Pomp and Circumstance Marches splendid show of military pageantry—"Pomp"—has no connection with the drabness and terror—"Circumstance"—of actual warfare. The first four marches were all written before the events of World War I shattered that belief, and the styles in which wars were written about spurned the false romance of the battle-song. The "Pomp and Circumstance" marches are The first five were all published by Boosey & Co. as Elgar's Op. 39, and each of the marches is dedicated to a particular musical friend of Elgar's. Each march takes about five minutes to play. March No. 1, was composed in 1901 and dedicated "to my
Symphony No. 4 (Nielsen) in contrast, occupies the player with many notes. Notable recordings include: On the basis of information from the Carl Nielsen Society, Symphony No. 4 is one of Nielsen's most widely performed works. Books Scores Symphony No. 4 (Nielsen) Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, FS 76, also known as "The Inextinguishable" (), was completed by Danish composer Carl Nielsen in 1916. Composed against the backdrop of the First World War, this symphony is among the most dramatic that Nielsen wrote, featuring a "battle" between two sets of timpani. Nielsen was thinking about a new symphony in 1914, and in May he