Wikipedia has a post about the entire musical score of the Enigma variations, and the people who inspired each section.
Variation IX (Adagio) "Nimrod" The name of the variation refers to Augustus J. Jaeger, who was employed as a music editor by the London publisher Novello & Co. ... Nimrod is described in the Old Testament as "a mighty hunter before the Lord", Jäger (which can also be spelt Jaeger) being German for hunter....
Once, when Elgar had been very depressed and was about to give it all up and write no more music, Jaeger had visited him and encouraged him to continue composing. He referred to Ludwig van Beethoven, who had a lot of worries, but wrote more and more beautiful music. "And that is what you must do" ....
This variation has become popular in its own right and is sometimes used at British funerals, memorial services, and other solemn occasions. It is always played at the Cenotaph, Whitehall in London at the National Service of Remembrance. A version was also played during the Hong Kong handover ceremony in 1997, at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, and during the 2022 BBC Proms after the season was cut short due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. ...An adaptation of the piece appears at the ending of the 2017 film Dunkirk in the score by Hans Zimmer.
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