Enigma Variations

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:Op._36
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Edward_Elgar
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dedicatedTo Elgar's friends
gptkbp:duration approximately 30 minutes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Enigma Variations
gptkbp:influenced British music
gptkbp:inspiredBy Elgar's friends and acquaintances
gptkbp:language instrumental
gptkbp:mystery hidden theme
gptkbp:notableConductor gptkb:Sir_Edward_Elgar
gptkb:Sir_Adrian_Boult
gptkb:Sir_Georg_Solti
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Berlin_Philharmonic_Orchestra
gptkb:Chicago_Symphony_Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
gptkbp:notableVariant gptkb:Dorabella
gptkb:Nimrod
gptkb:Nimrod_(Variation_IX)
gptkbp:numberOfRooms 14
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Variations_on_an_Original_Theme,_Op._36
gptkbp:orchestration full orchestra
gptkbp:premiereDate 1899-06-19
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:St_James's_Hall,_London
gptkbp:publishedBy gptkb:Novello_&_Co.
gptkbp:subjectOf BBC Proms performances
film and television usage
musicological analysis
recordings by major orchestras
gptkbp:theme Original theme by Elgar
gptkbp:variationI gptkb:C.A.E._(Caroline_Alice_Elgar)
gptkbp:variationII gptkb:H.D.S-P._(Hew_David_Steuart-Powell)
gptkbp:variationIII gptkb:R.B.T._(Richard_Baxter_Townshend)
gptkbp:variationIV gptkb:W.M.B._(William_Meath_Baker)
gptkbp:variationIX gptkb:Nimrod
gptkbp:variationV gptkb:R.P.A._(Richard_Penrose_Arnold)
gptkbp:variationVI gptkb:Ysobel_(Isabel_Fitton)
gptkbp:variationVII gptkb:Troyte_(Arthur_Troyte_Griffith)
gptkbp:variationVIII gptkb:W.N._(Winifred_Norbury)
gptkbp:variationX gptkb:Dorabella_(Dora_Penny)
gptkbp:variationXI gptkb:G.R.S._(George_Robertson_Sinclair)
gptkbp:variationXII gptkb:B.G.N._(Basil_G._Nevinson)
gptkbp:variationXIII Romanza (***)
gptkbp:variationXIV gptkb:E.D.U._(Edward_Elgar)
gptkb:E.D.U._(Elgar_himself)
gptkbp:yearComposed 1898
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Opera_House
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4