Elgar
Americannoun
noun
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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
It is a disappointing end for South Africa captain Dean Elgar, for whom this was an 86th and final Test before retirement.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2024
Dean Elgar, who announced he would retire from international cricket after the series against India, played freely to make a classy 185 while Jansen hit an unbeaten 84.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2023
Until Elgar, Vaughan Williams and perhaps Parry in the twentieth century, no composer commanded as much respect, pride or admiration among Britons.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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