[Tethers/heretical] Music Tethers worldwide...

Rocket Man · 05-26-2011, 12:33 AM

A site in Yale University where the English composer Edward Elgar was presented with an honorary degree in 1905 ... and where the "Land of Hope and Glory" theme from his Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 was first used as a commencement theme.

ISNorden · 05-26-2011, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Rocket Man

A site in Yale University where the English composer Edward Elgar was presented with an honorary degree in 1905 ... and where the "Land of Hope and Glory" theme from his Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 was first used as a commencement theme.

Bravo on that choice; a single tune becoming that entwined with a culture's rites of passage would indeed matter to Israfel. Keep up the good suggestions!

05-26-2011, 12:33 AM	#1
Rocket Man Petitioner: Word of IN Filk Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Longmont, CO	Re: [Tethers/heretical] Music Tethers worldwide... A site in Yale University where the English composer Edward Elgar was presented with an honorary degree in 1905 ... and where the "Land of Hope and Glory" theme from his Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 was first used as a commencement theme. __________________ “It's not railroading if you offer the PCs tickets and they stampede to the box office, waving their money. Metaphorically speaking” --Elizabeth McCoy, In Nomine Line Editor Author: "What Doesn't Kill Me Makes Me Stronger"