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About 'Nimrod from Enigma Variations' | |
Artist: |
Elgar, Edward (biography) |
Born: | June 2, 1857
, Broadheath, Worcestershire
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Died: | February 23, 1934
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The Artist: | English composer from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries who wrote some of the most popular works in the English repertoire. |
| Composed: | 1896 |
| Info: The Ninth Variation - "Nimrod" from Elgar's ever popular 'Enigma Variations' - a set of variations, each dedicated to a friend of the composer. Nimrod represents Elgar's friend A. J. Jaeger, and is alledged to capture a discussion between them on Beethoven's slow movements. | |