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Play it like something you hear down by the river.

— Edward Elgar

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On the trio of the second movement of his Symphony No. 1.

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I always said God was against art and I still believe it. Anything obscene or trivial is blessed in this world and has a reward – I ask for no reward – only to live & to hear my work.

To my friends pictured within.

Dedication to the Enigma Variations (1899)

My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us, the world is full of it and you simply take as much as you require.

The enigma I will not explain – its "dark saying" must be left unguessed, and I warn you that the apparent connection between the variations and the theme is often of the slightest texture.

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