As the title suggests, this short and sweet piece is a love song:
Elgar finished the piece in July 1888, when he was romantically involved with Caroline Alice Roberts, and he called it “Liebesgruss” (‘Love’s Greeting’) because of Miss Roberts’ fluency in German. On their engagement she had already presented him with a poem “The Wind at Dawn” which he set to music and, when he returned home to London on 22 September from a holiday at the house of his friend Dr. Charles Buck in Settle, he gave her Salut d’Amour as an engagement present. (Wikipedia)
Jesus.
My friend listened to hundreds of recordings and insisted that Daniel Hope did Sir Edward Elgar’s Salut d’amour’s best recording. “On April 22, 2016 violin legend Yehudi Menuhin would have celebrated his 100th birthday. Daniel Hope dedicates a complete album to his former mentor and close friend - “My Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin”. Watch Daniel Hope play “Salut d´amour” of Edward Elgar.”
Guess love isn’t all valentines-day exclusive.