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Hace 4 días · For Brits, ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ evokes nostalgia for a vanished, golden age. But Americans experience it as a stirring sendoff into a hopeful future.
Hace 13 horas · The phrase “pomp and circumstance” originates in Shakespeare’s “Othello,” where Othello uses it as he speaks of the allure of the “spirit-stirring drum” of “glorious war.” In Britain, the melody still evokes the confident grandeur of an empire at its peak — just years before World War I shattered that confidence.
Hace 2 días · Elgar is probably 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.
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Hace 13 horas · They’ve been here before. The Class of 2020, as they were known four years ago, stepped out in the midst of a pandemic, racial justice protests embroiling the U.S., and a presidential election. If anything, this backdrop sets the stage for their reactions now, facing similar conditions and perhaps even the backsliding of progress and on promises.
Hace 2 días · Provided to YouTube by Danal EntertainmentPomp And Circumstance March In D Major Op.39 No.1 · 언플러그드 피아노드라마 OST 클래식 모음℗ 2015 Danal EntertainmentReleased on: 2...
Hace 5 días · The unbridled optimism of empire. For a British military march to be reinvented as a graduation tune – by a former Colonial subjects of the U.K., no less – shows how people can bestow entirely ...
Hace 1 día · In Shakespeare’s play of Othello you will find in Act 3 Scene 3, he refers to the “Pride, Pomp, and Circumstance of glorious war!” The saying of Pomp and Circumstance was written that day and has lasted for centuries. Today it is used as a reference to a formal setting or an important ceremony. We most commonly know this phrase as the song used to introduce graduation ceremonies.
