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1857 CE - 1934 CE: Life of the English composer Edward Elgar.
1857 CE: The composer Edward Elgar is born in Broadheath in Worcestershire, England.
1882 CE: Edward Elgar joines the orchestra of William Stockley in Birmingham.
1884 CE: Edward Elgar's Sevillana orchestral piece is performed at the Crystal Palace in London.
1889 CE: Edward Elgar marries one of his piano pupils, Alice Roberts.
1890 CE: Edward Elgar's Froissart Overture premieres.
1890 CE: Edward Elgar's daughter, Carice, is born.
1893 CE: Edward Elgar composes his cantata The Black Knight.
1896 CE: Edward Elgar composes his cantata King Olaf.
1896 CE: Edward Elgar composes his The Light of Life oratorio.
1897 CE: Edward Elgar’s Imperial March is played at the diamond jubilee celebration of Queen Victoria.
1899 CE: Edward Elgar's song cycle Sea Pictures is first performed by the contralto Clara Butt at the Norwich Festival.
1899 CE: Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations are first performed at London’s St James’ Hall.
1900 CE: Edward Elgar's choral work The Dream of Gerontius is first performed.
1901 CE: Edward Elgar composes his Cockaigne Overture.
1902 CE: Edward Elgar composes his Coronation Ode, which includes the rousing Land of Hope and Glory from his Pomp and Circumstance March.
1904 CE: Edward Elgar is knighted.
1908 CE: Edward Elgar's First Symphony premieres.
1910 CE: Edward Elgar completes his Violin Concerto.
1911 CE: Edward Elgar is appointed the conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra.
1913 CE: Edward Elgar composes his symphonic poem Falstaff.
1917 CE: Edward Elgar composes his cantata The Spirit of England.
1919 CE: Edward Elgar composes his Cello Concerto.
1920 CE: Edward Elgar's wife Alice dies.
1924 CE: Edward Elgar is appointed Master of the King’s Music.
1932 CE: Edward Elgar conducts Yehudi Menuhin performing his Violin Concerto.
1934 CE: Edward Elgar dies of cancer in Worcester. He leaves his Third Symphony incomplete.