Previous postings for March 29th may be found here: Albert von Tilzer (2019), Astrud Gilberto (2020), Supply Belcher; William Walton; John Hawkins (2021), William Walton (2022), E. Power Biggs (2023), and William Walton; Richard Rodney Bennett (2024)
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Sir William Walton (29 March 1902 – 8 March 1983) was an English composer who remains in the active repertoire.
Circumstance and Pomp
A contemporary reviewer called Crown Imperial "frankly a pastiche on a well-known model of ternary pomp and circumstance, with the regulation strut and swagger, plenty of plain diatonics, and a nobilmente tune in the middle". – adapted from Wikipedia, s.v. "Crown Imperial (march)"
When commissioned to write "Crown Imperial"
He assumed it should be magisterial,
And he decided to forge
His new march for King George
On the model of Elgar's material.
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