As thousands of American teens make the walk across a graduation stage this month, one thing is certain: “Pomp and Circumstance” will be played. The marching song prompts instant recognition for many ...

Twenty years ago, there was only the red-brick cottage - alone at the side of the lane that leads to Broadheath and in sight of Worcestershire's Malvern Hills. It was not particularly beautiful, ...

Listening to “Pomp and Circumstance” is like entering a soothing sanctuary. Within a single musical line, Edward Elgar, the composer, seems to blend emotions of triumph with feelings of melancholy, ...

For someone who claimed to pride himself on not being a part of the establishment, Elgar loved many of the trappings that came with it. He lobbied fairly furiously for his position as Master of the ...

Banknotes bearing the image of England's famed composer Sir Edward Elgar will be withdrawn from circulation at the end of June, the Bank of England confirmed yesterday. The composer of the Pomp and ...

When we were children, my father would talk about his Uncle Edward. One story in particular left the vivid impression of a humorous, twinkle-eyed prankster, even though he was well into old age.