Land of Hope and Glory Land of Hope and Glory "Land of Hope and Glory" is a British patriotic song, with music by Edward Elgar and lyrics by A. C. Benson, written in 1902. The music to which the words of the refrain "Land of Hope and Glory, &c" below are set is the "trio" theme from Edward Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1". The words were fitted to the melody on the suggestion of King Edward VII who told Elgar he thought the melody would make a great song. When Elgar was requested to write a work for the King's coronation, he worked
Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (March No. 2) Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (March No. 2) Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (March No. 2) is a composition for 24 performers on 12 radios and conductor by American composer John Cage and the fourth in the series of "Imaginary Landscapes". It is the first installment not to include any percussion instrument at all and Cage's first composition to be based fully on chance operations. It is also the second march in the set of "Imaginary Landscapes", after "Imaginary Landscape No. 2 (March No. 1)". It was composed in 1951. As Cage's compositional style developed, he found that, in order to circumvent