Oct 03 Blog The English Violin Photo: A portrait of English violinist Albert Sammons. Edward Elgar’s Violin Sonata was one of three chamber works Elgar composed more or less concurrently towards the end of the First World War at Brinkwells, the country cottage the Elgars had rented near Fittleworth in Sussex. Although he had begun work on the String Quartet before […] By Alan Brandt Oct 03 Blog The English Violin By Alan Brandt