Elgar's Enigma Theme with “Like to the Damask Rose”

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Zachery Belanger recently proposed that the secret melody to Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations is Elgar’s song “Like to the Damask Rose.”

https://zbelanger.medium.com/solutions-to-the-dorabella-cipher-and-edward-elgars-enigma-65583d2506c5

The most direct way to test this hypothesis is to play both melodies simultaneously. Such a comparison confirms that “Like to the Damask Rose” fails to produce a credible horizontal or vertical fit with the Enigma Theme.

To find out the actual secret melody to the Enigma Variations, visit http://enigmathemeunmasked.blogspot.com/2012/09/table-of-contents.html

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