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Elgar, Edward : Salut d'amour Op.12

Work Overview

Music ID : 6560
Composition Year：1888　
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：Various works
Total Playing Time：3 min 00 sec
Copyright：Public Domain

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Author : Nagai, Shinnosuke

Last Updated: March 12, 2018
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Writer: Nagai, Shinnosuke

Author : Ueda, Yasushi

Last Updated: January 29, 2021
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

“Salut d'Amour” is one of Elgar's most popular works, alongside the orchestral march “Pomp and Circumstance.” This piece originated from his romance with Caroline Alice Roberts, who was his piano student. In 1888, he presented several love songs to Alice. Among these, “Liebesbotschaft” (Op. 13-1) and “Salut d'Amour” (Op. 12), both containing “love” in their titles, were written for violin and piano. As Elgar also played the violin, he likely intended them for private performance with Alice.

On May 8, 1889, Elgar married Alice. Lacking fame at the time, Elgar needed to publish pieces for amateurs, so in 1889, he sold “Salut d'Amour” to Schott. This unexpectedly became a hit, but because he had sold the copyright to the publisher, he did not receive royalty income (Schott later decided to pay royalties). The dedication “à Carice” was added to the cover, which is a contraction of his wife's name, Caroline Alice. This name was given to their only daughter, born in 1990.

The simultaneous creation of the original violin and piano version, a piano solo version made for wider dissemination, and an orchestral version performed in 1889, testifies to its popularity from the time of its publication.

Writer: Ueda, Yasushi

Arrangements & Related Works(17)

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Elgar, Edward： Salut d'amour Op.12

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anonymous / unknown： Salut d'amour

Total Performance Time: 0 min 30 sec 

Elgar, Edward： Salut d'amour Op.12

Composition Year: 1888  Total Performance Time: 3 min 00 sec 

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Key: Es-Dur  Total Performance Time: 2 min 50 sec 

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