Elgar, Edward: Salut d'amour op. 12 for Violin and Piano

sheet music

Op. 76
Setting: Violin and Piano
Period: Romantic
Length: 28 pages
Weight: 0.129 kg
Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
Item number: HN1188
ISMN: 9790201811888
Edward Elgar's Salut d'amour is one of those pieces by the British composer that has a particularly haunting melody. The short work also had a special significance for the composer. Caroline Alice Roberts had been having pianolessons with Elgar since 1886. Their teacher-pupil relationship soon blossomed into love and they became engaged in 1888. It was in this year that Elgar composed Salut d'amour for his bride, initially with the German titleLiebesgruss. They got married in 1889 and the work w

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