Edward Elgar

Japanese: エルガー - えるがー(英語表記)Edward Elgar
Edward Elgar

English composer. He was taught music by his father, an organist at the church in Broadhill (near Worcester), but he was mostly self-taught in composition. He started out as a local musician, but then began his career as a composer, establishing himself with works such as the orchestral piece Enigma Variations (1899) and the oratorio The Dream of Gerontius (1900). The latter in particular was praised by Richard Strauss, and his name became known on the European continent. Elgar's forte was in oratorios and cantatas that used choruses, but he also showed his talent in orchestral works such as symphonies and concertos. His music was influenced by late Romantic composers such as Wagner and Brahms, but it exalted noble human emotions with familiar melodies and skilled craftsmanship, and is highly regarded by the British people and loved all over the world. He is particularly known for his Pomp and Circumstance marches (of the five, the first of which is the most famous, having been used at the Coronation of Edward VII in 1902).

[Terada Kanefumi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

イギリスの作曲家。ブロードヒル(ウースター近郊)の教会のオルガン奏者の父親から音楽の手ほどきを受けたが、作曲はほとんど独学で習得。初め地方音楽家として働いていたが、やがて作曲家として活動を開始し、管弦楽曲『エニグマ(謎(なぞ))変奏曲』(1899)、オラトリオ『ジェロンティウスの夢』(1900)などによってその地位を確立した。とくに後者はリヒャルト・シュトラウスによって賞賛され、ヨーロッパ大陸にも彼の名は知られるに至った。エルガーの本領は、合唱を用いたオラトリオやカンタータなどにあるが、交響曲や協奏曲などの管弦楽作品に手腕を発揮している。その音楽はワーグナーやブラームスなど後期ロマン派の作曲家の影響を受けているが、親しみやすい旋律と巧みな職人的技巧によって高貴な人間感情をうたいあげ、イギリス国民の高い評価を受けるとともに、世界中で親しまれている。行進曲『威風堂々』(5曲のうち、1902年のエドワード7世戴冠(たいかん)式に用いられた第1番がもっとも有名)はとくに知られている。

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