It goes without saying that an internet site such as this represents the combined effort and encouragement of many individuals. Apart from office holders of the Elgar Society and Elgar Foundation who have an active interest in getting the site up and running, I would like to place on record my considerable thanks to the following for the assistance they have voluntarily and willingly given:

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In preparing material for the site and, in particular, for the translations of the short biographies :

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For help in inputting:

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For technical advice and assistance :

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For scanning in photographs :

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For helpful and constructive comments :

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The staff at Sonnet for their ever polite help in getting a beginner started.

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And, in particular, to:

Robert Gilbert, my chief collaborator, for assistance across a whole range of areas;

Michael Kennedy, whose extensive and essential writings on Elgar have undoubtedly contributed, consciously and unconsciously, to the content of this site in more ways than even I realise;

Paul Rooke whose efforts have been unstinting in this as in all things;

and finally, to John Kelly, whose idea it was.

While we have attempted to give due credit to all who have played a part in creating this site, we may inevitably have missed someone. If we appear to have overlooked your efforts, please contact us and we will try to make amends.

We have also tried, without great success, to track down copyright holders and obtain their permission for photographs and other material used on the site. If you believe we are using material to which you hold the copyright, again please let us know.

John Norris

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