ABSTRACT

This title was first published in 2000:  August Jaeger was one of Elgar's most devoted supporters and was the subject of one of Elgar's most inspired movements, the Nimrod variation. This study explores the correspondence between Jaeger and the famous English composer.

part |2 pages

Part One 1860-1904: 'And your young men shall see visions'

chapter 1|22 pages

1860-95: Düsseldorf to London

chapter 2|11 pages

1896-97: Composers Old and New

chapter 3|20 pages

1898: The Russian Campaign

chapter 4|16 pages

1899: A Quaint Idee

chapter 5|26 pages

1900: Mystic, Sublime, Superb

chapter 7|18 pages

1902: Kensington to Muswell Hill

chapter 9|27 pages

1904: Remission and Relapse

part |2 pages

Part Two 1905-09: Prisoner of Hope

chapter 10|24 pages

1905: 'This Godforsaken, lonely Hole'

chapter 11|14 pages

1906: 'Please not lose heart'

chapter 12|12 pages

1907: Dum Spiro Spero

chapter 13|31 pages

1908: The Road to Hell

chapter 14|14 pages

1909: 'I can no more ... '

chapter 15|12 pages

In Memory of a Seer