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Pomp and Circumstance is comprised of six marches and was composed over the course of thirty years, with the last march ( No. Which, did you know has words? Singer Clara Butt saw the potential of Pomp and Circumstance to be a vocal piece when combined with A.C. 1 in Dand really just the playing the Land of Hope and Glory part (again and again and again…). Quite fitting for the accomplishment of graduation!īand kids across America are only playing a small portion of the entire suite entitled March No. With the meaning of “ an ostentatious display of ceremonial grandeur“. Now, you can’t attend a graduation in the United States without hearing Pomp and Circumstance.Īccording to different sources, either the phrase “pomp and circumstance” can be either attributed to William Shakespeare’s Othello, or Philip Massinger’s The Bashful Lover. Followed by the University of Chicago and then Columbia. 1 in its graduation ceremony the next year. Not to be outdone, Princeton used the March No. That year, Elgar was granted an honorary doctorate from Yale University and he walked off the stage to Pomp and Circumstance. It was in 1905 when the score become associated with graduation ceremonies in the United States. After revisions, Pomp and Circumstance was played at a gala concert after the ceremony and was an immediate hit (even seen as England’s unofficial national anthem). Later, Elgar was commissioned to write music for the coronation ceremony of King Edward VII.

The composition was first played at London Promenade Concert to a roaring crowd and two ovations.

1 in D), commonly known as “the graduation song” was written in 1901 by English composer Sir Edward Elgar. Well, this geek could not let an opportunity to research pass her by and now I get to share my findings! Lucky you! brought up the topic of “the graduation song”… What’s it actually called? Why do schools cross the United States use the same song over and over, from Elementary to University? and Isn’t time to find a different song to play? (Memories of high school band kids looking bored flitted through my mind…)