Imperial March Edward Elgar / Arr. Douglas McLain

Titel / Title: Imperial March
Untertitel / Subtitle: Opus 32
Herausgeber / Publisher: Baton Music
Instrumentation: concert band
Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen
Serie / Series: Baton Music orchestral series

[EN]In 1896 Edward Elgar submitted sketches for two new works to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. One work was The Banner of St George, the other was the Imperial March. Both captured the mood of public confidence and national celebration, and were immediate and considerable successes. But only the Imperial March has retained anything like that level of popularity. It is, on the whole, a lively, rumbustious march, tuneful, cheerful, exuberant, yet displaying a proper sense of restraint in its more subdued trio section. It is not difficult to see why this easily memorable march should so readily strike a chord in the wider public's affection.
[DE]1896 legte Edward Elgar Skizzen für zwei neue Werke anlässlich des Diamantenen Jubiläums von Königin Victoria vor. Das eine Werk war The Banner of St. George, das andere der Imperial March. Beide fingen die Stimmung des öffentlichen Vertrauens und der nationalen Feierlichkeiten ein und waren sofort ein großer Erfolg. Aber nur der Imperial March ist bis heute so populär geblieben. Im Großen und Ganzen handelt es sich um einen lebhaften, stürmischen Marsch, melodisch, fröhlich, überschwänglich, aber mit einem angemessenen Sinn für Zurückhaltung in seinem eher gedämpften Trioteil. Es ist nicht schwer zu verstehen, warum dieser leicht einprägsame Marsch die Zuneigung des breiten Publikums so leicht erregt.
In 1896 Edward Elgar submitted sketches for two new works to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. One work was 'The Banner of St George', the other was the 'Imperial March'. Both captured the mood of public confidence and national celebration, and were immediate and considerable successes. But only the Imperial March has retained anything like that level of popularity. It is, on the whole, a lively, rumbustious march, tuneful, cheerful, exuberant, yet displaying a proper sense of restraint in its more subdued trio section. It is not difficult to see why this easily memorable march should so readily strike a chord in the wider public's affection.