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      Sir Edward Elgar

      Sir Edward Elgar Composer

      Wand of Youth, Suite No.2, Op.1b

      Performances: 5
      Tracks: 20
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      Musicology:
      • Wand of Youth, Suite No.2, Op.1b
        Year: 1908
        Genre: Suite / Partita
        Pr. Instrument: Orchestra
        • 1.March
        • 2.Little bells
        • 3.Moths and Butterflies
        • 4.Fountain dance
        • 5.The tame bear
        • 6.The wild bears

      Both suites (1 and 2) were recreated by Elgar in later life from a set

      of piano pieces he wrote to entertain children. The first has seven

      movements and the second six, all with fairy tale titles. The music is no

      longer intended specifically for children, but magically recaptures the

      innnocence of childhood nearly 40 years after it was first written.

      Most of the pieces are tender and nostalgic, with light, touching

      melodies, though there is typical Elgarian boistrousness in the final movements of both suites: "Fairies

      and Giants" (Suite 1) and "Wild Bears" (Suite 2).

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