Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3 in c minor

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• “Pomp and Circunstance” March no.3 was composed in 1904 and premiered under the composer’s baton in 1905.¹
• Elgar dedicated this march to his friend Ivor Atkins (1869-1953), organist of Worcester Cathedral. Atkins had recently arranged for a performance of Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius to take place at the Worcester Festival.²

“The new march is thrilling—the most pacific friends were ready to fight!”

Alice Elgar, after a performance of this March by the LSO in 1905³

1. Diana McVeagh, “Elgar, Sir Edward,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed September 18, 2019,  https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000008709.
2. Richard Smith, “Elgar – His Music: Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1-5, op 39,” The Elgar Society, accessed September 18, 2019, http://www.elgar.org/3pomp.htm.
3. Ibid.