Overview of Edward Elgar’s Composition, Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
Selection: Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 Composer: Edward Elgar (1857 – 1934) This listening selection can be found in the lesson on “Can Music Have a Specific Purpose”. The title of this piece comes from a line in Shakespeare’s Othello (“Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war!”), in 1901. This outwardly straightforward music is known … Read more