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Newman and Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius
by Joanna Bullivant | Nov 2, 2020 | History, Newman Today, Theology | 0
Composed in 1900, a decade after the Cardinal’s death, Elgar’s Gerontius is not a collaboration but a new interpretation. What, then, did Newman’s poem mean to Elgar, and how did the composer articulate Newman’s vision musically?
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