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Enigma Fountain (Sir Edward Elgar)
Enigma Fountain (Sir Edward Elgar)
Enigma Fountain (Sir Edward Elgar)
Enigma Fountain (Sir Edward Elgar)
Enigma Fountain (Sir Edward Elgar)
Enigma Fountain (Sir Edward Elgar)
Enigma Fountain (Sir Edward Elgar)
Enigma Fountain (Sir Edward Elgar)
Enigma Fountain (Sir Edward Elgar)
Enigma Fountain (Sir Edward Elgar)
Enigma Fountain (Sir Edward Elgar)
Enigma Fountain (Sir Edward Elgar)
Enigma Fountain (Sir Edward Elgar)
Enigma Fountain (Sir Edward Elgar)
Enigma Fountain (Sir Edward Elgar)
Enigma Fountain (Sir Edward Elgar)

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This work consists of two different and contrasting elements – the life-size bronze figure of Sir Edward Elgar standing with his left hand upon the railing, and the bold simplified forms of the nearby fountain. Four irregular standing stone slabs, almost twice the composer's height, surround a horizontal slate cross with a water spring at its centre that alludes to the monastic origins of the town which grew up around the pure springs. Arching over it, within the four stones, is a tall slate arch only slightly lower than the stones that symbolises the priory. Elgar looks out past the fountain towards the Blue Bird Tea Rooms, where he regularly had tea.
Title

Enigma Fountain (Sir Edward Elgar)

Date

1999–2000

Medium

bronze, York stone & Welsh slate

Measurements

H 175 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

WR14_DJ_S001

Acquisition method

commissioned by Malvern Hills District Council

Work type

Statue

Owner

Malvern Hills District Council

Custodian

Malvern Hills District Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

26th May 2000

Access

at all times

Inscription description

inscriptions: On the top surfaces of the fourteen sides of the base of the fountain, in a script that replicates that of Elgar's own handwriting in the original manuscript, are the initials of the people who inspired the 14 different sections of the Enigma Variations: I. C.A.E. / II. H.D.S-P. / R.B.T. / IV. W.M.B. / V. R.P.A. / VI. I.F. / VII. A.T.G. / VIII. W.N. / IX. A.J.J. / X. D.P. / XI. G.R.S. / XII. B.G.N. / XIII. *** / XIV. E.D.U. On the stones of the upper part of the base: WE ARE THE MUSIC MAKERS WE ARE THE DREAMERS OF DREAMS.......; at base level, near the statue of Elgar: Enigma Fountain / Unveiled by Prince Andrew / Sculpted by Rose Garrard 2000

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