Elgar’s debt to Wagner was recognised at an early stage of the work’s composition by his close friend August Jaeger (the ‘Nimrod’ of ... whispered to me that Edward was always talking ...

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Dora Penny first met Edward Elgar in 1895 and he later named part of an orchestral work after her A blue plaque has been unveiled to celebrate the life of a cyclist and philanthropist who inspired ...