Edward Elgar’s Masque The Crown of India
The music for The Crown of India was written by Edward Elgar in 1912 to accompany an ‘Imperial Masque’ with a libretto by Henry Hamilton. The impresario Sir Oswald Stoll had commissioned Elgar to compose the Masque music for the lavish celebration of the coronation of King George V as Emperor of...
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Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Il Tolomeo |
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| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.30687/Tol/2499-5975/2018/20/013 |