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Title
Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Date
1981
Medium
bronze, stone & granite
Accession number
WR1_DJ_S011
Work type
Statue
Owner
Worcester City Council
Custodian
Worcester City Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
2nd June 1981
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
stamp of foundry on rear: Meridian Bronze London; right side of base: signed Kenneth Potts 1980
Inscription description
front of statue, Edward Elgar commemorative plaque inlaid to floor: SIR EDWARD ELGAR WHO ROSE FROM OBSCURITY TO BECOME ENGLANDS GREATEST / COMPOSER FOR 200 YEARS WAS BORN ON 2ND JUNE 1867 AT BROADHEATH NEAR WORCESTER, / LATER HE LIVED IN THE CITY, WHERE HIS FATHER HAD A MUSIC SHOP AT 10 HIGH STREET. / HE WAS ORGANIST, VIOLINIST, TEACHER, CONDUCTOR AND SELF TAUGHT COMPOSER / AFTER 1900 HOS COMPOSITIONS WON INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION, THE BEST KNOWN BEING / THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS, THE ENIGMA VARIATIONS, THE TWO SYMPHONIES, THE CONCERTOS / FOR VIOLIN AND CELLO, AND LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY. HE DREW HIS INSPIRATION FROM / THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE, SAYING " MUSIC IS IN THE AIR ALL AROUND US" / FROM 1878 TO 1933 HE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE THREE CHOIRS FESTIVALS HELD IN / WORCESTER, HEREFORD, AND GLOUCESTER. THE STATUE SHOWS HIM AT THE AGE OF 64 IN THE / ROBES OF A DOCTOR OF MUSIC WHICH HE WORE OFTEN WHEN CONDUCTING AT THESE FESTIVALS / KNIGHTED I1904, FREEMAN OF WORCESTER 1905. O.M 1911 K.C.V.O.1928 / BARONET 1931 g.C.V.O. 1933. MASTER OF THE KINGS MUSIC 1924-1934 / HE DIED IN WORCESTER ON 23RD FEBRUARY 1934 / THIS TABLET WAS LAID ON THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMPOSERS DEATH.