Editing Pomp and Circumstance Marches (section)

===March No. 6 in G minor===
====History====
Elgar left sketches for a sixth ''Pomp and Circumstance'' march, to be the final work in the set.

====Version orchestrated by Percy M. Young====
In 1956, [[Boosey & Hawkes|Boosey & Co.]] published a ''Military March No. 6'' in the key of B{{music|flat}} major, arranged and orchestrated by [[Percy M. Young]]. According to the introduction<ref>Full score: Boosey & Co. Ltd., London, Edward Elgar, Military March No. 6 in B{{music|flat}}, arranged and orchestrated by Percy M. Young</ref> Young indicates that certain manuscripts were made available to him from the estate of the Grafton family (of Elgar's niece May Grafton), including a short score dated March 1924 and separate violin and cello parts. Elgar indicated details of orchestration and expression. From these sources Young orchestrated 117 bars for full orchestra including harp (but not organ). However it appears to be substantially ''The Empire March'' composed for the [[British Empire Exhibition]] of 1924, including the Trio section ''[[A Song of Union]]''.

====Version completed by Anthony Payne====
In 2005, Elgar's sketches were sent by the lawyer for the Elgar Will Trust in a bundle to the English composer [[Anthony Payne]]. Also included was an article titled "Circumstantial Evidence" by the Elgar authority Christopher Kent from the August 1997 ''Musical Times'' explaining the sketches. One idea in the sketches was marked by the composer "jolly good". Kent believed that Elgar's compositional thoughts and time were by then engaged with the Third Symphony and ''The Spanish Lady'', and that the main theme for the march was "unpromising". Payne felt there was not enough in the sketches to complete the march, but three pages of score in Elgar's handwriting were discovered at the [[Royal School of Church Music]] Colles Library marked "P&C 6". In 2006, the score and sketches were turned into a performing version. Payne observed in the programme notes that "Nowhere else in the Pomp and Circumstance marches does Elgar combine compound and duple metres in this way". Payne concluded the piece with a brief allusion to the first Pomp and Circumstance March. The world premiere of Payne's version was on 2 August 2006 with [[Andrew Davis (conductor)|Andrew Davis]] conducting the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]] at the [[BBC Proms]] at [[Royal Albert Hall]]. The first recording was by the [[BBC National Orchestra of Wales]] under [[Richard Hickox]].

====Instrumentation====
The instrumentation is: [[piccolo]], 2 [[Western concert flute|flutes]], 2 [[oboe]]s, [[cor anglais]], 2 [[soprano clarinet|clarinets in B{{music|flat}}]], [[bass clarinet]] in B{{music |flat}}, 2 [[bassoon]]s, [[contrabassoon]], 4 [[French horn|horns]] in F, 3 [[trumpet]]s in B{{music |flat}}, 3 [[trombone]]s, [[tuba]], [[timpani]] (4), percussion ([[snare drum|side drum]], [[cymbal]]s, [[bass drum]], [[jingle bell|jingles]], [[glockenspiel]]), and [[string section|strings]].