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Did Edward Elgar have anyone influence his career?
Of later English composers, Edward Elgar regarded Purcell as the greatest, and he said that he had learned much of his own technique from studying Hubert Parry's writings.
Did Edward Elgar win any awards?
Edward Elgar received the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society.
Did Edward Elgar work with anyone famous?
Edward Elgar's other works of his middle period include incidental music for Grania and Diarmid, a play by George Moore and W. B. Yeats.

Question: Where was he born?
Self-contained rewrite: Where was Edward Elgar born?