{"product_id":"elgar-coronation-ode-civic-fanfare-god-save-the-king-elgar","title":"Elgar: Coronation Ode; Civic Fanfare; God save the King","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/pt\/collections\/edward-elgar\"\u003eEdward Elgar (1857-1934)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Iain Quinn\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Full Score – Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9781904856078\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUrtext \/ Critical Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume, edited by Iain Quinn, contains Elgar's \u003cem\u003eCoronation Ode\u003c\/em\u003e and his orchestration of \u003cem\u003eGod save the King\u003c\/em\u003e , two works which, to an extent, are familiar to all; and in contrast his \u003cem\u003eCivic Fanfare\u003c\/em\u003e. Few will have heard the latter and their knowledge of it will probably be limited to three oft-repeated anecdotes: that he composed it for an orchestra lacking violins; that the delayed entry of the mayoral procession at the work's première, the opening ceremony of the 1927 Three Choirs Festival, required Elgar to encore the work immediately following its first performance; and that in the run-up to a later Three Choir's Festival the original full score was found to be missing, a loss which Elgar rectified by transcribing an HMV recording of the first performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lost original score has since resurfaced along with an even earlier full draft, but it was the discovery of a new score towards the end of 2016 which provided a fresh perspective on Elgar's gestation of the work. This suggests substantial uncertainties in all three anecdotes. Most intriguingly, the three scores show Elgar's introduction of a ‘vamp until ready' repeat section at the start of the work which offers a far more plausible explanation of events at the work's première.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimilarly surprising findings have surfaced from work on the \u003cem\u003eCoronation Ode\u003c\/em\u003e , prompting the intriguing question: if King Edward's appendicitis had not caused the postponement of the 1902 coronation, would ‘Land of Hope and Glory' be as familiar to us as it is today? Correspondence between Elgar and representatives of the Grand Opera Syndicate who had commissioned the work records pressure on Elgar to reduce the length of the work, culminating in an agreement to do so. The correspondence does not reveal how this was to be achieved, but a comparison of the surviving autograph scores of the work suggests that it was Elgar's intention to cut ‘Daughter of Ancient Kings', ‘Hark upon the Hallowed Air', ‘Only Let the Heart be Pure' … and ‘Land of Hope and Glory'. The cancellation of the London première removed the time constraints, enabling the work to be performed in full in Sheffield. One can only speculate what might have become of ‘Land of Hope and Glory' had the London première proceeded without the now universally renowned finale.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Elgar Works","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43197007855695,"sku":"EWE07","price":161.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/d4f68f26294c1624903f8a004c39a9bc.jpg?v=1750018298","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/pt\/products\/elgar-coronation-ode-civic-fanfare-god-save-the-king-elgar","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}