Editing Pomp and Circumstance Marches (section)

====History====
The best-known of the six marches, ''Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D'' had its premiere, along with March No. 2, in [[Liverpool]] on 19 October 1901, with Alfred Rodewald<ref>The Elgar Society website [http://www.elgar.org/3pomp-a.htm] mentions new research (August 2015) suggesting that Elgar conducted on that occasion, but is unclear whether Elgar conducted both marches or just No. 1.</ref> conducting the Liverpool Orchestral Society.{{sfn|Kennedy|1987|p=285}} Elgar and his wife attended, and it was a "frantic" success.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|1984|p=357}}: "He and Alice went to Liverpool for Rodewald's première of the two ''Pomp and Circumstance'' Marches. The success of the first March especially was frantic.</ref> Both marches were played two days later at a London Promenade Concert (which the Elgars unintentionally missed) in the [[Queen's Hall]] London, conducted by [[Henry Wood]], with March No. 1 played second. Wood remembered that 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."{{sfn|Wood|1938|p=203-204}}

The ''[[Ternary form#Compound ternary or trio form|Trio]]'' contains the tune known as "[[Land of Hope and Glory]]". In 1902 the tune was re-used, in modified form, for the "Land of hope and glory" section of his ''[[Coronation Ode]]'' for King [[Edward VII]].<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|1984|p=365}}: "[Working on the ''Coronation Ode'', Elgar] wrote to Arthur Benson to ask whether words might be written to fit the ''Pomp and Circumstance'' Trio tune ... [Benson] sent verses for a Finale beginning 'Land of hope and glory ...'"</ref> The words were further modified to fit the original tune. The result has since become a fixture at the [[BBC Proms|Last Night of the Proms]], and an English sporting anthem and general patriotic song.

March No. 1 was the first piece in the recessional music for the coronations of [[George VI]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 11, 2024 |title=Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance Marches: what they are, when he composed them and their place in history |url=https://www.classical-music.com/features/works/elgars-pomp-circumstance-marches-guide}}</ref> and [[Elizabeth II]], followed in both cases by March No. 4.
<ref>{{cite web
 | title = George VI Coronation Music
 | publisher = Westminster Abbey
 | url = https://www.westminster-abbey.org/media/5355/george-vi-coronation-music.pdf
 | access-date = 30 August 2023
 | archive-date = 14 January 2024
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240114061239/https://www.westminster-abbey.org/media/5355/george-vi-coronation-music.pdf
 | url-status = dead
 }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web
 | title = Music Played at the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey
 | publisher = Westminster Abbey
 | url = https://www.westminster-abbey.org/media/5250/elizabeth-ii-coronation-1953-music-full-list.pdf
 | access-date = 30 August 2023
 | archive-date = 30 August 2023
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230830102307/https://www.westminster-abbey.org/media/5250/elizabeth-ii-coronation-1953-music-full-list.pdf
 | url-status = dead
 }}</ref>

[[File:Pomp and circumstances No. 1.ogg|thumb|Instrumental version commonly used in [[graduation ceremonies]], recorded in 1931]]
In Canada, the Philippines, and the United States, the ''Trio'' section "Land of Hope and Glory" of March No. 1 is often known simply as "Pomp and Circumstance" or as "The Graduation March" and is played as the [[Wikt:processional|processional tune]] at virtually all high school and most college graduation ceremonies.<ref name=Hoffman>{{cite web
 | last = Hoffman
 | first = Miles
 | title = Pomp and Circumstance; familiar standard marches ahead of competitors
 | work = Morning Edition
 | publisher = National Public Radio
 | date = 27 May 2003
 | url = https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1273081
 | access-date = 21 January 2009}}</ref> It was first played at such a ceremony on 28 June 1905, at [[Yale University]], where the Professor of Music [[Samuel Sanford]] had invited his friend Elgar to attend commencement and receive an honorary [[Doctor of Music|doctorate of music]]. Elgar accepted, and Sanford made certain he was the star of the proceedings, engaging the [[New Haven Symphony Orchestra]], the College Choir, the Glee Club, the music faculty members, and New York musicians to perform two parts from Elgar's oratorio ''The Light of Life'' and, as the graduates and officials marched out, "Pomp and Circumstance" March No. 1. Elgar repaid the compliment by dedicating his ''[[Introduction and Allegro (Elgar)|Introduction and Allegro]]'' to Sanford later that year.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.btinternet.com/~j.b.w/elg2.htm |first=James |last=Beswick Whitehead |title=Elgar's English Twilight, an Idyll |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630225105/http://www.btinternet.com/~j.b.w/elg2.htm |archive-date=30 June 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}.</ref>