Enigma Variations
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title:
Enigma Variations
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Edward Elgar composed his Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, popularly known as the Enigma Variations, between October 1898 and February 1899. It is an orchestral work comprising fourteen variations on an original theme. Elgar dedicated the work "to my friends pictured within", each variation being a musical sketch of one of his circle of close acquaintances. Those portrayed include Elgar's wife Alice, his friend and publisher Augustus J. Jaeger and Elgar himself. In a programme note for a
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Musical composition by Edward Elgar
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_Variations
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2002-09-22T23:35:29Z
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2024-09-04T12:43:48Z
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