Edward Elgar wrote the Enigma Variations (Variations on an Original Theme, Opus 36) in 1898 and first performed it in 1899.
It was called The Enigma Machine for German encoding.
Enigma was used for war. Enigma was first invented by German engineer in World War 1.
The Polish Cipher Bureau were the first to break Germany's military Enigma ciphers .
enigma was the German code making machine not code breaking ultra was the code breaking machine
it is a brown wooden box with a typing machine inside, this would break the enigma code, the Germans used this machine in WW2
Edward Elgar
14 Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar
Elgar said of his "Variations on an Original Theme" that there is a well-known tune hidden in the work which, nevertheless, is not played outright. The "enigma" is the question of what that tune might be, and it has given the work its second name, the "Enigma Variations." Elgar took the secret with him to the grave.
The unstated Principal Theme to Elgar's Enigma Variations has been discovered. It is "Ein feste Burg" (A Mighty Fortress) by Martin Luther as realized by J.S. Bach and Felix Mendelssohn.
Guess : Enigma variations, Nimrod ?
Nimrod. (Not an insult. It's actually the name of the variation.)
Langston hughes
The use of the word enigma is apparently an enigma to you! Delicious irony!
The Enigma goes by Slug.
Enigma is a complex riddle or puzzle.
"An enigma wrapped in mystery and riddled with controversy" is how UFO's have been described. He/she is an enigma. The location of 'The Lost Dutchman' gold mine remains an enigma.
Nobody knows exactly, but since the Goldberg Variations were published in 1741, we can conclude that Bach likely wrote them sometime around then