Pomp and Circumstance Marches Michael Brough for use at Holy Trinity Sloane Street but have not yet been published. For military band: The first four marches were arranged by M. Retford and March No. 5 by T. Conway Brown. For brass band: March No. 1 was arranged (transposed to B) by J. Ord Hume. Notes Sources Pomp and Circumstance Marches The Pomp and Circumstance Marches (full title "Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches"), Op. 39, are a series of marches for orchestra composed by Sir Edward Elgar. They include some of Elgar's best-known compositions. The title is taken from Act III, Scene 3 of Shakespeare's
Pomp and Circumstance Marches friend Alfred E. Rodewald and the members of the Liverpool Orchestral Society". The instrumentation is: two piccolos (2nd "ad lib."), two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets in A, bass clarinet in A, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns in F, two trumpets in F, two cornets in A, three trombones, tuba, three timpani, percussion (bass drum, cymbals, triangle, side drum, jingles, glockenspiel (ad. lib.) and tambourine (ad lib.)), two harps, organ, and strings. The best known of the six marches, "Pomp And Circumstance March No. 1 In D" had its premiere, along with March No. 2, in Liverpool on 19 October