and Russia, and was compared to the symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven. The "Symphony No 2" in E flat was written during 1909-1911. It was dedicated to the memory of King Edward VII and was considered by many the greatest of Elgar's symphonic works.

Elgar's incidental music for a children's play "The Starlight Express" (1915) and his patriotic "The Spirit of England" (1917) on the war poems by Laurence Binyon preceded his last great masterpiece, the elegiac "Cello Concerto" in E minor (1919). It was used as a main theme in Hilary and Jackie (1998).

The death of Alice Elgar in 1920 took away much of Elgar's inspiration and will to write music. He made a series of studio recordings of his works for HMV. In 1928 he was created Knight Commander of the Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.). In 1933 he recorded his "Violin Concerto" in B minor with then young Yehudi Menuhin and a few weeks later both flew to Paris for performances of this concerto. Elgar died on February 23, 1934 and was laid to rest beside his wife.

He was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 1904 King&#39;s Honours List and was awarded the Order of Merit in the 1911 King&#39;s Honours List for his services to music.

He was awarded the Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order of the British Empire in the 1928 King&#39;s Honours List; a Grand Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1933 King&#39;s Honours List and awarded baronetcy (Life Peerage or Lordship) in the 1931 King&#39;s Honours List for his services to music.

His composition &quot;Pomp and Circumstance&quot; is one of the most widely
performed songs in the world. However, most people have only heard the
&quot;processional&quot; section of it, which is frequently used in school
graduation ceremonies.

<a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm1354874/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Rob Dougan</a>&#39;s song &quot;Clubbed to Death&quot;, for example used in the film <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0133093/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">The Matrix (1999)</a>, takes its string introduction from Elgar&#39;s &quot;Andante&quot; from the Enigma Variations (Op. 36).

Was generally neglected and regarded as out-of-date until 1962 when
director <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0001692/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Ken Russell</a> filmed a documentary about him for the BBC Monitor
series. The film revived interest in Elgar, and he has become one of
the best loved English composers today.

<a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0328759/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Howard Goodall</a> believes him to be &quot;the finest home-grown composer England produced&quot; since <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0700722/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Henry Purcell</a>.

Appeared in the British Pathé short &quot;The Master Of The King&#39;s Musick&quot; (1931), which was produced to mark the opening of the new Abbey Road Recording Studios in London. Elgar conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in the famous &quot;Land of Hope and Glory&quot; theme from his &quot;Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1&quot;, telling the players, &quot;Please play this tune as though you&#39;ve never heard it before&quot;.

Dave Goodman, producer of infamous punk rock group Sex Pistols, recorded a cover of the
song &quot;Land of Hope and Glory&quot;, which uses music from &quot;Pomp and
Circumstance&quot;, but legal action prevented the release of the recording
in England on Virgin records. In order to avoid the legal restrictions,
the recording was released in France on &quot;Virginia&quot; records (with a
synthesizer introduction and closure) and the artists were credited as
&quot;The Ex Pistols&quot;. Copies were then sold in England, since the recording
was officially &quot;imported&quot;.

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