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The Mystery Behind Elgars Enigma
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Pre-order my new book! UK: https://shorturl.at/enn27 US: https://shorturl.at/4LIAP More info: https://www.barnabymartin.com/the-quiet • What the meaning of Edward Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ is within his ‘Enigma Variations’ has fascinated musicologists and enthusiasts ever since the piece’s first performance in 1899. In this essay, I look at the background behind the Enigma and consider, in turn, three main musical solutions that each suggest a melody that could work in counterpoint with the original theme. • ▶ Support my channel: / listeningin • ▶ Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2PlVaMS • ____________________ • ▶ Website: http://www.barnabymartin.com • ▶ Twitter: / barnabymartin • ENIGMA THEORIES • Richard Powell (Auld Lang Syne): https://academic.oup.com/ml/article-a... • Robert Padgett (Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott) http://enigmathemeunmasked.blogspot.com/ • Charles Richard Santa and Matthew Santa (Pi / π): https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/... • Ed Newton-Rex (Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater) : / pergolesis-stabat-mater-the-solution-to-el... • Byron Adams (The Dark Saying of the Enigma: Homoeroticism and the Elgarian Paradox): https://www.jstor.org/stable/746879?s... • Mark Pitt (Liszt’s 'Les Préludes'): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019... • FURTHER READING/RESEARCH • Roger Fiske (The Enigma: A Solution): https://www.jstor.org/stable/951679?s... • #Elgar #Nimrod
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