Orb and Sceptre Orb and Sceptre Orb and Sceptre is a march for orchestra written by Sir William Walton for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953. Influenced largely by Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance Marches" 1 and 4, it begins in the key of E major with bright trumpet fanfares before leaping into the famous march section, heavily syncopated and brightly orchestrated. This section moves briefly through C major before returning to E. As with "Crown Imperial", written by Walton in 1936 for the coronation of Elizabeth II's father, King George VI, the middle section is a quieter trio in
Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (March No. 2) of "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