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	Enigma Variations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		36 ("Enigma"), commonly referred to as the "Enigma" Variations, is a set of a theme and its thirteen variations written for orchestra by Edward Elgar in 1898–99.
		The variations spring from the theme's melodic, harmonic and (especially) rhythmic elements, and the 14th extended variation forms a grand finale.
		Dora was the stepdaughter of the sister of William Meath Baker, inspiration for the fourth variation, and sister-in-law of Richard Baxter Townsend, inspiration for the third.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Enigma_Variations (1510 words)

	Enigma's Variations
		Enigma enjoyed walking in the rain, but disliked having to wear a heavy raincloak (which would spoil the effect of her latest eye-catching outfit).
		Enigma also created a slightly variant spell (only three words are changed in the formula) which makes the target imitate the first person he sees, whether it is the caster or not.
		This version of the spell is part of the reason Enigma was expelled from the Great School; she was able to cast it on one of her tutors, who proceeded to ape the mannerisms of a particularly pompous and overblown visiting mage, nearly causing a major riot.
	www.geocities.com /cquaif/enigma.html (761 words)

	Enigma Variations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		36 ("Enigma")''', commonly referred to as the "Enigma" Variations, is a set of variations on a Theme for orchestra composed by Edward Elgar in 1898–99.
		; Variation 6 (Andantino) "Ysobel" : Isabel Fitton, a viola pupil of Elgar.
		It is said that this variation, as well as an attempt to capture what Elgar saw as Jaeger's noble character, depicts a night-time walk the two of them had, during which they discussed Ludwig van Beethoven.
	enigma-variations.iqnaut.net (1088 words)

	"About the Enigma Variations"
		Various solutions such as "Auld Lang Syne" have been suggested but perhaps the most plausible candidate is a theme (click to download excerpt.) from the Andante of Mozart's "Prague" Symphony, on which he may have been idly improvising when his wife remarked that it was a "good tune".
		The variation begins with a reminiscence of an exercise he wrote for her though the solo viola only enters a little later, playing the actual exercise (for quick changing on the mostly open strings) softly at the very end of the variation.
		Variation 12 (B.G.N.) was for the aforementioned cellist Basil Nevinson and it is the solo cello, which begins and ends this variation carried mainly by the cello ensemble.
	www.egoldmidincd.com /EnigmaVariations.html (1322 words)

	enigma
		He then improvised a few impromptu 'variations' in a way as to suggest the mannerisms of a few of their friends - a characteristic laugh, a slight stammer, an attempt to play the piano, a way of moving around a room and leaving with a slam of the door.
		At the time of composition of the Enigma Variations she had had faith in him even though success and greatness for which he is now known was still around the corner.
		The variation is a tribute to a very dear friend whose scientific and artistic attainments, and the whole-hearted way they were put at the disposal of his friends, particularly endeared him to the writer.
	www.geocities.com /Vienna/4056/enigma.html (2131 words)

	Some Tips on Interpreting Elgar's Enigma Variations
		The "Enigma" Variations (or "Variations on an Original Theme", opus 36) by Sir Edward Elgar is generally considered to be the composition that made Elgar's reputation as a composer of note.
		This was the orchestra that gave the world premiere of the "Enigma" Variations under the direction of Hans Richter in June 1899.
		A variation on this is to have the timpanist allow his colleague to do the tremolo with coins while playing the naturale passage himself.
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	Enigma Variations - Mary Cargill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Ashton choreographed "Enigma Variations" in 1968, but the idea actually originated in the early 1950’s, when Julia Trevelyan Oman, then a design student, submitted a series of designs for a ballet to be based on Elgar’s music.
		The relationship between Elgar and his wife is at the heart of the work, and the Nimrod variation, when Elgar, his wife, and his friend Jaeger walk in the woods is one of the richest depictions of sympathy and understanding and friendship in dance (or in any other field).
		Enigma Variations is a picture of Elgar’s friends, but it was also a picture of Ashton’s Royal Ballet in 1968, and like so many profoundly subtle works, its success depends very much on casting.
	www.danceviewtimes.com /2004/summer/Ashton/enigma.htm (586 words)

	NOVA Online \| Decoding Nazi Secrets \| How the Enigma Works
		The Enigma machine, first patented in 1919, was after various improvements adopted by the German Navy in 1926, the Army in 1928, and the Air Force in 1935.
		From then until 1939, and indeed throughout the war, successive refinements were introduced, varying from service to service, and there were detailed changes in operating procedure until 1945.
		Once during every 26 moves, at the "turnover position" on the right wheel, the middle wheel will also move on one place; and when the middle wheel reaches its own turnover position it moves on again when the next letter is keyed, together with the left wheel.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/decoding/enigma.html (668 words)

	Guardian \| Enigma variations
		However, the real-life story of the British capturing an Enigma from the U-110, on which the film is based, is, if anything, even more dramatic and moving than the action shown in the movie.
		As he pictured the U-boat tumbling into the abyss where it would soon be crushed by the growing pressure, he thought of his childhood sweetheart, and tried to imagine how she would feel when she knew he had died.
		The documents and Enigma machine seized from the U-110 did not, in spite of what is stated in the U-571 film and in the TV documentary Station X, recently repeated on Channel 4, help the British code-breakers to break the main naval Enigma code for the first time.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4021804-103680,00.html (1755 words)

	ENIGMA VARIATIONS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		With other variable crispates, if multiple blooms are open, each bloom generally displays a different form.
		However, with ENIGMA VARIATIONS, each of the open blooms will often show the same form.
		However, a few days later, while all of the open blooms will show again show the same form, that form will be different than a few days earlier.
	www.daylilytrader.com /enigma.htm (141 words)

	Amazon: Listmania! - View List "Elgar - Enigma Variations (Discography)" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Elgar: Enigma Variations; Serenade for Strings; Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending; Fantasia on Greensleeves by Edward Elgar
		Elgar: Enigma Variations; Cello Concerto by Mischa Maisky
		Elgar: Enigma Variations; Kodaly: Variations on a Hungarian Folksong by Boris Blacher
	www.amazon.com /gp/richpub/listmania/fullview/R8RR1AYW0FSNL (465 words)

	Elgar Enigma Variations - Classical Music Journal
		This variation is a depiction of the refined and elegant Isabel Fitton, a viola student of Elgar’s.
		This variation gives a spacious depiction of the relaxed countryside she apparently lived in, as well as a rendition of her ‘trilly little laugh’ heard on the oboe.
		Her gentle character is shown with an expressive viola solo, and her slight stutter (or possibly laugh depending on the source) is shown by the woodwinds.
	www.classicalmusicjournal.com.au /elgar-enigma-variations (1108 words)

	Elgar - His Music : Enigma Variations
		Eighth Variation - W.N. Winifred Norbury, known to Elgar through her association with the Worcestershire Philharmonic Society - the variation captures both her laugh and the atmosphere of her eighteenth century house;
		Only the thirteenth variation has given rise to speculation that Elgar's use of asterisks rather than initials or a pet name may hide the true identity of the subject, possibly an old flame of Elgar's who had recently emigrated from Britain.
		But Elgar himself hinted at, and encouraged speculation over, a second, musical enigma, a popular tune which does not itself appear in the variations but of which the theme is the counterpoint.
	www.elgar.org /3enigma.htm (682 words)

	Elgar's 'Enigma' Variations:a new book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Elgar's 'Enigma' Variations had its first performance in June 1899, and audiences and critics were quick to realise that a masterpiece had come among them.
		He offers an explanation of how the enigma itself came into being, and a new solution that is unique insofar as it is the first time a tune has been put forward that actually fits Elgar's theme perfectly.
		"Elgar's 'Enigma' Variations - a Centenary Celebration" - Paperback - 148pp (with index) plus 8 pages of illustrations - Thames Publishing, London - ISBN 0 905211 01 4 - Recommended retail price £12.50 - World distributors: William Elkin Music Services to whom enquiries can be sent by clicking here.
	elgar-enigma.tripod.com (554 words)

	The Enigma Variations
		The Enigma Variations were written in 1899 and consist of a theme and 14 variations that describe Elgar, his wife, and some of his friends.
		The seventh variation "Troyte" is extremely energetic and loud, and describes Arthur Troyte Griffith, an architect and artist who was not a musician but enjoyed cycling, sports, and exploring the countryside with Elgar.
		The eleventh variation "G.R.S." describes a bulldog owned by Dr George Sinclair (the initials of this variation) who is taken out for a walk and suddenly slips down a riverbank into the water, to be swept along by the current.
	www.rowberry.org /music.html (934 words)

	Stereophile: Recording of June 1998: Elgar: Enigma Variations
		These 14 variations originally were conceived as playful yet serious musical "pictures" of several friends, including the composer's wife, his publisher, an amateur cellist, Elgar himself, and even a dog belonging to the organist at Hereford Cathedral.
		Enigma and the violin and cello concertos, are so rich in melody and sumptuously scored orchestral effects, and so skillfully wrought in their emotional impact, that audiences and performers can't help but love to hear and play them.
		"Nimrod," the beautiful adagio variation that forms the heart and soul of the work, is played here with the kind of tempo and attention to detail that makes it easy to see why it is often thought of as one of the most beloved passages in all of romantic orchestral music.
	www.stereophile.com /recordingofthemonth/589 (866 words)

	Elgar: Enigma Variations - Cambridge University Press
		Elgar's Variations for Orchestra, commonly known as the 'Enigma' Variations, marked an epoch both in his career, and in the renaissance of English music at the turn of the century.
		From the first it intrigued listeners to know why it was called 'enigma', and who were the 'friends pictured within', to whom the work is dedicated.
		Appearing in the centenary year of the work's composition, this book elucidates what is known, and what has been said about the work and the enigma, and directs future listeners to what matters most: the inspired qualities of the music.
	www.cup.cam.ac.uk /catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521631750 (173 words)

	Enigma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Enigma, a song by Trapt on their self-titled album.
		Enigma (novel), a novel by Robert Harris based on the cracking of the Enigma cipher machine
		The Fallen Enigma is an anime mini-series explaining the lives of three extraordinary children, written by Lindsey Dahl.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Enigma (389 words)

	Elgar on Elgar's Piano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Variations on an original theme (Enigma), Op.36 in Elgar's version for solo piano
		The original finale of the Variations was printed in the earliest editions; Elgar's friend Jaeger later suggested a re-working.
		Listeners to the CD may programme their players to select either the newer or the old ending.
	www.billabong.demon.co.uk /elgar.html (640 words)

	Amazon.com: Enigma Variations / Planets: Music: Elgar,Holst,Boult (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Boult's stereo recordings of "The Planets" and "Enigma" variations have been around 30 years and are well-known to collectors.
		Think in enigma Variations for instance, a work that surely must have influenced in the similitude of the formal construction.
		In what Enigma Variations is very interesting but there is a real master performance: Leonard Bernstein and BBC Symphony simply unbeatable.
	www.amazon.com /Enigma-Variations-Planets-Elgar/dp/B000063UN4 (2106 words)

	Music - Elgar - Enigma Variations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The quality is excellent and this particular rendition of Enigma Variations by Daniel Barenboim is regarded as the best.
		Although purchased only for the Enigma Variations, the other works were a bonus.
		In the accompanying booklet, the editor made note that the Enigma Variations were variations on a theme and stated that many people found it difficult to make the connection.
	www.underpeople.com /Music/elgar/aelgar.htm (347 words)

	Enigma Variations
		I came to Singapore in 1995 and my original foundation of 10 scholars has grown in 8 years into The Enigma Variations, Camden Medical Centre, a modern school of 200 plus Students and 32 highly trained teaching staff.
		Today Enigma Variations offers expert assessment and specialist tuition to anyone with Dyslexia, or specific learning difficulties.
		At Enigma we hope that those who leave us will benefit the communities in which they live.
	www.enigma-variations.com (282 words)

	Elgar's 'Enigma' Variations:a new book - Post Scriptum
		I hear that a performance of the Variations by the Philharmonia Orchestra under Richard Hickox in Worcester Cathedral on 4 June 1999 used the original Finale.
		This is Elgar 'Enigma' Variations by Julian Rushton, West Riding Professor of Music at the University of Leeds.
		Although this would appear to squash any hopes that it might contain the solution to the enigma, the very fact that it exists shows that the idea of such an envelope is not so fanciful as it might seem.
	elgar-enigma.tripod.com /Post_Scriptum.html (1510 words)

	Stereophile: Elgar's Enigma
		The hidden theme of Elgar's Enigma Variations has been sufficiently investigated over the past 90 years to deter all but the most intrepid researcher from tackling the problem yet again.
		I would not venture to do so unless I were convinced that a well-argued attempt to solve the mystery once and for all had not been unfairly brushed aside, even ignored, a dozen or so years ago.
		Had she looked at the tail of an old Victorian copper coin minted in the 1860s, she would have seen a helmeted Britannia, a sceptre in her left hand, her right resting on a shield bearing the superimposed crosses of St. George, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick.
	www.stereophile.com /musicrecordings/175/index.html (692 words)

	Ashton Celebration - Enigma Variations - Two Pigeons - Nancy Dalva (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In this "Enigma Variations" is a triumph of naturalism, but also of neo-classicism—the choreography is all ballet, though tempered with everyday human gesture, and hence humanized.
		This, I think, is the ultimate basis for the dichotomy of exterior and interior in the "Enigma." Ashton framed it through the lens of time.
		Because much of the "Enigma" choreography is oblique, it is by its nature enigmatic.
	www.danceviewtimes.com /2004/summer/Ashton/reviews/ac04.htm (1530 words)

	Elgar, Edward - Nimrod from Enigma Variations sheet music - 8notes.com
		English composer from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries who wrote some of the most popular works in the English repertoire.
		The Ninth Variation - "Nimrod" from Elgar's ever popular 'Enigma Variations' - a set of variations, each dedicated to a friend of the composer.
		Enigma Variations and Pomp and Circumstance Marches in Full Score By Sir Edward Elgar.
	www.8notes.com /scores/7107.asp (370 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Elgar: Enigma Variations: Music: Sir Edward Elgar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Enigma Variations (Menuhin, Rpo) [Sacd/CD Hybrid] ~ Edward Elgar
		The Enigma variations are 16 pieces of Music based on friends and family,and the personal nature of them really does shine through.
		The most famousof them being IX Nimrod, which everyone who is familiar with RememberanceSunday will be familiar with, its a piece of music that really does makeyou sit and think, and is based on an argument between 2 composers, butfor me it reeks of bravery, valour and Englishness.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Elgar-Enigma-Variations/dp/B00000E4HF (412 words)

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