Idylle is a piece for violin and piano composed by Edward Elgar in 1884, as his Opus 4, No.
Appended to the title is the description Esquisse Facile, which means "Easy Sketch".
John Beare was the brother-in-law of Elgar's friend Dr. Charles Buck.
Elgar was a young unmarried man of 27 when he met the "Miss E. E." of the dedication whilst on holiday in Scotland in the summer of 1884.
[2] It seems appropriate and may be significant that the music contains the Scotch snap rhythm at the end of the principal subject.