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The "Enigma" moniker stems from a pair of puzzles Elgar left for his audience and future musicologists:

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: Elgar himself revealed these identities in 1920 . For example, "Nimrod" (Variation IX) represents his close friend and publisher August Jaeger—"Jaeger" being German for "hunter," and Nimrod being a biblical hunter. The "Enigma" moniker stems from a pair of