NOTE L003304
DATEApril 30, 2026
STATUSFiled
SUBJECTElgar: Violin Concerto

What inscription appears on the manuscript of Elgar’s Violin Concerto?

The manuscript bears the Spanish inscription ‘Aqui está encerrada el alma de…..’ (‘Herein is enshrined the soul of…..’). The identity of the person referred to has been much debated, with Alice Stuart-Wortley and Helen Weaver as leading candidates.

Report L003304. Filed.


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