English composer Sir Edward Elgar was born on this day in 1857. Born in the small village of Lower Broadheath, near Worcester, England, Elgar was the

  Edward Elgar's Violin Concerto in B Minor Op. 61 premiered on this day in 1910, marking one of the pinnacles of his career. The first performance

  One of the most popular cello concertos today, Elgar wrote the work in 1919 after the Great War. Distraught from the aftershock, he realized life