Pomp and Circumstance

Sir Edward Elgar

This work bears the designation Opus 39.

General Info

Year: 1896 / 2011
Duration: c. 2:15
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $6.00

Instrumentation (Flexible)

Full Score
Part 1

C Treble Part
High B-flat Part
High E-flat Part

Part 2

C Treble Part
High B-flat Part
High E-flat Part
F Horn Part

Part 3

Low B-flat Part
Low E-flat Part
Bass Clef Part
F Horn Part
Viola Part

Part 4

Low B-flat Part
Low E-flat Part
Bass Clef Part

Bass Part
Tuba Part
Timpani (optional)
Keyboards (optional)
Mallets (optional)
Percussion (optional), including:

Bass Drum
Snare
Crash Cymbal

Guitar (optional)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The Pomp and Circumstance Marches (full title Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches), Op. 39, are a series of marches for orchestra composed by Sir Edward Elgar. March No. 1 was composed in 1901 and dedicated "to my friend Alfred E. Rodewald and the members of the Liverpool Orchestral Society".

The best known of the set, March No. 1 had its premiere, along with the more reserved second March, in Liverpool on 19 October 1901, with Elgar conducting the Liverpool Orchestral Society. Both marches were played two days later at a London Promenade Concert in the Queen's Hall London, conducted by Henry Wood, with March No. 1 played second, and the audience "...rose and yelled... the one and only time in the history of the Promenade concerts that an orchestral item was accorded a double encore."

The Trio contains the tune known as Land of Hope and Glory. In the United States, the Trio is often known simply as "Pomp and Circumstance" or as "The Graduation March" and is played as the processional tune at virtually all high school and some college graduation ceremonies. It was first played at such a ceremony on 28 June 1905, at Yale University.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Land of Hope and Glory (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1907/2007)
Nimrod (Flex Instrumentation) (arr. Bocook) (1899/2011)
Pomp and Circumstance (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1907/2011)

All Wind Works

As Torrents in Summer (tr. Davis) (1896/1968)
As Torrents in Summer (arr. Rager) (1896/2018)
Cello Concerto (arr. McLain) (1919/2013)
Chanson de Matin (arr. de Meij) (c. 1890/1988)
The Crown of India March (arr. Winterbottom) (1912)
The Crown of India Suite (arr. Winterbottom) (1912/1913)
The Empire March (arr. Noble) (1924/2020)
Enigma Variations (tr Patterson). See: Variations on an Original Theme: "Enigma"
Enigma Variations (tr. Slocum) (1899/)
Enigma Variations (arr. Thompson)
Graduation Suite (with Mouret; arr. Story) (2002)
March of the Mogul Emperors (arr. Longfield)
Land of Hope and Glory (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1907/2007)
Nimrod (Flex Instrumentation) (arr. Bocook) (1899/2011)
Nimrod (arr. Borsvold) (1899/2005)
Nimrod (Clarinet Choir) (arr. Hautvast) (1899/2008)
Nimrod (Saxophone Choir) (arr. Hautvast) (1899/2008)
Nimrod (Woodwind Ensemble) (arr. Hautvast) (1899/2010)
Nimrod (arr. Glover) (1899/2018)
Nimrod (arr. Moerenhout) (1899/1954)
Nimrod (tr. D. Patterson) (1899/)
Nimrod (arr. Reed) (1899/1965)
Pomp and Circumstance (arr. Kinyon) (1907/1969)
Pomp and Circumstance (arr. Martin) (1907/2023)
Pomp and Circumstance (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1907/2011)
Pomp and Circumstance Marches (arr. Caron)
Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 1 (tr. Retford; ed. Reed) (1901/1902/2000)
Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 2 (tr. Retford; ed. Reed) (1901/2000)
Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 3 (tr. Retford; ed. Reed) (1904/2000)
Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 4 (tr. Retford; ed. Reed) (1907/2000)
Salut d'Amour (arr. Hautvast) (1888/2007)
Salut d'Amour (arr. Molenaar) (1888/2018)
Sérénade Lyrique (arr. Hautvast) (/2011)
The Severn Suite (tr. Reed) (1930/1973)
Sursum Corda (arr. Houseknecht) (1894/1967)
Triumphal March (arr. Pollen)
Variations on an Original Theme: "Enigma" (tr. Patterson) (1899/)

Resources

Perusal score
Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Wikipedia Accessed 28 June 2016