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Lot 30
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# - Elgar, Edward.

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1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Five autograph letters signed ("Edward Elgar"; "EE"), two to Arthur Croxton
discussing "Land of Hope and Glory" and a ballet score, possibly The Sanguine Fan ("...the music is some of the best I have done..."), mentioning his wife and daughter, and other matters, including the Deakin library and a selection of books he has made for Birmingham University



...In this far distant cell echoes of Homeric doings on Monday at the Coliseum reach me: my daughter was there and was thrilled by your production of 'Land of Hope'... 



8 pages, 1905-1921, where indicated; together with: a Christmas card for 1897 inscribed by Elgar to  W.R.J. Buckley; a humorous poster for a private concert of Elgar's at Harley House, 10 September 1909; and four typed letters signed about Elgar by F.R. Buckley to Frank Reeves (11)

Literature

Percy Young, Elgar O.M. (London and New York, 1973), pp.148-149