June 2 - Edward Elgar (The Musical Birthday Series)

Edward Elgar (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) is arguably the most important British composer between Purcell and Britten.

Victim of Circumstance

Here is the genuine Elgar enigma,

A thing which has saddled him under a stigma —

How did the march which he called “P and C”

Become de rigueur when we get a degree?