Here's a musical riddle that has kept people guessing for over a century. English composer Edward Elgar's Variations on an Original Theme, ('Enigma') op. 36 is one of England's most beloved musical ...

Ever since the work’s premiere in 1899, academics have struggled to uncover the original identity of the theme that appears in all 14 variations. The clues left by Elgar have led to various solutions ...

One theme – endlessly talked about – and fourteen variations on it. Each variation was the result of a parlour game between Elgar and his wife, Alice. He’d played the theme to her, which he described ...

It was perhaps almost inevitable that in the year that marks the 150th anniversary of Elgar's birth we should be presented with a new solution to the enigma at the centre of the Enigma Variations. As ...

ORIGINAL composition drafts of Sir Edward Elgar's masterpiece The Enigma Variations are expected to fetch up to #30,000 at auction tomorrow. The sale of the drafts of what is considered to be one of ...

When Edward Elgar debuted what came to be called his "Enigma Variations" in 1899, he left tantalizing clues in the score about a mystery contained... Elgar's 'Enigma' Still Keeps Music Detectives Busy ...