The British Library now holds the world’s largest collection of Elgar’s original manuscripts and letters, much of which was ...

He went stargazing with his daughter Carice, in one letter exclaiming, ‘I seem to miss a star out of the constellation of Orion: do you know anything of it?’ Elgar spoke with awesome reverence ...

All of Elgar’s important music was written during the 30 years of his marriage to Alice. They had one child, their daughter Carice, who was born in 1890 and died as recently as 1970. Now living in ...