DEVOTEES of Sir Edward Elgar's music have a chance to see a copy of the original score for his concert overture Cockaigne (In London Town) which was first premiered 100 years ago.
The piece makes up part of a centenary display focusing on this particular work and is now on show at The Elgar Birthplace Museum in Lower Broadheath, near Worcester.
Elgar's biographer Michael Kennedy described the overture, which was premiered at London's Queen Hall on June 20, 1901, as "one of his cheeriest orchestral works".
It was composed at Craeglea in Malvern and was described by Elgar as a musical picture of turn-of-the-century London, and focuses on a pair of lovers strolling through the lively streets.
Visitors to the exhibition can also view a vast array of other concert programmes, scores, letters, and photographs.
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