Here's a musical riddle that has kept people guessing for over a century. English composer Edward Elgar's Variations on an Original Theme, ('Enigma') op. 36 is one of England's most beloved musical ...

The composer Edward Elgar once said, “There is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require.” Nowhere is this more true than in the ...

It was perhaps almost inevitable that in the year that marks the 150th anniversary of Elgar's birth we should be presented with a new solution to the enigma at the centre of the Enigma Variations. As ...

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When Edward Elgar debuted what came to be called his "Enigma Variations" in 1899, he left tantalizing clues in the score about a mystery contained... Elgar's 'Enigma' Still Keeps Music Detectives Busy ...

Stephen Johnson explores Elgar's Enigma Variations, a series of 13 musical sketches of the composer's friends which concludes with a representation of the composer himself. Show more Stephen Johnson ...