Path 24
Music of the nations
Folk songs, dances and landscapes, from Liszt's Hungary to Márquez's Mexico.
Liszt → Smetana → Grieg → Albéniz → Dvořák → Sibelius → Elgar → Vaughan Williams → Janáček → Villa-Lobos → Rodrigo → Márquez
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, Op. 39
This guide follows Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, Op. 39 (1901) in one part.
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Follow all 5 sections as they play, free for 3 days
0:02–8:31
A fast, fiery leads to the brisk main (A). The long, grand tune known as 'Land of Hope and Glory' is saved for the (B), the of the , and is heard first in G major and then in the home of D. The then . The finishes with the music of the opening , not with the big tune.
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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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