Caucasian Sketches Suite No. 1: “Procession of the Sardar”

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• Procession of the Sardar is the fourth and final movement of the suite. The movement is based on a march tune from the town of Zeytun in Turkey.
• “Sardar” was a Turkish military position similar to “General.” This movement is meant to illustrate a military procession.¹

1. Luke Howard, “Caucasian Sketches, Suite No.1, Op.10,” program notes to Stokowski Celebration at the Academy of Music, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Philadelphia: The Academy of Music, June 22, 2012, accessed October 30, 2019, https://www.philorch.org/sites/default/files/concert/pdfs/Stokowski%202.pdf.