"Song of Liberty ""Song of Liberty"" is a British patriotic song which became popular during the Second World War. The song was set to the music of Edward Elgar's ""Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4"". It followed the success of Land of Hope and Glory, another patriotic song with lyrics by A. C. Benson set to Elgar's ""Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1"". In 1940, six years after the death of the composer, A. P. Herbert (with permission) wrote lyrics to the tune. Herbert wrote two verses for the song, each followed by a refrain """"All men must be free"
"best known for the first of the five ""Pomp and Circumstance Marches"", which were composed between 1901 and 1930. It is familiar to millions of television viewers all over the world every year who watch the Last Night of the Proms, where it is traditionally performed. When the theme of the slower middle section (technically called the ""trio"") of the first march came into his head, he told his friend Dora Penny, ""I've got a tune that will knock 'em – will knock 'em flat"". When the first march was played in 1901 at a London Promenade Concert, it was"
"friend Alfred E. Rodewald and the members of the Liverpool Orchestral Society"". The instrumentation is: two piccolos (2nd ""ad lib.""), two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets in A, bass clarinet in A, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns in F, two trumpets in F, two cornets in A, three trombones, tuba, three timpani, percussion (bass drum, cymbals, triangle, side drum, jingles, glockenspiel (ad. lib.) and tambourine (ad lib.)), two harps, organ, and strings. 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"
"trumpets in B, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani (4), percussion (side drum, cymbals, bass drum, jingles, glockenspiel), and strings. For piano solo: The first four marches were arranged by Adolf Schmid and March No. 5 by Victor Hely-Hutchinson. For piano duo: March No. 1 was arranged by Adolf Schmid. For organ: March No. 1 was arranged by Edwin H. Lemare and March No. 4 was arranged by G. R. Sinclair. Marches 1–5 have been arranged in simplified and abbreviated form by William McVicker; concert transcriptions of Marches 2, 3, and 5, matching the Lemare and Sinclair arrangements, have been made by"
"most infectious of Walton's essays in that genre."" One nickname for the march was ""Pomp and Circumstance March No. 6"". The march falls into an ABABC form. The march opens in C major over Waltonesque long pedal points, which build energy. The following strain, an Elgarian trio section, moves into A-flat major. Then both march and trio reappear in C again and come to a conclusion in a small heroic coda. It has been arranged for organ by Herbert Murrill and can be found as such in ""A Walton Organ Album"", compiled by Robert Gower and published by Oxford University"
"conducted by Henry J. Wood, who later wrote 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."" To mark the coronation of Edward VII, Elgar was commissioned to set A. C. Benson's ""Coronation Ode"" for a gala concert at the Royal Opera House in June 1901. The approval of the king was confirmed, and Elgar began work. The contralto Clara Butt had persuaded him that the trio of the first ""Pomp and Circumstance"" march could have words fitted to it, and"
"War, MacMillan conducted the TSO in a recording of ""Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2"", by Sir Edward Elgar, recorded on 78 RPM phonograph records, for RCA Victor. This was reportedly the first recording of this work made outside of the United Kingdom. MacMillan conducted the TSO in a number of recordings with Canadian pianist Glenn Gould as soloist, playing works by various composers, including Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven. 115 Park Road, Toronto, Ontario. Located in South Rosedale Heritage Conservation District 6, (enacted 2003): City of Toronto, Heritage Preservation Services Ernest MacMillan Sir Ernest Alexander Campbell MacMillan,"
"in having Elgar awarded an honorary doctorate of music at Yale University on 28 June 1905, where the Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 was played for the first time at such a conferral ceremony. The piece opens with a tutti descending fanfare, which segues into a major-key moderato section, interspersed by an ""Allegretto e poco stringendo"" section consisting of two measures in length. Foreshadowing into a slow, lyrical theme played by the solo viola, Elgar cascades between solo voice and orchestra by use of echo. Elgar writes that this theme is a quotation of a song sung by a"
"clarinets in A, bass clarinet in A, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns in F, 2 trumpets in F, 2 cornets in A, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani (3), percussion (2 side drums, triangle, glockenspiel & jingles, bass drum & cymbals), and strings. It was first performed, as was March No. 1, by the Liverpool Orchestral Society conducted by Alfred Rodewald, in Liverpool on 19 October 1901. Both marches were played two days later at a London Promenade Concert. The second is the shortest and most simply constructed of the marches. The composer Charles Villiers Stanford is said to have preferred this"
"five movements composed by ""Kai Niggemann"", ""Marlon Schumacher"", ""Johannes Kretz"", ""Andrea Szigetvári"" and ""Ivana Ognjanović"" in 2005. Each movement was composed by a different musician, and every movement reflects somehow on the city where the actual musician lives (in other words, there is a movement about ""Münster"", ""Stuttgart"", ""Vienna"", ""Budapest"" and ""Belgrade""). It was first performed on the Internet with live broadcast in Münster, Stuttgart and Vienna on 17 June 2005. A similar piece is Quintessence, also with five movements, each one about one of the five elements. The composers are ""Kai Niggemann"" (Earth), ""Marlon Schumacher"" (Fire), ""Johannes Kretz"" (Quintessence),"
"that no-one should ""tinker"" with the sketches), the Elgar family realised that in 2005 the sketches would come out of copyright. They therefore approved Payne's elaboration of the sketches, on which he had been working and lecturing intermittently since 1993, and he subsequently completed the piece. Payne's version of the symphony was first performed in 1998 to immediate acclaim, and has received numerous subsequent performances and several recordings. Payne has subsequently also composed a version of ""Pomp and Circumstance March"" No. 6 from Elgar's incomplete sketches for the work, which received its first performance under the baton of Sir Andrew"
"newly composed ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ March No. 1 was introduced as an orchestral piece (a year before the words were written), conducted by Henry Wood who later recollected ""little did I think then that the lovely broad melody of the trio would one day develop into our second national anthem"". It was played as ""Land of Hope and Glory"" in the last concert of the 1905 proms, and at the first and last concerts of the 1909 Proms, which also featured Wood's ""Fantasia on British Sea Songs"". The two pieces were played one after another at the closing concerts in"
"made numerous arrangements for orchestra, choir and chamber ensemble. He has made many arrangements of the music of Edward Elgar. His arrangement of Elgar's ""Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5"" was performed at the 2011 Royal Wedding. His other organ arrangements of Elgar have been recorded at Westminster Abbey by Robert Quinney. Farrington has made a version of Elgar's ""Concert Allegro"" for piano and orchestra which he has recorded, as well as his solo piano arrangement of Elgar's ""2nd Symphony."" He has also transcribed Elgar's ""Five Piano Improvisations"" and made piano versions of ""Falstaff"", the ""1st Symphony"", and the Elgar/Payne"
"Mass No. 5 (Schubert) Mass No. 5 in A-flat major, 678, is a mass composed by Franz Schubert, completed in 1822. There is no record of a performance during Schubert's lifetime. It is scored for soprano, alto, tenor and bass soloists, SATB choir with , violin I and II, viola, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones , timpani and basso continuo (cello, double bass and organ). It is classified as a . Schubert commenced composition of the mass in November 1819, completing it three years later in 1822. Various projects had competed for"
"Symphony No. 5 (Mozart) The Symphony No. 5 in B major, K. 22, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in The Hague in December, 1765, at the age of nine, while he was on his musical tour of Western Europe. Mozart fell seriously ill during his stay in The Hague, and he wrote that composition probably while he was convalescing from his illness. The symphony is scored for two oboes, two horns and strings. \relative c"" { </score> The form is that of a three-movement Italian overture: All three movements are colored especially prominently by horns. A rousing first movement"
"Coronation March (Edward German) The Coronation March is a piece for full orchestra composed by Edward German in 1911 upon invitation for the coronation ceremonies of King George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary. The march and its accompanying hymn, ""Veni Creator Spiritus,"" were partly derived from the composer's incidental music to Henry Irving's 1892 production of Henry VIII. In addition to serving as one of several marches during the actual coronation service, the ""Coronation March"" was performed on a number of other royal occasions, most significantly later in 1911 for the Delhi Durbar service, where George and"
"Symphony No. 5 (Honegger) The Symphony No. 5 by Swiss composer Arthur Honegger is a three-movement work for orchestra written in the autumn of 1950. Its subtitle ""Di tre re"" is a reference to the D (re) played by the solo timpani and basses at the end of each movement. It was commissioned by the Natalie Koussevitzky Foundation and first performed on March 9, 1951, by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Charles Munch. Honegger's Fifth Symphony is a three-movement work with a total running time of about 22 minutes. Its three movements are marked: This symphony is published by Éditions"
"Six moments musicaux (Schubert) Six moments musicaux, D. 780 (Op. 94) is a collection of six short pieces for solo piano composed by Franz Schubert. The movements are as follows: Along with the ""Impromptus"", they are among the most frequently played of all Schubert's piano music, and have been recorded many times. No. 3 in F minor has been arranged by Leopold Godowsky and others. It has been said that Schubert was deeply influenced in writing these pieces by the ""Impromptus"", Op. 7, of Jan Václav Voříšek (1822). They were published by Leidesdorf in Vienna in 1828, under the title"
"e giocoso'. Strings; 2 flutes, 1 piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B flat, 4 bassoons; 4 horns in F, 2 cornets à piston, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba; timpani, percussion (bass drum, cymbals, side drum, triangle); harp. Joyeuse marche Joyeuse marche is a popular orchestra piece by the French composer Emmanuel Chabrier. It is the second half of a pair of orchestral pieces (the other was ""Prélude pastoral"") first performed on 4 November 1888 in Angers, conducted by the composer. The ""Joyeuse marche"" is dedicated to Vincent d'Indy. The march went through several versions before arriving at the popular"
"a ""Funeral March"" for 5-part choir and orchestra, curiously written from the liturgical ""Pie Jesu"". It was composed on the occasion of the service celebrated at Notre-Dame-de-Paris in 1806 to commemorate the dead of the Battle of Austerlitz. His contemporary, the critic Albert Gilbert, considered it ""as one of his most remarkable inspirations"". The composer took it over in 1808 on the occasion of the death of cardinal de Belloy, the Archbishop of Paris. The audience was impressed and attributed it to Mozart, whose Mass of ""Requiem"" was performed during the same service. Pierre Desvignes died in 1827 in Paris"
"Folk Group, clarinet choir, flute choir, etc. In July 2004, the Lady Manners School Orchestra reached the national finals of the National Festival of Music for Youth and performed in the Royal Festival Hall, London. In July 2005, the orchestra, conducted by Robert Steadman, was awarded ""outstanding performance"" at the National Festival Music for Youth Finals at Symphony Hall, Birmingham and in November 2005 they were invited to play at the Schools' Prom at the Royal Albert Hall where the 70+ strong orchestra performed a suite from John Williams' score from ""Jurassic Park"" and Elgar's ""Pomp & Circumstance March No."
"such as in the ""Pomp and Circumstance Marches"". It was only a few days after completing the composition that Coates was contacted by the film's producers. However, Coates had a profound dislike of writing film music and turned down their numerous requests. It was not until they told him that this was ""a film of national importance"" that he agreed. On hearing more about the film, he came to the conclusion that the piece he had just finished would be perfect overture. The march was performed for the film by The Associated British Studio Orchestra. The film's musical score was"
"Mozart in the Jungle, Hailey imagines conducting this piece, with Rodrigo encouraging her. Symphony No. 5 (Sibelius) The Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82, by Jean Sibelius is a symphony in three movements. Sibelius was commissioned to write this symphony by the Finnish government in honour of his 50th birthday, which had been declared a national holiday. The symphony was originally composed in 1915. It was revised first in 1916 and then again in 1919. During the composition phase, Sibelius wrote in his diary: ""It is as if God Almighty had thrown down pieces of a mosaic for"
"Piano Concerto No. 5 (Mozart) Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major, K. 175, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1773, at the age of 17. It is Mozart's first original piano concerto; his previous efforts were based on works by other composers. The work is scored for 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings and was the only concerto with trumpets and timpani until No. 10, K. 365. The second movement omits the trumpets and timpani. The three movements of the concerto are listed as follows: This concerto was a favorite of Mozart's and is mentioned"
"Symphony No. 5 (Rouse) The Symphony No. 5 is a symphony for orchestra by the American composer Christopher Rouse. The work was jointly commissioned by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Nashville Symphony, and the Aspen Music Festival. It was completed in Baltimore on February 15, 2015, and was first performed by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Jaap van Zweden at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center on February 9, 2017. The symphony has a duration of roughly 25 minutes and is written in one continuous movement, mimicking the traditional four-movement symphonic form. Rouse drew inspiration for the"
"century, it was generally agreed that Elgar's creative impulse ceased after his wife's death. Anthony Payne's elaboration of the sketches for Elgar's Third Symphony led to a reconsideration of this supposition. Elgar left the opening of the symphony complete in full score, and those pages, along with others, show Elgar's orchestration changed markedly from the richness of his pre-war work. ""The Gramophone"" described the opening of the new work as something ""thrilling ... unforgettably gaunt"". Payne also subsequently produced a performing version of the sketches for a sixth ""Pomp and Circumstance March"", premiered at the Proms in August 2006. Elgar's"
"time."" He added: Symphony No. 5 (Rouse) The Symphony No. 5 is a symphony for orchestra by the American composer Christopher Rouse. The work was jointly commissioned by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Nashville Symphony, and the Aspen Music Festival. It was completed in Baltimore on February 15, 2015, and was first performed by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Jaap van Zweden at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center on February 9, 2017. The symphony has a duration of roughly 25 minutes and is written in one continuous movement, mimicking the traditional four-movement symphonic form. Rouse drew"
"Johann Gottfried Piefke Johann Gottfried Piefke (9 September 1817 – 25 January 1884) was a German conductor, ""Kapellmeister"" and composer of military music. Piefke was born in Schwerin an der Warthe in the Grand Duchy of Posen. In the 1850s, he was Bandmaster for the 8th Infantry Regiment in Berlin. His famous marches include ""Preußens Gloria"" (""Prussia's Glory""), ""Düppeler Schanzen-Marsch"" and the ""Königgrätzer Marsch"" (composed after the Battle of Königgrätz, 1866, the decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War). Piefke arranged Franz Liszt's symphonic poem - ""Tasso"" for military band and may also have similarly arranged some of Liszt's marches. He"
"Krzysztof Penderecki Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki (; born 23 November 1933) is a Polish composer and conductor. ""The Guardian"" has called him Poland's greatest living composer. Among his best known works are ""Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima"", ""Symphony No. 3"", his ""St. Luke Passion"", ""Polish Requiem"", ""Anaklasis"" and ""Utrenja"". Penderecki composed four operas, eight symphonies and other orchestral pieces, a variety of instrumental concertos, choral settings of mainly religious texts, as well as chamber and instrumental works. Born in Dębica to a lawyer, Penderecki studied music at Jagiellonian University and the Academy of Music in Kraków. After graduating from the"
"a new, refined, lyrical sound world, embroidered with elements of neo-impressionism and the New Simplicity. All of Mokranjac's works from his final creative phase (the Fourth and Fifth Symphonies, ""Lyric Poem"" for orchestra, ""Musica Concertante"" and ""Poem"", both for piano and orchestra) have been written in a single-movement form (regardless of whether it is labelled as “symphony” or “poem”), mostly unfolding as an enormous dynamic and dramatic arch. In terms of harmony, Mokranjac experiments with Olivier Messiaen's system of “modes with limited transposition”: for example, in his ""Lyric Poem"" (1974) and Fifth Symphony (subtitled ""Quasi una poema"", 1979) Mokranjac employs"
"MR (Marina and Rainer) MR (Marina and Rainer) is a chamber opera in one act (5 scenes) by the Russian composer Nikolai Korndorf (1947–2001). The libretto by Yuri Lourié is in Russian, German, Ancient Greek and Japanese). Commissioned by the Munich Biennial, Germany, it was composed in 1989. The first performance was on May 20, 1994 at the Muffathalle in Munich, Germany, with the Munich Biennial Singers, Ulm Orchestra, and S. Bachli, conductor. The opera consists of five scenes: Three pantomime actors symbolizing the illness and fate as well as the poets’ relations in a real life. This is a"
"part of his settings of the Becker Psalter, published in 1628, SWV 243. Michel Richard Delalande set the psalm in Latin, ""Confitebor tibi Domine in toto corde meo"", S.48, for voices and orchestra in 1697. Henri Desmarets composed a setting for soloists, a five-part choir and orchestra in 1707. Josef Rheinberger composed a four-part setting in Latin- ""Confitebor tibi Domine"" as No. 4 of his ""Fünf Motetten"" (Five motets), Op. 163, in 1885. The South African composer Stefans Grové wrote a setting for children's choir, choir, African drums, marimba, and string orchestra in 2002. Psalm 138 Psalm 138 is the"
"of composition based on the first five notes of the diatonic scale, an approach later adopted by the likes of Igor Stravinsky in both his ""Five Easy Pieces"" for piano duet, published in 1917, and his ""Les cinq doigts"" for solo piano, published in 1921. Volume 3 heralded the debut recordings of a six-movement work composed between 1895 and 1902, ""Musiques foraines"", Op. 22, and the ""Marche du 163 R.I."", Op. 48. Volume 4 featured yet another of Schmitt's compositions derived from the five set notes of the ""primo"" part, ""Trois pièces récréatives"", Op. 37. The same album contained the"