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| *3a : ostentatious display : vainglory | | *3a : ostentatious display : vainglory |
| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
− | The "'''Pomp''' and Circumstance Marches" (full title "Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches"), Op. 39 are a series of marches for [[orchestra]] composed by Sir [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Elgar Edward Elgar]. | + | The "'''Pomp''' and Circumstance Marches" (full title "Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches"), Op. 39 are a series of marches for [[orchestra]] composed by Sir [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Elgar Edward Elgar]. |
| *The title | | *The title |
− | The title is taken from Act III, Scene III of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare Shakespeare]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othello Othello]: | + | The title is taken from Act III, Scene III of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare Shakespeare]'s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othello Othello]: |
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| :[[Farewell]] the neighing steed and the shrill trump, | | :[[Farewell]] the neighing steed and the shrill trump, |
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| :[[Pride]], pomp, and circumstance of [[glorious]] [[war]]!" | | :[[Pride]], pomp, and circumstance of [[glorious]] [[war]]!" |
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− | But also, on the score of the first march, Elgar set as a motto for the whole set of marches a verse from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Warren,_3rd_Baron_de_Tabley Lord de Tabley]'s poem ''The March of Glory'' which begins | + | But also, on the score of the first march, Elgar set as a motto for the whole set of marches a verse from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Warren,_3rd_Baron_de_Tabley Lord de Tabley]'s poem ''The March of Glory'' which begins |
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| :Like a [[proud]] [[music]] that draws men on to die | | :Like a [[proud]] [[music]] that draws men on to die |
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| :With [[worship]] and with [[conquest]], and the [[voice]] of myriads. | | :With [[worship]] and with [[conquest]], and the [[voice]] of myriads. |
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− | proclaiming the "shows of things": the [[naïve]] [[assumption]] that the splendid show of [[military]] pageantry –"Pomp"– has no [[connection]] with the drabness and [[terror]] —"Circumstance"— of actual warfare. The first four marches were all written before the [[events]] of [[World War I]] shattered that [[belief]], and the styles in which wars were written about spurned the false [[romance]] of the [[battle]]-[[song]]. Elgar understood this.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomp_and_Circumstance_Marches] | + | proclaiming the "shows of things": the [[naïve]] [[assumption]] that the splendid show of [[military]] pageantry –"Pomp"– has no [[connection]] with the drabness and [[terror]] —"Circumstance"— of actual warfare. The first four marches were all written before the [[events]] of [[World War I]] shattered that [[belief]], and the styles in which wars were written about spurned the false [[romance]] of the [[battle]]-[[song]]. Elgar understood this.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomp_and_Circumstance_Marches] |
| ==See also== | | ==See also== |
| *'''''[[Procession]]''''' | | *'''''[[Procession]]''''' |
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| [[Category: Theatre]] | | [[Category: Theatre]] |