The ''Elegy for Brahms'' is a short symphonic movement for

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, written by Hubert Parry in 1897. It was written shortly after the death of

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, whom Parry considered the greatest artist of the time. The ''Elegy'' is in the key of

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, and is marked ''Maestoso espressivo - Largamente - Tempo primo''. The work

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Brahms's music in several places. The work was not performed in Parry's lifetime. Following his own death in October 1918, it was performed at a memorial concert for him at the

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on 8 November 1918, conducted by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, who had slightly revised the work. It did not receive its second performance until 1977. It has received recordings conducted by Sir

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and Matthias Bamert.

References

;Notes ;Sources * * {{Authority control Compositions by Hubert Parry 1897 compositions Compositions for symphony orchestra Compositions in A minor Funerary and memorial compositions

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