Listen here to lost Elgar tune that turned up in autograph album
mainAn unknown melody by the English composer has been identified in an album that was delivered to a Staffordshire auction house.
It will go on sale at The Lichfield Auction Centre, Fradley Park, Staffordshire, on March 26.
The autographs were collected by collected by Lydia Tabb (1897-1983), a matron at Barnardos orphanages.
Well today we revealed another fantastic find #LichfieldLocal – an ‘unheard’ musical manuscript notated and signed by Elgar 🎼🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵
Here’s two of our talented friends playing it for the first time! 🎹
Check out the full press release here: https://t.co/Ixew0cles3 pic.twitter.com/Fr1XlsgRJW
— Richard Winterton (@Auctionwint) March 4, 2019
More here.
You might want to correct Lydia’s date of death to 1983.
“My dad would mow the lawn while we would sit with her eating sandwiches and watching the wrestling,” …
Those were the days!
That was a tune?
I do think even Anthony Payne would throw in the towel with this one.
Clearly not penned in 1924, only signed in 1924 – this is apparent not only from the differential in ink, but in recognition to an earlier, more studential style in Elgar’s earlier jottings. This 6 bar sketch is nothing but a 3 part canon over a trilled pedal bass and in no way suggests it was ever destined to become another ‘masterpiece’. It doesnt even suggest ‘string quartet’ – so much music is in essence purely 4 part harmony. To the untrained eye and ear, yes, Elgar’s Fourth Symphony (sic) has been discovered, or perhaps Elgar’s 2nd String Quartet – or maybe even his first quartet for bagpipes? To the musicologist – a neat premium has been paid for an early jotting – clever marketing indeed!