Elgar in Turkey, the English Composer's Visit to Istanbul and Turkey
“Glorious sunrise, & the minarets of Stamboul began to come thro the mist -wonderful! wonderful!” wrote Sir Edward Elgar in his diary on the day he arrived in Istanbul on 25 September 1905. Over a century later, music historian Dr Emre Aracı traces this unique journey to Istanbul and Izmir with the aid of Elgar's diary and finds him at a recital in Therapia and rediscovers the composer in a solo piano piece aptly entitled In Smyrna. For the English edition of the book please
Elgar in Turkey, the English Composer's Visit to Istanbul and Turkey
“Glorious sunrise, & the minarets of Stamboul began to come thro the mist -wonderful! wonderful!” wrote Sir Edward Elgar in his diary on the day he arrived in Istanbul on 25 September 1905. Over a century later, music historian Dr Emre Aracı traces this unique journey to Istanbul and Izmir with the aid of Elgar's diary and finds him at a recital in Therapia and rediscovers the composer in a solo piano piece aptly entitled In Smyrna. For the English edition of the book please