Beth Tree and the Elgars

April 15, 1920 Last week, I went to Mrs. Alice Elgar's funeral at St. Wulstan's church in Little Malvern. She had only become ill since Christmas,...

I played each of the scales in turn, over and over, and still Mr. Elgar sat at his desk, writing something, and paid no attention to me whatsoever. I...

Mrs. Elgar remained a support to me as I continued with my lessons wish Mr. Elgar. And she also impressed me with her literary knowledge and...

It wasn't long before The Variations on a Theme that Mr. Elgar wrote with the codes to say who the dedications were for became generally known as the...

We didn't see a lot of Dr. Elgar, who by 1903 had been made an honourary Doctor of Music by Cambridge University. I remember that I was surprised to...

1908 One of Sir Edward's passions had nothingwhatsoever to do with music. He loved to experiment with chemicalsand to do practical things with the...