Elgar
Americannoun
noun
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But in the Elgar, Mr. Petrenko seemed mostly concerned with demonstrating his orchestra’s technical prowess.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Previous banknotes have pictured other national figures including novelist Charles Dickens, physicist and chemist Michael Faraday, composer Edward Elgar, nurse Florence Nightingale and architect Christopher Wren.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
She has composed a night song for him, “Land of Cute and Furry,” set to the tune of the Elgar march “Land of Hope and Glory.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
New legislation was passed last year to clean up the air in Wales, but Ms Elgar said that should be just the start of the process.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2025
Charles Hubert Parry viewed the war, as did Elgar, from an older generation’s perspective, composing a cycle of choral songs of mature, eloquent poignancy in Songs of Farewell.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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