Nimrod
from the Enigma Variations
by Edward Elgar
Concert Band - Sheet Music

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Ensembles
Concert Band
Genres
20th Century
Wedding
Romantic Period
Composers
Edward Elgar
Publishers
Baton Music
Formats
Score and Parts
Set of Parts
Item Types
Physical
Levels
Grade 3
Musical Forms
Variations
Usages
School and Community
Concert band concert band - Grade 3

SKU: BF.BM435-SET

From the Enigma Variations. Composed by Edward Elgar. Arranged by Douglas McLain. Baton Music orchestral series. From the Enigma Variations. Full Score and set of parts. Duration 5:00. Baton Music #BM435-SET. Published by Baton Music (BF.BM435-SET).

In 1899 Edward Elgar finished his best-known large-scale composition, the 'Enigma Variations'. Elgar dedicated the piece to 'my friends pictured within', each variation being an affectionate portrayal of one of his circle of close acquaintances. In the score each variation is prefaced with either a nickname or initials, a clue to the identity of the friend depicted. 'Nimrod' is the ninth variations and was dedicated to Augustus J. Jaeger. He was for a long time a close friend of Elgar and employed as music editor by the London publisher 'Novello & Co'. 'Nimrod' became the most well-known variations and before his death Elgar disclosed that the opening bars of this beautiful Adagio refers to the theme of the second movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 'Pathétique'.