# Elgar: An Extraordinary Life

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- Authors: [J. P. E. Harper-Scott](https://www.bookquiver.com/j-p-e-harper-scott)
- Publisher: Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
- ISBN: 978-18-6096-770-2
- Pages: 128
- Published: 2007-05-24
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

How did the son of a provincial piano tuner rise to international fame? Was the English countryside the principal inspiration for Elgar's music? Was this moustachioed, red-blooded, imperialist all that he seemed...?