Sevillana (Elgar)
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Sevillana, or, as the composer titled it 'Sevillaña (Scène Espagnole)', is a short piece for orchestra by the English composer Edward Elgar
written in 1884 and published as his Op. 7. It was first published by Tuckwood, with the composer's revision of 1889 published by Ascherberg in 1895. It was dedicated to W. C. Stockley, conductor of the Birmingham Festival.
Elgar's violin teacher, Adolf Pollitzer
showed the score to the conductor August Manns
who included it in a Crystal Palace
concert on 12 May 1884. This was shortly after its first performance, on 1 May, at a Worcester Philharmonic Society concert conducted by the organist of Worcester Cathedral, William Done
.
The piece was composed when he was a young man of 26, shortly after the break-up of his engagement to Miss Helen Weaver.
The work commences with a rhythmic lively 3/4 episode, characteristic of the Spanish Sevillana dance.
Edward Elgar
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM, GCVO was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos...
written in 1884 and published as his Op. 7. It was first published by Tuckwood, with the composer's revision of 1889 published by Ascherberg in 1895. It was dedicated to W. C. Stockley, conductor of the Birmingham Festival.
Elgar's violin teacher, Adolf Pollitzer
Adolf Pollitzer
Adolf Pollitzer, also Adolph Pollitzer was a Hungarian Jewish violinist.In 1842, he left Budapest for Vienna, where he studied the violin under Joseph Böhm at the Vienna Conservatory; and in his 14th year he took the first prize at the Conservatory. After a concert tour in Germany, he went to...
showed the score to the conductor August Manns
August Manns
Sir August Friedrich Manns was a German-born conductor who made his career in England. After serving as a military bandmaster in Germany, he moved to England and soon became director of music at London's Crystal Palace. He increased the resident band to full symphonic strength and for more than...
who included it in a Crystal Palace
The Crystal Palace
The Crystal Palace was a cast-iron and glass building originally erected in Hyde Park, London, England, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. More than 14,000 exhibitors from around the world gathered in the Palace's of exhibition space to display examples of the latest technology developed in...
concert on 12 May 1884. This was shortly after its first performance, on 1 May, at a Worcester Philharmonic Society concert conducted by the organist of Worcester Cathedral, William Done
William Done
William Done was an English cathedral organist, who served in Worcester Cathedral-Background:He was born in Worcester on 4 October 1815, the son of a baker. He was an articled pupil of Charles Clarke, the Cathedral Organist, from 1828 - 1835, after which he became deputy organist. When Clarke...
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The piece was composed when he was a young man of 26, shortly after the break-up of his engagement to Miss Helen Weaver.
The work commences with a rhythmic lively 3/4 episode, characteristic of the Spanish Sevillana dance.