Word: gerontius
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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Elgar was born in 1857, knighted in 1904, received the Order of Merit in 1911 and the degree of Doctor of Music from Yale in 1905. He wrote a fine "Coronation Ode" on the occasion of the accession of Edward VII, and two huge oratorios, The Dream of Gerontius, after a poem by Cardinal Newman, and The Apostles. His symphonies and concertos are very popular with both English and U. S. conductors...