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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.

Question: Did he work with anyone famous?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Edward Elgar work with anyone famous?