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What are Elgar's variations?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

If you mean his Enigma Variations; they are a set of fourteen variations for orchestra which Elgar wrote for his family and friends. Each of the pieces are dedicated to a different person, and they describe the person from Elgar's point of view.

There is one movement that, rather than indicating who it is dedicated to, is simply subtitled 'Nimrod'. This is meant to suggest his dear friend Augustus J. Jaeger (Nimrod is an Old Testament figure described as "a mighty hunter", and Jäger is German for 'hunter'). This movement is, by far, the most frequently played and, in my opinion, the most beautiful piece of music ever written (of course, that's just my opinion; listen to it yourself). It was played at the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill and it touches me every time.

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