Orr, Scott;
(2022)
The origins, development, and legacy of Elgar’s Memorial Chimes (1923).
Beiaard- en Klokkencultuur in de Lage Landen
, 1
(1)
pp. 81-101.
10.5117/BKL2022.1.004.ORR.
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Abstract
Elgar’s Memorial Chimes (1923) has become canonical in carillon repertoire as an early idiomatic work by a composer prominent within the broader musical community. Despite this, the origins of the work are poorly under- stood. This article explores the development and legacy of this important musical work for carillon, particularly the essential role of the English campanologist William Wooding Starmer in its inception and musical characteristics that make the work particularly effective when executed on the carillon. A final section outlines the surprising journeys and current whereabouts of various manuscripts of the work.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The origins, development, and legacy of Elgar’s Memorial Chimes (1923) |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.5117/BKL2022.1.004.ORR |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.5117/BKL2022.1.004.ORR |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © Scott Allan Orr. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| Keywords: | Campanology, Edward Elgar, carillon, W.W. Starmer, musicology, Loughborough War Memorial Carillon |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10147282 |
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