The Elegy for Brahms is a short symphonic movement for orchestra, written by Hubert Parry in 1897.
It was written shortly after the death of Johannes Brahms, whom Parry considered the greatest artist of the time.
[1] The Elegy is in the key of A minor, and is marked Maestoso espressivo - Largamente - Tempo primo.
Following his own death in October 1918, it was performed at a memorial concert for him at the Royal College of Music on 8 November 1918, conducted by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, who had slightly revised the work.
[2] It has received recordings conducted by Sir Adrian Boult and Matthias Bamert.