On 91 years ago today, on February 23, 1934 (January 10, 1934 in the lunar calendar), Sir Edward Elgar, the great British musical figure, passed away. Sir Edward Elgar was a master of orchestra tone and left behind two symphonies, a violin concerto, a cello concerto, and many chamber music and chorus compositions. Edward Elgar (1857-1934), a British composer, died on February 23, 1934. He learned piano and violin from his father since he was a child. He was extremely diligent and mastered the playing of various musical instruments mainly through self-study, especially violin. His father was a music bookseller and organist in Worcester. Elgar had no formal music education, but studied organ, violin and bassoon. He aspired to become a professional violin soloist and took several classes from Adolf Politzer in London, but later gave up the idea. His wife, Carolyn Alice Roberts, was very helpful to him. Almost all of his successful works were written after marriage. The famous ones are: The cantata "The Dream of Geronsius","Violin Concerto in B Minor","Symphony No. 1","Symphony No. 2","Violin Concerto in E Minor", the chorus "The Black Knight" and "King Olaf", etc., his art is not biased and his thinking is extremely broad. He was once influenced by German romanticism, and his style is solemn and simple. The British people regard him as the British Beethoven. "March of Power and Power" was a work by British composer Edward Elgar in 1901. Because "March of Power and Power" is passionate and solemn and suitable for playing at important ceremonies, it is also called "The No. 1 Ritual March". Later, it was also used as the march of the coronation of the British king, and in modern times it has been used as the background music for graduation ceremonies of Western universities. He devoted his life to working faithfully to improve the level of music in Britain. In 1904, he was knighted and received the Medal of Merit. In addition, he received doctorate degrees in music from Cambridge University, Oxford University, Canterbury and Yale University in the United States. In 1924, he was hired as a former music teacher for the King of England.