Edward Elgar

The doyen of British composers, Edward Elgar, was born on 2 June 1857 at Broadheath in Worcestershire. His rise to prominence in English music did not come overnight, rather by slow steps which inched towards the Enigma Variations. The success of that was the true start of his musical emancipation and the great works which followed at regular intervals until the Cello Concerto. He died in Worcester on 23 February 1934.