The English Composer’s Visit to Istanbul and Izmir
“Glorious sunrise, & the minarets of Stamboul began to come thro the mist - wonderful! wonderful!” wrote Sir Edward Elgar in his diary on the day he arrived in Istanbul on 25 September 1905. Over a century later, music historian Dr Emre Aracı traces this unique journey to Istanbul and Izmir with the aid of Elgar’s diary, where he finds Elgar at a recital in Therapia and rediscovers the composer in a solo piano piece aptly entitled In Smyrna.
Publication Year: 2014
Number of pages: 106
ISBN: 978-605-4642-26-7
5 Introduction
9 1905
15 An unexpected invitation
18 London
21 From Charing Cross to Brindisi on board the Indian Mail train
25 Corfu
28 From Patras to Athens
32 Dinner on board HMS Bulwark
34 Colourful characters
39 Towards Istanbul
40 The shepherd on Lemnos
43 A diplomatic crisis
44 At Tchanak (Çanakkale)
46 Accident on the Austrian-Lloyd
48 First lights of Stamboul - "wonderful! wonderful!"
51 Confusion at the Port of Galata
53 Pera Palas
55 “Providence is kinder to Moslems than to Xtians!”
59 Call to prayer at the Grand Bazaar and Topkapı Palace
61 The ritual of taking Turkish coffee
62 Street dogs of Istanbul
65 Oxford in Istanbul
68 The reception which never took place
70 Hôtel d'Angleterre (Petala) Therapia
74 Elgar's concert in Therapia
78 Farewell to Istanbul
80 Izmir
82 The Caravan Bridge
85 A visit to the whirling dervishes
87 Time to raise anchor
89 In Smyrna
90 The long wait in Patras
94 Brindisi, Bologna, Milan...
98 Dover
100 “Back to this dreary civilization”
102 “My dear ones all well & safe”
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