”There are seven that pull the thread” is a song with words by W. B. Yeats, and music written by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1901. The song is...

from trumpets and trombones leads into the theme with which the march started. There are a few single notes that quieten, ending with a single quiet tap...

the familiar version of the title. The enigma is that, although there are fourteen variations on the "original theme", there is another overarching theme...

wrote, "that brutal selfish ill-mannered bounder ... that brute Coates went on rehearsing." The critic of The Observer, Ernest Newman, wrote, "There have...

intensity. There is credible evidence to support the view that the variation's atmosphere of brooding melancholy and its subtitle "Romanza" are tokens of...

The table below shows all known compositions by Edward Elgar. Works are shown in opus number order (Opp. 1–90), followed by those without opus number...

the term "oratorio" for the work (and the term occurs nowhere in the score), though his wishes are not always followed. The piece is widely regarded...

claimed the surplus letters are implied by phonetic shorthand. Javier Atance has suggested that the solution is not a text but a melody, the 8 different...

her poems The Wind at Dawn. Of Alice's family only her cousin William Raikes and his wife Veronica attended, while on her husband's side there were only...

accompaniment on the Guitar." The first performance of "In the South" was in March 1904. In July that year Elgar made different versions of the "Canto Popolare"...

for contralto soloist "There are seven that pull the thread". Moore had initially asked Henry Wood if he could write music for the play, but Wood then recommended...

great was the impact of the concerto that Kreisler's rival Eugène Ysaÿe spent much time with Elgar going through the work. There was great disappointment...

widely varying instrumental combinations. There are also versions with lyrics in different languages, for example the song "Woo thou, Sweet Music" with words...

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have sung the piece. The songs are: "Sea Slumber Song" by Roden Noel (approximately 4 minutes) "In Haven (Capri)" by Caroline Alice Elgar, the composer's...

the Ode is clear in the first lines, which depict the isolation of the creative artist: We are the music makers,  And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering...

Ernest Newman he wrote that the new symphony was nothing to do with Gordon, and to the composer Walford Davies he wrote, "There is no programme beyond...

1920, the score was neglected until 1973, when the conductor Sir Adrian Boult revived it for a recording. It was later staged in the theatre by the London...

attest "there are heights here that hitherto even Elgar himself had not touched, but we are doubtful if the greater public will realise the fact immediately...

in the form of star-dust. There is incidental music but there are no songs in this act, which has only one scene. Before the curtain opens, there is a...

in 1899 was followed by the initial failure of The Dream of Gerontius, which caused Elgar to become dispirited and declare that God was against art. Nevertheless...

typical late Romantic proportions. There is a double chorus with semichorus, and four soloists representing: The Blessed Virgin (soprano), Mary Magdalene...

Mortality. Froissart was composed in 1890 to the commission of the Worcester Festival, for a secular concert during that year's Three Choirs Festival, and was...

stylist (Russell) and the first use of techniques that have since become almost commonplace in the realm of documentary filmmaking." The film was narrated...

composing it he realised that he was writing something more intense, and so chose an Italian word, sospiri, meaning "sighs". The work, with a performance...

incidental; the point is that the Apostles, though here joining in praise with the angels, are about to establish the church on earth. This idea informs the final...

of the Baroque concerto grosso. However, such solos are not confined solely to the solo quartet, but rather are distributed ever so often among the accompanying...

by the end of March he had finished the vocal score, which at that time consisted of parts I, III, IV, V and VI. Benson then realised that there needed...

the title "In Moonlight". Ernest Newman, commented that the words and music were not a good match, with the rhythms of the verse "pushed and pulled"...

dance-tune with a prominent part for the tambourine recurs like a rondo. There are two contrasting episodes, the second of which features an A major theme...