The King's Way The King's Way ”The King’s Way” is a poem set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1909. The words were written by his wife, Caroline Alice Elgar. Elgar employs the melody of the "Trio" (central section) from the Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4, which he had composed two years earlier. This first occurs at the words ""The newest street in London town,/ Who'll pace it up and pace it down?"" The song was written on 27 December 1909 to celebrate the opening of London's Kingsway, a wide street in central London connecting High Holborn to the
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