Classical Giants: Elgar

Description

Did you know:

• Elgar was not just a composer: he was also an amateur chemist!

• Elgar was the first composer to champion recorded music

• Elgar loved cycling and had a bicycle called ‘Mr Phoebus’

• Elgar came to hate his most famous work

Discover these and many more interesting facts about one of England’s most celebrated composers in, Classical Giants: Elgar.

Classical Giants brings to life the most famous composers in history, introducing them to children as real characters who lived and breathed on a real historical timeline.

Take children on a journey of discovery to learn what this pioneering composer of the Victorian age was like as a person, what made him tick, what he loved (and what he did not!), what were the events that shaped his world, what was important to him, what influenced him and what inspired him to create his greatest masterpieces.