Description
Nimrod (Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, "Enigma": IX), by Edward Elgar arranged by Paul Burnell.
For Duet - Tenor Recorder, Bass Recorder
The download comprises both score and parts.
Duration 2:40
In this arrangement the melody is shared between the two instruments and the key has been transposed to C major.
In bars 7 and 9 of the Bass Recorder part the bracketed notes may be played should the low F sharp be unavailable.
Programme note:
English composer Edward Elgar wrote the orchestral work‘ Variations on an Original Theme’, popularly known as the Enigma Variations, between 1898 and 1899. The work is dedicated "to my friends pictured within", each variation being a musical representation of one of his close acquaintances. The name of the ninth variation “Nimrod” refers to Augustus Jaeger, Elgar’s music editor.