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Elgar Enterprises is the trading arm of the Elgar
Society. The company was formed in August 1999 with the prime objective of raising funds to
support the Society's charitable work. This the company plans to do by the publication and sale
of goods in five main areas defined in the company's Memorandum of Association :
- traditional publishing ventures : Elgar Editions, the company's publishing
imprint, aims to publish a minimum of one substantial hardback book each Autumn and one
shorter softback monograph each Spring. The Best of Me : a
Gerontius Centenary
Companion, a 384-page book presenting a rounded history of
The Dream of Gerontius is the first hardback publication, to be published in
early November 1999. Work is already in hand on the first softback publication, provisionally
titled In the Bavarian Highlands, with a planned publication date of May 2000,
and we are negotiating to publish the latest book by a major Elgarian biographer later in the same
year.
- audio CD recordings : with all of Elgar's major works now readily available through High
Street retail outlets, the company will concentrate on the less well known works and unusual and
unrecorded arrangements of the better known works. A complete edition of the piano
arrangements for two and four hands has been discussed.
- electronic publishing : the company is working towards the publication in early 2001 of
a CD-ROM containing all twentieth century issues of the Elgar Society Journal, News and the
earlier Newsletter, together with an updated bibliography, a copy of this website and a short
history of the Society. Other CD-ROM projects are under consideration.
- web authoring : a web authoring service for choirs, societies and other bodies with aims
compatible with those of the Elgar Society is planned.
- consumables and souvenirs : ideas include Elgar notelets, an annual themed Elgar
calendar, a new design of Elgar Society tie and other, smaller souvenirs such as a mousemat,
keyrings and pens.
As plans firm up, new publications will be announced on this page, and special pre-publication
offers will be made on the Market Place pages of the website.
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