Granville Bantock was the dedicatee of the second one, which contains an A major trio and a main key of A minor, while Ivor Atkins of Worcester Cathedral was the dedicatee of the peculiarly dark third one in C minor.
Granville Bantock was the dedicatee of the second one, which contains an A major trio and a main key of A minor, while Ivor Atkins of Worcester Cathedral was the dedicatee of the peculiarly dark third one in C minor. It took 23 years after the completion of the fourth one in G major before the composer began writing the fifth, and last finished one in C major. The composer combined the first, and most popular, one with A.C. Benson's lyrics for "Land of Hope and Glory" to produce an ode for the 1902 coronation of Edward VII. FTP, name this series of Edward Elgar marches linked with graduation ceremonies.
Granville Bantock was the dedicatee of the second one, which contains an A major trio and a main key of A minor, while Ivor Atkins of Worcester Cathedral was the dedicatee of the peculiarly dark third one in C minor.
{Pomp and Circumstance} Marches