EDWARD WILLIAM ELGAR, BIOGRAFIA

Para los que deseen profundizar el conocimiento sobre el compositor Edward Elgar, les coloco anexo su biografía.
Espero disfruten tanto la biografía como las Marchas Militares compuestas por el.

Edward Elgar

Sir Edward William Elgar, (2 de junio de 1857 - 23 de febrero de 1934 ) fue un compositor británico.

Su primera obra importante para orquesta, las Variaciones Enigma, obtuvo un clamoroso éxito. También compuso oratorios, música de cámara, sinfonías y conciertos instrumentales. Su producción incluye las marchas de Pompa y Circunstancia, la primera de las cuales se canta frecuentemente con las palabras Land of Hope and Glory, común en las colaciones de grados. En muchos países esta obra se utiliza como marcha nupcial en bodas. Fue nombrado Maestro de Música Real en 1924.

Primeros años

Edward William Elgar nació en una pequeña localidad del bajo Broadheath, en el condado de Worcestershire, en las afueras de la ciudad homónima. Cuarto hijo de William Elgar, un pianista y comerciante de música, y su esposa Ana, Elgar tuvo tres hermanos, Henry, Frederick y Francis; y dos hermanas, Lucy y Susanah. Su madre se había convertido al catolicismo poco antes del nacimiento de Edward, por lo que fue bautizado y creció en esa religión.

SIR EDWARD WILLIAM ELGAR (1857 – 1934) -Militaries March for Orchestra

A continuación les coloco el Opus 39, de Edward Elgar

Militaries March for Orchestra

SIR EDWARD WILLIAM ELGAR (1857 – 1934)

CON LA ROYAL PHILARMONIC ORCHESTRA

CONDUCTOR: NORMAN DEL MAR

Pomp and Circumstance, Marches Nos. 1-5

Op, 39.

Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches, No. 1

Tomado de YOU TUBE de:

Dracorex13 — 12 de marzo de 2009 — Something that desperately needs to be on Youtube. The First March is the famous one everyone knows.

March No. 1 opens with an introduction marked Allegro, con molto fuoco which is astonishingly innovative, bursting upon the listener like a window suddenly opened to view a passing ceremonial troop of trotting cavalry. This leads to a theme which is the expected march: strong pairs of beats alternating with short notes, and a bass which persistently clashes with the tune. The bass tuba and full brass is held back until the section is repeated by the full orchestra.

Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches, No. 2

Tomado de YOU TUBE de:

Dracorex13 — 12 de marzo de 2009 — Something that desperately needs to be on Youtube. The second march is like an appetizer, but it has a nice rhythm.

The second is the shortest and most simply constructed of the marches. The composer Charles Villiers Stanford is said to have preferred this march to the first, and thought this the finest of all the marches. After a loud call to attention from the brass, a simple staccato theme, tense and repetitive, is played staccato by the strings, which is gradually joined by other instruments and builds up to a decisive climax. This section is repeated. The second theme, confidently played by horns and clarinets, is one which was sketched by Elgar a few years before: this is developed and ends with flourishes from the strings and brass joined by the glockenspiel.

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches, No. 3

Tomado de YOU TUBE de:

Dracorex13 — 12 de marzo de 2009 — I LOVE THIS ONE

Something that desperately needs to be on Youtube. The third is very dramatic and is my personal favorite.

March No. 3 differs from the others in its opening mood, which is deliberately solemn. It begins with a dark subdued quick march led by low clarinets, three bassoons and the horns (with drum-beats inserted between the notes of the tune), before a vigorous theme (with brass alone at the first beats), erupts from the full orchestra. The dark theme re-appears, is then re-started boldly, then ended abruptly. There is beautiful central section which commences with perky tune played by a solo clarinet with simple string accompaniment, which is followed by another of Elgar's noble tunes played by the strings of the orchestra. All the themes re-appear and there is a wild final section which ends abruptly.

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches, No. 4 (1907) in G Major Allegro Marziale

Tomado de YOU TUBE  de:

Dracorex13 — 12 de marzo de 2009 — Something that desperately needs to be on Youtube. The fourth march greatly resembles the first. It appeared in A Clockwork Orange.

The first eight bars of the march is played by the full orchestra with the melody played by the violas and upper woodwind. Both harps play from the beginning, while the cellos, double basses and timpani contribute a simple bass figure. The bass clarinet, contrabassoon, trombones and tuba are held "in reserve" for the repeat, when the first violins join the violas with the tune. There are subdued fanfares from the brass interrupted by little flourishes from the strings before the opening march is repeated. There is pause, then a little section which starts forcefully but quietens, leading into the Trio.

Edward W. Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches, No. 5

Tomado de YOU TUBE de:

Dracorex13 — 12 de marzo de 2009 — Something that desperately needs to be on Youtube. The fifth march was composed many years after the others, only four years before Elgar's death. A sixth march was also started but never finished.

March No. 5 is brilliantly orchestrated and extrovert in mood. Without introduction, its opening episode is extended with enormous confidence and proceeds directly into the Trio section, which if it had words set to it, could have been one of Elgar's most memorable tunes. The Trio starts quietly in a similar way to the introduction of his First Symphony: just a moving bass line and a tune, also in the same key (A♭). The tune is re-stated strongly, as we expect, then developed. The re-statement of the opening employs the same instruments of the orchestra, but is this time started as soft as possible for just four bars before a quick crescendo restores its spirit to as it was in the beginning. There is more development before a big return of the Trio theme and a triumphant ending which might bring to mind the conclusion of Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King.

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Luis Miguel Sabes Una Cosa Caracas Venezuela 2007

BIOGRAFIA LUIS MIGUEL

Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel (nacido Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri el de 19 de abril de 1970) es un popular cantante mexicano (1)  de origen puertorriqueño. Es reconocido por su prodigiosa voz y su talento, así como por ser uno de los cantantes latinoamericanos más populares de la historia.(3) Ha interpretado con éxito la música pop, el bolero, el mariachi y la balada romántica. Su estrellato comenzó desde la década de 1980. Ha ganado cuatro premios Grammy Latino y cinco premios Grammy. Es el cantante latino que más premios Grammy ha obtenido, así como el más joven en ganarlo, esto a los 15 años de edad por un dueto con la cantante escocesa Sheena Easton en el tema Me gustas tal como eres.(4) Es llamado "El Sol de México" en América Latina y España.

Fuentes oficiales afirman que Luis Miguel ha vendido más de 90 millones de discos en su carrera,(2) mas otras fuentes afirman que ha vendido por encima de las 100 millones de copias.(5 6 7)