Few copies were sold until Schott changed the title to "Salut d'Amour" with Liebesgruss as a sub-title, and the composer's name as 'Ed.

[3] The first public performance was of the orchestral version, at a Crystal Palace concert on 11 November 1889, conducted by August Manns.

"Salut d'amour" is one of Elgar's best-known works and has inspired numerous arrangements for widely varying instrumental combinations.

There are also versions with lyrics in different languages, for example the song "Woo thou, Sweet Music" with words by A. C. Bunten,[5] and "Violer" (Pansies) in Swedish.

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes based on Edgar Rice Burrough's famous novel features "Salut d'amour" being played on a gramophone by Belgian explorer Phillippe d'Arnot and a band of British adventurers including the brutal hunter Major Jack Downing