Sursum Corda

Sir Edward Elgar

Edward Elgar (trans. Houseknecht)

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This title translates from the Latin as "Lift up your hearts." It bears the designation Opus 11.

General Info

Year: 1894 / 1967
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Sursum corda, Op. 11 is a musical work by the English composer Edward Elgar for strings, brass, timpani and organ, composed in 1894. The composer dedicated it to his friend Henry Dyke Acland (1850-1936), an amateur cellist who was his golfing companion, manager of the Worcester Old Bank in Malvern, and son of Henry Acland.

It was first performed at Worcester Cathedral on 9 April 1894, under the baton of Hugh Blair, organist of the cathedral. The composer was absent from this performance due to the ill health.

The title translates from the Latin to read, "Lift up your hearts".

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

• Louisiana: IV

Performances

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• Virginia Grand Military Band (Alexandria) (Loras John Schissel, conductor) – 4 February 2017

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• Land of Hope and Glory (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1907/2007)
• Nimrod (Flex Instrumentation) (arr. Bocook) (1899/2011)
• Pomp and Circumstance (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1907/2011)

All Wind Works

• As Torrents in Summer (tr. Davis) (1896/1968)
• Chanson de Matin (arr. de Meij) (c. 1890/1988)
• The Crown of India March (arr. Winterbottom) (1912)
• The Crown of India Suite (arr. Winterbottom) (1912/1913)
• Enigma Variations (tr. Patterson) (1899/)
• Enigma Variations (tr. Slocum) (1899/)
• Enigma Variations (arr. Thompson)
• Graduation Suite (with Mouret; arr. Story) (2002)
• March of the Mogul Emperors (arr. Longfield)
• Land of Hope and Glory (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1907/2007)
• Nimrod (Flex Instrumentation) (arr. Bocook) (1899/2011)
• Nimrod (arr. Moerenhout) (1899/1954)
• Nimrod (arr. Reed) (1899/1965)
• Pomp and Circumstance (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1907/2011)
• Pomp and Circumstance Marches (arr. Caron)
• Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 1 (tr. Retford; ed. Reed) (1901/1907/2000)
• Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 2 (tr. Retford; ed. Reed) (1907/2000)
• Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 3 (tr. Retford; ed. Reed) (1907/2000)
• Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 4 (tr. Retford; ed. Reed) (1907/2000)
• The Severn Suite (tr. Reed) (1973)
• Sursum Corda (arr. Houseknecht) (1894/1967)
• Triumphal March (arr. Pollen)
• Variations on an Original Theme: "Enigma" (tr. Patterson) (1899/)

Resources

• Elgar, E.; Houseknecht, B. (1967). Sursum corda = (Lift up your hearts) : op. 11 [score]. C. Fischer: New York.
• Sursum Corda, Wikipedia Accessed 7 February 2017