Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Edward Elgar: Hope and Glory

Edward Elgar: Hope and Glory

This program begins with Elgar himself conducting Pomp and Circumstance, and it is surely not his fault that the march has become a cliché. Elgar was far more complicated than that, and a far better composer. This program looks at his life and appraises his work, showing his musical development within the context of his time, and assessing above all "The Dream of Gerontius." That memorabilia of his life have been well preserved, and that he was the first composer to be filmed in sound conducting all his major works, help to make this program an important archive of music. (78 minutes)

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