Welcome to our first virtual Concert of the 2020-21 Season. . SKU: MN0216072 The phrase "dark saying" can be read straightforwardly as an archaic synonym for enigma but might equally plausibly be interpreted as a cryptic clue, while the word "further" seems to suggest that the "larger theme" is distinct from the Enigma, forming a separate component of the puzzle. Nimrod (Enigma Variation 9) (Elgar 1889) [3:15] 7.6Mb. No one is ever going to know for certain and that, to me, is appealing. Elgar composed his Enigma Variations as a way to create a musical portrait of many of his friends. The “Nimrod” variation was the final orchestral composition (before the national anthem) played by the Greek National Orchestra in a televised June 2013 concert, before the 75-year-old Athenian ensemble was dissolved in the wake of severe government cutbacks. Jaeger's personal nobility aside, its slowness and languid fluidity seems to speak of stoical endurance, making do, fighting to the last bullet and of a small 'c' variery of conservatism that the sceptred isle will probably never shake off as long as we exist. Despite a series of hints provided by Elgar, the precise nature of the implied puzzle remains unknown. It is an orchestral work comprising fourteen variations on an original theme. IX) and, by doing so, in the vigorous, optimistic Finale the artist triumphs over his sadness and loneliness, expressed in the minor melody from the beginning. Florence Daguerre de Hureaux (narrator), Yann Ghiro (clarinet) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins The collected pieces were known as Engima for two reasons. (transl.) Title: Variations Enigma [opus 36] Author: Elgar, Edward - Publisher: London: Novello & Co., 1899, plate 10815 Subject: Domaine Public Created Date A melody he played caught the attention of his wife, and he began to improvise variations on it in styles which reflected the character of some of his friends. After Alice's death, Elgar wrote, "The variation is really a prolongation of the theme with what I wished to be romantic and delicate additions; those who knew C.A.E. One British musicologist has suggested Elgar musically encoded the names of people he disliked in The Dream of Gerontius, a work he composed a year after finishing the Enigma Variations. This week’s performances open with “Nimrod” from Elgar’s "Enigma" Variations, performed in memory of Sir André Previn. Elgar*: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis - Cockaigne / Introduction And Allegro / Serenade / Variations On An Original Theme 'Enigma' (CD, Album) Teldec Classics 9031-73279-2 depicted in Variation III, and (step) uncle of Dora Penny in Variation X. We also share information on the use of our site with our social media partners, advertising and analytics, which can combine them nimror other information you have provided to them or collected in your use of their services. Prof. Dr. Francis Maes (University Ghent). In a programme note for a performance in 1911 Elgar wrote: This work, commenced in a spirit of humour & continued in deep seriousness, contains sketches of the composer's friends. His characteristic diatonic run over the keys before beginning to play is here humorously travestied in the semiquaver passages; these should suggest a Toccata, but chromatic beyond H.D.S-P.'s liking.". 9 (Nimrod). [24], Five years later, Robert John Buckley stated in his biography of Elgar (written with the composer's close cooperation):[25] "The theme is a counterpoint on some well-known melody which is never heard."[26]. depicted in Variation IV. Elgar knows that starting quietly and getting louder is the easiest way to build expectation. William Meath Baker, squire of Hasfield, Gloucestershire and benefactor of several public buildings in Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, brother-in-law of R.B.T. Elgar accepted none of the solutions proposed in his lifetime, and took the secret with him to the grave. The drums suggest the distant throb of the engines of a liner, over which the clarinet quotes a phrase from Mendelssohn's Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage. The result was the ‘Enigma Variations’, a suite of fourteen variations on an original theme, of which Variation IX, ‘Nimrod’ is by far the most well-known. Browse: Elgar - Nimrod (from Enigma Variations) This page lists all recordings of Nimrod (from Enigma Variations) by Edward William Elgar (1857-1934). But what about the enigma? "The most plausible theory so far is by Hans Westgeest. Elgar never gave the game away about the identity of the piece and took the solution to his grave in St Wulstan's Catholic Church in Little Malvern in 1934. Piano pp p pp 6 mf 11 16 34 3 4 &bbb Adagio (from The Enigma Variations) Edward Elgar arranged Jim Paterson Nimrod Sheet Music from www.mfiles.co.uk? Zamów dostawę do dowolnego salonu i zapłać przy odbiorze! 3:58 PREVIEW Enigma Variations, Op. What that theme is no one knows except the composer. 'Enigma’ Variations – Theme (Enigma), variations 11, 6 & 7 by Elgar: An exciting introduction by Naomi Wilkinson. Her stepmother was the sister of William Meath Baker, the subject of Variation IV. After some cajoling Elgar agreed, and also added an organ part. bbb b &b bbn?bbb n n b &b Read more *The following statistics are based on a survey of … Elgar's Enigma variations - and Nimrod, in particular - have long been a part of the British consciousness. The connection between the music and its dedicatee is less apparent. Elgar knows that starting quietly and getting louder is the easiest way to build expectation. Dora Penny, a friend whose stutter is gently parodied by the woodwinds. In naming his theme "Enigma" Elgar posed a challenge which has generated much speculation but has never been conclusively answered. The story of the Enigma Variations is an amusing one. Programme note for Elgar's Enigma Variations. Nimrod is 43 measures in length with 153 melody notes, 38 of which play when Ein feste Burg is dormant in measures 341, 349-350, 356, 361-364, 368-372. George Robertson Sinclair, the energetic organist of Hereford Cathedral. As for the title, Jaeger was born in Germany, “ jäger ” means “hunter” in German, and Nimrod was a mighty hunter in Genesis. The unusual melodic contours of the G minor opening theme convey a sense of searching introspection: A switch to the major key introduces a flowing motif which briefly lightens the mood before the first theme returns, now accompanied by a sustained bass line and emotionally charged counterpoints. Zimmer is trying to instil the patriotism that the variations have done for … This variation leads into the next without pause. Elgar dedicated the work "to my friends pictured within", each variation being a musical sketch of one of his circle of close acquaintances (see musical cryptogram). Elgar Enigma Variations IX. 36, popularly known as the Enigma Variations, between October 1898 and February 1899. Musical solutions of this sort are supported by Dora Penny and Carice Elgar's testimony that the solution was generally understood to involve a tune,[27] and by the evidence from an anecdote describing how Elgar encoded the solution in a numbered sequence of piano keys. It may also refer to an occasion when Griffith and Elgar were out walking and got caught in a thunderstorm. This analysis of the Enigma Variations reveals the supremacy of the ending phrase over the beginning, an insight amplified by the quotation from Longfellow’s Elegiac Verse Elgar penned at the conclusion of the expanded Finale. It is an orchestral work comprising fourteen variations on an original theme. Others have taken a more tortuous look at things and have suggested that the theme is in fact a reflection of Elgar's own Christian faith, particularly in the context of some wordplay concerning biblical quotations. But Elgar himself hinted at, and encouraged speculation over, a second, musical enigma, a popular tune which does not itself appear in the variations but of which the theme is the counterpoint. "The asterisks take the place of the name of a lady[c] who was, at the time of the composition, on a sea voyage. Elgar had expected she would: "I'm surprised. Julian Rushton has suggested that any solution should satisfy five criteria: a "dark saying" must be involved; the theme "is not played"; the theme should be "well known" (as Elgar stated multiple times); it should explain Elgar's remark that Dora Penny should have been, "of all people", the one to solve the Enigma;[27] and fifthly, some musical observations in the notes Elgar provided to accompany the pianola roll edition may be part of the solution. The first puzzle inside it is to tie the likely personalities to the variations, a game which Elgar himself gave away when he wrote some notes for (of all things) a pianola roll version of his music. So the principal Theme never appears, even as in some late dramas – eg Maeterlinck's L'Intruse and Les sept Princesses – the chief character is never on the stage.[23]. Variations on an Original Theme, Op. History, analysis and commentary about western classical music Elgar - Variations on an Original Theme ("Enigma") - page 2 Variation 5 - RPA. Elgar wrote, "Hew David Steuart-Powell was a well-known amateur pianist and a great player of chamber music. The connection between the music and its dedicatee is less apparent. In a programme note for a 1912 performance of his setting of Arthur O'Shaughnessy's ode The Music Makers, Elgar wrote of this theme (which he quoted in the later work), "it expressed when written (in 1898) my sense of the loneliness of the artist as described in the first six lines of the Ode, and to me, it still embodies that sense. This is the shortest of the variations. [1] Elgar considered including variations portraying Arthur Sullivan and Hubert Parry, but was unable to assimilate their musical styles without pastiche, and dropped the idea. After Elgar’s death in 1934, it was suggested that t… As for the music, I've loved this one variation above all the others since I was a child. The gracious personalities of the ladies are sedately shown. Elgar attempted to capture Jaeger's nobility in the slowness of the piece and (allegedly) tried to make a musical reproduction of a a conversation they once had late at night concerning the slow movements of Beethoven's slow pieces. The subject of “Nimrod” is Augustus Jaeger, a music editor and close friend of Elgar who encouraged him to continue composing at a particularly low point in his early career. In July 1899, one month after the original version was finished Jaeger urged Elgar to make the variation a little longer. The 2017 film Dunkirk features adapted versions of Elgar's Variation IX (Nimrod), the primary adaptation given the name "Variation 15" on the soundtrack in honor of its inspiration. Interestingly, Elgar ended up writing 14 variations (Nimrod being number 9). 36 - Violin & Piano sheet music composed by Edward Elgar arranged for Violin or Piano Accompaniment. Information from its description page there is shown below. The strings come in almost hesitantly, whispering away at pianississimo until the theme arrives and we gently crescendo into the second entrance of the main theme.. It’s the classic quiet-to-loud move, and it’s basically the oldest trick in the book – but it gets us every time without fail. The prospect of gaining new insights into Elgar's character and composition methods, and perhaps revealing new music, continues to motivate the search for a definitive solution. 36, series of 14 short musical portraits by Edward Elgar that premiered in London on June 19, 1899. W hen Sir Edward Elgar wrote the Enigma Variations 120 years ago he set one of the most enduring and baffling puzzles that has confounded mathematical and … 9, identified by the composer as “Nimrod.” The name is a play on words, as the biblical Nimrod was a great hunter, and the German word meaning “hunter” is Jaeger. So musically Elgar "follows" Beethoven closely, as Jaeger told him to do (see above, Var. Newman, Ernest (16, 23, 30 April, 7 May 1939). "Can't you hear it at the beginning? As was common with painted portraits of the time, Elgar's musical portraits depict their subjects at two levels. The Variations on an Original Theme, or ’Enigma’ as it is commonly known, brought Elgar overnight fame when it appeared in 1899. "Really suggested by an eighteenth-century house. In 1904 Elgar told Dora Penny ("Dorabella") that this variation is not really a portrait, but "the story of something that happened". Hyperion: CDA68101. Analysis … The Enigma Variations is dedicated “to my friends pictured within”. Elgar later related how Jaeger had encouraged him as an artist and had stimulated him to continue composing despite setbacks. [48][49] The rhythm of this theme (in 44 time, with a crotchet rest on the first beat of each bar) is based on the rhythm of Edward Elgar's own name ("Edward Elgar": short-short-long-long, then reversed long-long-short-short and a final note). 9 (Nimrod) By Sir Edward William Elgar. Elgar: Enigma Variations. Arthur Troyte Griffith, a Malvern architect and one of Elgar's firmest friends. This variation features a melody for solo viola. Possibly, Lady Mary Lygon of Madresfield Court near Malvern, a sponsor of a local music festival. Sor – Six divertissements pour la guitare Opus 2. The second puzzle contained in the music is far more subtle, and concerns a musical link that ties all the variations together. Plik 10. About Us; Chandos Records is one of the world's premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. Solti was the previous music director of the CSO for many years. In the words of Elgar: "The variation, however, has nothing to do with organs or cathedrals, or, except remotely, with G.R.S. Here is the first thing he said in public on this central enigma, in a programme note that accompanied the piece’s first performance in 1899: In 1900, he clarified further the nature of the enigma in an interview with the Musical Times: This was backed up in a 1905 biography of Elgar, the writing of which had the cooperation of the composer himself: And … His use of the word "veiled" possibly indicates that it was a female character. the theme of the slow movement of Beethoven's Pathétique sonata, a melody which indeed is "larger" and "well-known". [20], The original version of this variation is nearly 100 bars shorter than the one now usually played. Caroline Alice Elgar, Elgar's wife. The first few bars were suggested by his great bulldog, Dan (a well-known character) falling down the steep bank into the River Wye (bar 1); his paddling upstream to find a landing place (bars 2 and 3); and his rejoicing bark on landing (second half of bar 5). Elgar writes: “This work … contains sketches of the composer’s friends. ... 9 Nimrod (August Jaeger): in the Book of Genesis Nimrod is ‘the mighty hunter’; the name Jaeger means ‘hunter’ in German. Elgar called these references "entirely fitting to the intention of the piece". He actually thought any suitably educated person would solve it on hearing the first performance. Elgar;_Enigma_variations,_Theme_IX._Nimrod.ogg (Invalid Ogg file: Cannot decode Ogg file: Invalid page at offset 58) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . The sketches are not 'portraits' but each variation contains a distinct idea founded on some particular personality or perhaps on some incident known only to two people. Analysis … She sailed for Australia after the completion of the, In the introduction to his book, Buckley claims that he stayed as close as possible to the truth and to the actual words of the composer (. 36 (1899) (Born 1857, Broadheath, near Worcester, England; died 1934, Worcester, England) More than a decade after the Enigma Variations were composed, Elgar reflectively stated in 1911 that the variations started “in a spirit of humour, and continued in deep seriousness.” Thereby hangs the Enigma. This variation for Richard Penrose Arnold returns to ABABA form. . Sir Edward Elgar may be behind some of the most beautiful music to have ever graced the earth, but one stand-out in particular must be his Variations on an Original Theme. The first performance of Enigma Variations, conducted by Hans Richter on 19 June 1899 in London, made Elgar’s name virtually overnight as England’s finest composer since Purcell.He had come up with a unique creation – a sequence of musical portraits of his wife, his friends and himself, all based on a melody representing, as he later said, ‘the loneliness of the … Check out Elgar: Enigma Variations by BBC Symphony Orchestra and Leonard Bernstein on Amazon Music. A few more solutions of this type have been published in recent years. The units of Enigma get a workout, and the entire theme is presented in the Caroline Elgar and Nimrod versions. [4] The work quickly achieved many international performances, from Saint Petersburg, where it delighted Alexander Glazunov and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1904, to New York, where Gustav Mahler conducted it in 1910.[5]. 36, "Enigma": Var. He "expressed himself somewhat energetically". Each movement conveys a general impression of its subject's personality. About Chandos. If Robert John Buckley's statement about the theme being "a counterpoint to some well-known melody" (which is endorsed by what Elgar himself disclosed to F. G. Edwards in 1900) is disregarded or discounted the field opens up to admit other kinds of connection with well-known themes. But Norman Del Mar expressed the view that "there would be considerable loss if the solution were to be found, much of the work's attraction lying in the impenetrability of the riddle itself", and that interest in the work would not be as strong had the Enigma been solved during Elgar's lifetime.[31]. Enter your email address to keep up to date with the latest news and special offers from Wise Music Classical. I thought that you of all people would guess it." No one did, and no one has. Davis High School Symphony Orchestra/Musopen.org Enigma Variations, byname of Variations on an Original Theme (“Enigma”), Op. Edward Elgar composed his Variations on an Original Theme, Op. “A man is known by the company he keeps,” said the ancient Greek fabulist, Aesop. G.R.S. We played this in (one of) my last undergrad symphony concerts @azusapacificsymphony and has always been of a favorite of mine ️ Thankful to have another opportunity to share this beautiful music and play with old APU studiomates @jared.storz @natalie.hagwood! On 21 October 1898, Edward Elgar returned to his wife and their home in Malvern after a long day teaching (which he described as “like turning a grinding-stone with a dislocated shoulder”). The strings come in almost hesitantly, whispering away at pianississimo until the theme arrives and we gently crescendo into the second entrance of the main theme.. It’s the classic quiet-to-loud move, and it’s basically the oldest trick in the book – but it gets us every time without fail. The work has been recorded over 60 times. Elgar himself said that the theme is never actually heard and that the element that links the pieces is of the 'slightest texture' and therefore that 'the chief character is never on stage'. Isabel Fitton, a viola pupil of Elgar. Nimrod from Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations. As the final G major chord dies away, only the first violins hold their note—G—until the other strings, re-entering, with magical effect slip a chord of E-flat major under it. Winifred Norbury, one of the secretaries of the Worcester Philharmonic Society. It pays tribute to Elgar's great friend Augustus J Jaeger (whose surname in German translates to 'Hunter') who managed to keep Sir Edward's hopes up while he was still trying to make his mark on the world of music. [28][29] A rival school of thought holds that the "larger theme" which "goes" "through and over the whole set" is an abstract idea rather than a musical theme. [2], The piece was finished on 18 February 1899 and published by Novello & Co. We played this in (one of) my last undergrad symphony concerts @azusapacificsymphony and has always been of a favorite of mine ️ Thankful to have another opportunity to share this beautiful music and play with old APU studiomates @jared.storz @natalie.hagwood! The theme is followed by 14 variations. It is an orchestral work comprising fourteen variations on an original theme.. Elgar dedicated the work "to my friends pictured within", each variation being a musical sketch of one of his circle of close acquaintances (see musical … Elgar later revised the final variation, adding 96 new bars and an organ part. Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar, published by Novello & Co Ltd. These ciphers encode a narrow band of mutually consistent and complementary solutions that provide definitive answers to its core riddles. There are 79 notes in this version of Ein feste Burg, so 34% overlap with the melody line from Nimrod. In 2010 Charles and Matthew Santa argued that the enigma was based on. Variation IX (Nimrod), the most loved of the variations—“Jaeger” is the German for “hunter,” and Nimrod is the “mighty hunter” mentioned in Genesis 10. Richard Baxter Townshend, Oxford don and author of the Tenderfoot series of books; brother-in-law of the W.M.B. Other conductors who have recorded the work include Arturo Toscanini, Sir John Barbirolli, Daniel Barenboim, Sir Georg Solti, Leonard Bernstein, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Leopold Stokowski, Eugene Ormandy, Pierre Monteux, William Steinberg and André Previn, as well as leading English conductors from Sir Henry Wood and Sir Adrian Boult to Sir Simon Rattle. was more connected with the music than others of the family, and her initials head the movement; to justify this position a little suggestion of a characteristic laugh is given.". Extracted from the complete Variations and republished unchanged as "Intermezzo: for small orchestra (wood-wind, drums and strings)" It follows that the complete score shows other instruments that do not play in this variation. Critics were at first irritated by the layer of mystification, but most praised the substance, structure, and orchestration of the work. The new version, the one usually played today, was first heard at the Worcester Three Choirs Festival on 13 September 1899, with Elgar conducting. Confirmation that Enigma is the name of the theme is provided by Elgar's 1911 programme note ("... Enigma, for so the theme is called")[b] and in a letter to Jaeger dated 30 June 1899 he associates this name specifically with what he calls the "principal motive" – the G minor theme heard in the work's opening bars, which (perhaps significantly) is terminated by a double bar. Far from clarifying matters, this utterance seems to envelop the Enigma in further mysteries. The “Nimrod” variation from Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations (1899). The music appears to climb endlessly, like some kind of Escher staircase (or Shepard tone), playing with cadence, crescendo, tension and release in the most masterful of ways. The result was the ‘Enigma Variations’, a suite of fourteen variations on an original theme, of which Variation IX, ‘Nimrod’ is by far the most well-known. Each variation in the set is inspired by an important person from Elgar’s life. IX – Nimrod (Augustus Johannes Jaeger – Adagio – 2:52) – As liaison to Elgar's publisher Novello, Jaeger was an untiring advocate for Elgar's work, which Elgar deeply appreciated. Sams, Eric, "Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)". Perhaps it's due to the fact that the piece is always played at the Cenotaph on Rememberance Sundays that this piece of music captures - maybe more than even his celebrated Pomp and Circumstance - the essence of Britishness in a few pithy musical phrases. Elgar: Enigma Variations ... Enigma Variations, Op. Indeed, the first few bars closely resemble the very start of the second movement of Beethoven's Eighth Piano Sonata (also called Pathetique). Elgar himself conducted the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra for its first electrical recording in 1926 on the HMV label. [15][16][17][18][19], Elgar himself, nicknamed Edu by his wife, from the German Eduard. The interpretation placed on the "larger theme" forms the basis of the grouping of solutions in the summary that follows. Elgar’s Enigma Variations is one of the greatest pieces of the 19th century – and this is the true story about how it came about. Elgar: Enigma Variations; Pomp and Circumstance - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Norman Del Mar , tylko w empik.com: 25,49 zł . The variation, with a time signature of 11, good-naturedly mimics his enthusiastic incompetence on the piano. Solutions in this category suggest a well-known tune which (in the proponent's view) forms a counterpoint to the theme of the Variations. (cello) and the composer (violin) for many years in this playing. One of the happiest results of the influx of Russian talent into Britain has been conductor Vasily Petrenko's tenure with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, which he has led since 2009 and brought into the league of the major London orchestras.His recordings for the fine independent Onyx label have all been notable, but this one, featuring Elgar's Enigma Variations, … It was Elgar’s Enigma Variations (or Variations On An Original Theme to use its original title) that catapulted Elgar to international renown. Even later she could not when Elgar had told her in private about the Beethoven story and the Pathétique theme behind the Jaeger/Nimrod-variation (see above, Var. Having said that, the piece also quotes from Mendelssohn at one point as well. IX) because she did not see the connection between this and the enigma. He referred to Ludwig van Beethoven, who had a lot of worries, but wrote more and more beautiful music. He was associated with B.G.N. Furthermore, the solution (if it exists) "must be multivalent, must deal with musical as well as cryptographic issues, must produce workable counterpoint within Elgar's stylistic range, and must at the same time seem obvious (and not just to its begetter)".[30]. The sections of the work are as follows. Nimrod (Adagio) By Sir Edward Elgar Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Elgar: Enigma Variations; Introduction & Allegro - Colin Davis on AllMusic - 2007 (Check out @americanvirtualsymphony for the … Nimrod (Enigma Variation 9) (Elgar 1889)[3:15] 7.6Mb The story of the Enigma Variations is an amusing one. "And that is what you must do", Jaeger said, and he sang the theme of the second movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. Elgar’s love of codes and ciphers was well-known, and, according to him, he placed a puzzle at the centre of this theme and variations. He demonstrates that the theme has the same contours as the melody from the second movement of Beethoven's Sonata Pathétique. 8 Pathétique. It was first performed at St James's Hall in London on 19 June 1899, conducted by Hans Richter. The ballet, which depicts the friends and Elgar as he awaits Richter's decision about conducting the premiere, received its first performance on 25 October 1968 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.[79]. ", If it is Lady Mary, Elgar may have withheld her initials because of superstition surrounding the number 13,[13] or he may have felt uneasy about publicly associating the name of a prominent local figure with music that had taken on a powerful emotional intensity. Richard Penrose Arnold, the son of the poet Matthew Arnold, and an amateur pianist. A decade of concerted analysis of Elgar’s Enigma Variations has netted over ninety cryptograms in diverse formats. Elgar explained, "It may be noticed that the opening bar, a phrase made use of throughout the variation, is an 'exercise' for crossing the strings – a difficulty for beginners; on this is built a pensive and, for a moment, romantic movement.". The themes from two variations are echoed: "Nimrod" and "C.A.E. Tired from a day of giving violin lessons, Elgar … [3], The European continental premiere was performed in Düsseldorf, Germany on 7 February 1901, under Julius Buths (who would also conduct the European premiere of The Dream of Gerontius in December 1901). Nimrod from Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations. Edward Elgar composed his Variations on an Original Theme, Op. W hen Sir Edward Elgar wrote the Enigma Variations 120 years ago he set one of the most enduring and baffling puzzles that has confounded mathematical and musical minds alike.. Reviewing published Enigma solutions in 1939, A competition organized by the American magazine, Clive McClelland has proposed a counterpoint with, Entries in this category submitted to the, In 1985 Marshall Portnoy suggested that the key to the Enigma is Bach's, Ed-Newton Rex superimposed the enigma theme on, Other tunes which have been suggested on the basis of a postulated melodic or harmonic connection to Elgar's theme include, Edmund Green suggested that the "larger theme" is Shakespeare's sixty-sixth sonnet and that the word "Enigma" stands for the real name of the. But that puzzle was easy and was solved right away. 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