Forever linked to the Last Night of the Proms, the Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester cathedrals, and his evocative 'Enigma Variations', Edward Elgar's music is a joy to chorcal societies and orchestras worldwide. The son of a piano tuner, born in a tiny cottage in Worcestershire, brought up as a Roman Catholic in Protestant England, withut university education or formal musical training, Elgar overcame these disadvantages to become the most famous British composer of his generation.

Edward Elgar (Shire Library)

Biographies & Memoirs

Messenger, Michael

Arts & Literature

Shire Publications

Caradon & Looe: The Canal, Railways and Mines

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

Twelveheads Press

Steam South & West

Many towns and cities have a music society, formed to promote an annual programme of chamber concerts, but few if any can have as long and illustrious history as the Malvern Concert Club with its unbroken 100 years of active concert promotion. It is unique too in having been founded by Sir Edward Elgar with the active participation of his close friend Troyte Griffith who, together with Elgar's daughter Carice, provided the club with a strong and benevolent leadership from its creation until the latter's death in 1970.

Elgar's Legacy: A Centennial History of the Malvern Concert Club

Elgar Editions

This new study of the Coalport factory and its porcelains provides the most comprehensive view yet published of John Rose and Company throughout the various periods of its eventful history. It starts with its creation, springing from the development of the Industrial Revolution in East Shropshire, and traces its progress through the early difficulties and rivalries to its recognition as one of the country's major porcelain manufacturers. There is a proper balance between the periods and due consideration is given to the post-1880 period following detailed examination of the later pattern books. The history of the Company is supported by a careful consideration of the porcelains themselves, drawing upon the evidence of the surviving pattern books and extensive source material, both published and original. Almost four hundred illustrations have been chosen to assist in a further understanding of the styles and shapes used at Coalport and the photographs (mainly profiles) have been taken from angles which will aid the identification of Coalport porcelains. Important pieces are identified and illustrated for the first time, such as pieces from the first recorded dessert service to have been produced at Coalport.

Coalport, 1795-1926: An Introduction to the History and Porcelains of John Rose and Company

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

Antique Collectors’ Club Ltd

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